Scavenger Pipes??

Is that what they're called?

I've done a search on the HAMB and on the net and have come up with JACK SHIT.

I'm talking about the flared-end exhaust pipes.

Anyone got info, pics, leads?

If they can be bought...where?

Actually I'll prolly just hammer the shit outta some pipe andmake my own.

But still...

 

Haven't heard that term in awhile.I have an old set that came with my 57 Safari that are pretty rusty but they're still going back on.Any good muffler shop should be able to flare a set of straight tubing and then it could be chromed or powder coated.The way I remember it,they would come back just under the rear axle and protrude past it about two or three inches.that way they were legal(at least in Massachusetts where the exhaust had to exit BEHIND the rear axle).Also I remember a friend who had a set on his 55 Chevy 150 2 door that exited in front of the axle and were pointed down a little more than usual.At about 60 mph,the exhaust set up a,"resonant frequency" with the floorboard and vibrated the hell out of it!You couldn't drive at that speed more than a minute or two because of the vibration.

 

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Is that what they're called?

I've done a search on the HAMB and on the net and have come up with JACK SHIT.

I'm talking about the flared-end exhaust pipes.

Anyone got info, pics, leads?

If they can be bought...where?

Actually I'll prolly just hammer the shit outta some pipe andmake my own.

But still...

[/ QUOTE ]haha you need to get new web browser, anyhow ,here is the link, and here is the posts about scavenger pipes




http://www.hotrodshow.com/archives/exhaust3.shtml


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=563860&Forum=All_Forums&Words=scavenger&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=3months&Main=563853&Search=true#Post563860

 

Scavenger pipes are pipes that come straight from the muffler out the back instead of looping over the rear end. They were popular for a while in early 60's for "racy" styled cars that were raked in front. They were usually combined with something clever "?" on the pumpkin. I will plead guilty to running a set on my 55 chev in '62.

 

The ultimate in scavengers-MIKE

 

These guys are really cool..I'd talked to them... http://www.finishlinecoatings.com/exhaust.htm#3
There prices are really fair too...

 

Also we used to slip them over a steering column, the flare fits nicely under the wheel, cheaper than chroming one!!!!........OLDBEET

 

Thanks for the info guys. That's just what I'm looking for.

Lost angel, those are megaphones...but a shitload of em!

 

If you want to see what they're supposed to look like, see Pat Ganahl's green chevy. Pat's are just right.

 

Just did a search and came up with nothing on Pat Ganahl, except all the books he's written.

 

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Scavenger pipes are pipes that come straight from the muffler out the back instead of looping over the rear end. They were popular for a while in early 60's for "racy" styled cars that were raked in front. They were usually combined with something clever "?" on the pumpkin. I will plead guilty to running a set on my 55 chev in '62.

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That's exactly how I remember them. There was one guy with a 406 Ford that had them and painted his whole rear end white so you could see it from the rear. When someone gave him some shit about his white rear end he'd tell them "If you can beat it I'll paint it what ever color you want. It stayed white as far as I know.

 

Here's an old ad for those.

 

I know there are some good pix of Pat's Chevy on DRD57's coverage of the Cali Hot Rod reunion from a couple of years back. It's a green 49/52 (?) Chevy 2 door. Sits on a nice rake with chromies and smoothies. White tuck and roll, a bunch of the pix I've seen of it had some primer spots and then some after paint. I think there is a feature of Pat's and his son's cars in Rodders Journal. His son has a shoebox Ford. If you check back, someone will have the RJ and post for you.

 

I think this is the car you're talking about?
http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/featuredvehicles/0905rc_1952_1953_1954_chevy/photo_07.html

 

Two posts in two an a half years and your second one answers a six year old post? You must be really searching the archives.

Scavenger pipes were usually the 4 ft long ones that guys ran under the rear axle on cars with severe rakes but a lot of them got used on cars so you could have long chrome pipes coming out the back of the car.

 

Kool rides in Ark City KS carries them. Not sure if it is spelled with a "C" or a "K" but they do have them.
Later,
Dick

 

Oops! I didn't look at the dates..

 

finishline coatings/Rm engineering has them call them at 503 659 4278

 

Got em -Love em

 

Had some friends that jacked the back up way high, and ran scavanger pipes (as in straight and under the differential) using drive shafts I beleive from '57 Fords cut at an angle.......Impressive.....

 

Had the scavengers with the 4" bells on my '52 Coupe back in the late '60s/early '70s and saved 'em for my dream project... Turns out I could only use about 18" of the original 4' pipes, but I liked the ends so much:



-Dave

 

This has a Photoshop bodywork and paint (apparently numerous times), but it shows the belled end Scavenger-style pipes Poor Boy Dave/Hamber Roosters Hot Rods made for me for my Ford.

 

It was a short-lived style in the early 60's. Great look. For me the ultimate was a late model with a nice rake with scavengers hanging parallel to the ground. Some did them in multiples.

 

I love scavenger pipes, I just wish i had a car I could put them on correctly, running under the axle parralle to the ground and car on a big rake. I haven't seen anydone the right way in a long time. kool rides in ark city has repopped them for anyone wanting them.

 

They might not be on the wab site , but if you call i bet they can sell you some.

 

There's 2 scavenger pipe threads going...

 

Not true scavengers but close.

 

If anyone is interested I have a few bell'd tips left
1 3/4 OD X 6" with a 2 1/4" bell

They chrome up nice...

pm me if interested

 

FLEXABLES!
Had a set of dual scavengers on my '57 Chevy while in high school - all the rage then.
We made "flexables". Welded short section of metal flex tube to the muffler tail and the scavenger pipe to that. Ran the pipes back to the axle and hung the end with triple strand of bailing wire. Hard to see the wire and we could adjust those babys up or down low. The lower the better! Going over a bump or through a dip the tips would drag and go "ching, ching". Felt so good to be so cool!

 

I got mine done this morning. Drove across Ft Worth with good ol open headers.

First real drive on my build. Drives like a go kart.