1972 RS Z28 Project car 427

[70-SS/RS-L78]

Those cars look Great Together.

Sam that is an Excellent question about the L78 Rear Exhaust…

[BARN FIND]

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Sam, I'm quite sure that ALL the 70 Camaro SS 396's got the chrome tailpipes......and I'm pretty sure the SS-350 (L-48) did also.....but need more survivor/original pictures.





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My 72 SS 350 had chrome pipes when I bought it in 1978. The first time I replaced them I went to Baierl Chevrolet in Wexford PA and bought 3 new chrome pipes (all they had and all the counter man said they would ever have because of being discontinued), I put two on the car and saved one for future use and the hope that I could find one more. However I think the pipes I had were chrome from end to end not welded. I still have the one so I will look to see if I am correct about this. I think Gardner Exhaust makes the correct system for 70-73 with the chrome pipes.

[BARN FIND]

OK, I found the pipe I think I bought 20+ years ago from a Chevy dealer. Could this be a aftermarket pipe sold by a dealer?

[BARN FIND]

Does anyone have an opinion on if this is a Dealer part or Aftermarket?

[Seattle Sam]

I wish I knew, Ray! Maybe someone could look up that part number that's stamped in and see if it's GM??

[John Brown]

That's not a GM pipe. It was made by the AP/Merit/Goerlich corporation. They were all the same company and sold in different markets. I sold a lot of their chrome pipes for 69 and later Camaros. I still have one hanging in the rafters, along with some chrome Walker chambered exhaust for Oldsmobiles. One of the parts stores I worked for had them on display. Couldn't stand to see them go in the dumpster.

[BARN FIND]

Thanks, does it make any sense that a Chevy dealer sold it to me? This is the only time I bought any exhaust parts from a Dealer, the next set came from NAPA and they were not chrome.

[70-SS/RS-L78]

Darren is that your car in the Mecum Flyer?