It's quieter than side pipes, but the V-8 burble is still sweet.
It doesn't have side pipes or a hood scoop or a name that conjures images of bloodlust and rage.
"We are trying to maximize the flow in that pipe and pinch off all the side pipes without killing the organism," said Joel Cherry, the company's president for research and development.
Gable had a rather big, lavish 1935 Duesenberg JN with a boxy nose and external side pipes, while McQueen's favored status symbol was a sleek 1957 Jaguar XK-SS Roadster (right).
He said he began restoring it in the mid-1980s, putting back the door-sill exhaust side pipes and a roll cage, when he began to realize that the car might have some enduring value.
Toward the end of his life, after he had retired from G.M., the design staff gave him a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray, customized with flamboyant side pipes and a dual instrument panel.
To my delight, Tim had elected not to use the signature Cobra side pipes, but a less-showy under-car dual exhaust system used on some of the original cars.
The Viper just dumped noise, heat and exhaust fumes out of abbreviated side pipes, mounted beneath the doors.
One brother was in the Navy and returned home in a series of Corvettes, including a 1965 (with side pipes), a '68 and a '69.
Thirstily, she wrapped her hungry, vampire-red lips like a Baker SPD open side-pipe vise around his throbbing machinelike…hmm, take out that second comma, of course, but are vampires red?
