Hot Rods Can Anyone ID These Weird Aftermarket Exhaust Tips?

Picked these up at Turlock this past weekend...never seen anything like it. They are aluminum...and originally had a steel cap with perforations over the tip that capped it off. There pretty long about 21" overall. I'm thinking they might be mid to late 50s? I looked in my 1962 Honest Charlie catalog and didnt see anything...they're just a neat piece of hot rod quackery...anybody have some old speed and custom catalogs?

 

Did you try J.C. Whitney?

 

Maybe Tucker? Would be worth major coin if that's the case.

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old heat exchanger out of furnace is my guess

 

Never thought they might not be car related. Do you think they would make heat exchangers for a furnace out of aluminum? They were being used as exhaust tips. Seems chintzy enough to be a vintage custom car part to me...but who knows......dont have any old JC Whitney catalogs...

 

If you google "Perrys aluminum heat exchanger" this is the top result...maybe the same company?

https://www.perryproducts.com/

 

I have to agree with fastcarl. Looks like they came from a furnace unit. Looks very same that we had at work several years back.

 

Looks like I got took! They were cheap anyway...and I think they'd be cool exhaust tips...or maybe not.

 

These threads are so fun!

 

Maybe they'll fit my Stromberg 97s!

 

Stand em' upright, stick some candles in there, and pretend you're Liberace!

 

They have that 60’s or 70’s street freak look
Or like a mad max accessory!

Put some formed bits over the ends and make an old school exhaust wistle out of them, or maybe more appropriate an exhaust flute ! Lol

Definitely different

 

Pitch fork looking...

 

If they are a usable diameter, why not?! Heck, you might even build a car around them! Neat find.

 

Cut them to match a baloney exhaust tip and I bet it would sound rip rap!

 

Or you could add one more candle in the middle and pretend you're Jewish!

 

I wish my brother George was here......
Oh, brother!

 

Wow, everybody missed the performance use of these things. Note the balance tubes cast between the 3 outlets. Gotta be worth at least 2-3 HP, no?

Too much fun...

 

A little too ratty for my taste.... But I'm sure they can be made to look good.....

 

V24 Jaguar...lol


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I think if you install those on a car with a flame thrower kit, you’ve got something!


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These belong in the tacky, cheesy car parts that aren't car parts thread.

 

Sounds like you discovered a new ***le for a thread!

 

Might as well chrome them

 

Don’t let “Bad Chad’ see them.


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I signed up exclusively to reply to this, even though I know it's three years old. As confident as you may be that it's some random piece of s**** or a furnace part, I can confirm it's not. As mentioned earlier (and as seen on the castings), this is a silencer made by Perry's.

 

Hilarious! I knew they were cool...but they are long gone. Sold them at a swapmeet years ago for $20. Told the guy...I was told they might be a furnace part but would be cool as exhaust tips...