Probably a different vendor that's all. I have never seen a production car with black tips... But have seen plenty of Nos spot welded tips in black over the years...
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Nacho-RT74
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Not exactly sure what the fascination is with "exhaust pipe machine gun tips"? ...sort of an oxymoron..... personally, i would prefer anonymity or a low profile rather than "advertising" what my car is all about....
Just my opinion of course.
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Well Bob, some people like a bit of flash to make their cars look less like the base models.
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Kind of like the stripe going down the side of your car.
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Sort of .... but not quite.....the strip was part of the trim package (GTX) perhsps not optional like the exhaust pipe ends..... but....to each his/het own tastes....Kind of like the stripe going down the side of your car.
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carterafb
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I believe the machine gun tips were the coolest exhaust tip ever made across the entire muscle car lineup
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The 71's were all about flash. I agree the tips fit right in with the theme.
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If someone could make a machine gun tip that has a removable outer slotted case so that the inner pipe paint could be maintained that would be trick and maybe add some faux spot welds as well.
Nacho-RT74
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but the strip could be deleted as option ( as far I recall... )
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I'm working on that... but want to find somebody able to apply a high temp powder coat in Venezuela.
The outer shell could be attached to the rear section, just like resonators are to the pipes
carterafb
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Has anyone ever restored a factory tip by separating the outer shell from the inner pipe ?
Nacho-RT74
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I'll do it on the Repro I got from PG... Oh... well, my car is in Vzla being worked yet and I'm in Spain but I gave the order to cut the welded spots and separate the pieces to try to refinish ine inner red pipe.
73HEMI_RR_GTX
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I thought I would include pictures of the original exhaust. mufflers, resonators and tips on my 73 Roadrunner GTX "U" Code. I have since replaced all with accurate exhaust pieces.
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Bought these about 10 years ago when there weren't many options. All stainless 3 inch exterior and the insert is not stainless. I'm disassembling so I can paint the insert. When they go back together I'll use set screws instead of welding.
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Did they use any spot welds on those or just a mig weld bead
The mild steel insert (orange) had 4 spot welds to the slotted tip. The 2 stainless halves had 4 welds approx. 1/2 inch long.
Interesting your car has resonators. I've always thought they were on Hemi's or in some cases six packs
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Venezuela?
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Yep (yes). That's where he lives!
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