~ Cool muffler! Ceck it out ~

So today when I was working on my E-brake I decided to take a pic of my muffler. Everytime I get under my merc I cant help but look at it. I think its pretty cool can anyone give me any info on this? Is it anything special or just the normal old school muffler? Thanks mucho

 

I remember seeing them in garages as a young kid in the 70s.

 

I love those things. I remember them from the 60's as a kid. I thought the bird was too cool. Also, that's where my 1st memories of the Woody Woodpecker came from, not Clay Smith

 

hush thrush thats what we called em back in high school 1975

 

thrush gl***packs...love the sound!

 

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those were pretty *****en back in the ?.... mmm must have been the shrooms man.

 

We sold those at a parts store that I worked at as a young man in 1966. the ones we sold were round cased but painted the same way. If I remember correctly they cost either $15 or $20 each.

 

my dad put one on his chevy luv when i was 6.. i remember the sticker

 

Oh yeah the older they got, the louder they got due to the fibergl*** breaking down and exiting the tail pipe....each one came with a sticker for your window........back in the 70s they were like Flowmasters are today.

 

It was a cheap piece of sh$% in the 70"s, they would last about three weeks before blowing out

 

No way! Say it ain't so. You can't destroy a childhood memory just like that. Boohoo, say it ain't so.....wwwaaaaahhhhh

 

"Hush Thrush" were the oval 'turbo' style muffler.. $12.95 vs. $7.95 for the gl*** pack (1974 prices).. they also sold the 'infamous' Thrush aluminum sidepipes.

CC

 

I think 1/2 my model cars had Thrush and Hush Thrushes on them (home made, of course.)
Gotta love that wacky woodpecker!

 

cool im glad to hear its part of your guy's history. this is the circle can anyone know about the date of it?

 

They ain't no Cyclone Purple Hornies.

I thought Thrush mufflers were cool... when I was 8. I had Thrush stickers all over my headboard, circa 1972-73.

 

They were cheep junk that did not last and the seams blew out , we used to call them TRASH.

 

I'm not sure what brand (generic?) gl***packs are on my Fairlane but isn't the point being that the "gl*** will end up breaking down so you get that nice loud rasp from the duals.
I remember driving my car in High School and the drone after driving for awhile would start to give me a headache / get on my nerves.
Now after those pipes have been on there for 23 years they have such a nice hot rod sound to them I almost hate to replace them someday.

 

I sold a pair of those at a swap meet last month. I found them in the attic, never used. I had been saving them for something since 1972. The guy who bought them said he was going to use them on his "old school" Cutl***....

 

Just about everybody had Thrush Mufflers on there cars in the early 70's. Then the secret came out about Corvair Turbo Mufflers.

 

Yeah, around my neck of the woods, you spent a few more bucks and got either Maremont "Cherry Bombs" or Walker "Continentals"(later renamed "Blue *******s").

 

Marketing hype. Madison avenue made them a must have. They were thin steel with a crimped seam down the center. If the seam ended up on the lower half of the body, the condensation would rust it out in the garage. I always tried to put the seam on top where it had a chance to dry out. Thrush became synonymous with poor quality. They were the hot lick for a while until their reputation over came the hype. You can't deny it's place in hot rodding lore.

Like any gl***pack, they sounded cool for a while until they became noisy. Not just loud but noisy. The Hush Thrush turbo types were made later to try to over come that reputation but they were made with the same quality and materials. They were only good for a year or so. Generic turbos would always out last a Thrush product and be cheaper. Some body had to pay for all the advertising.

 

Thrush also made lake pipes with ribbed aluminum covers on them that said Thrush. Cost about $100 in 1970.

 

Hush Thrush are the oval ones round are just thrush gl*** packs.I was an authorized Dealer in the 80s

 

Gl***packs rule! it's all about the sound, mellow rumble untill you stomp on the g*** and then it raps out loud and rips at your ears. Rags

 

We still sell Thrush gl***packs at my napa. They're plain but still come with the decal.

 

Aren't the modern versions red and seamless, like a Cherry Bomb?

 

Best sounding SBF I ever had. Shorties into them. 1 3/4 pipe before, 2" out after. Awesome. And I daily it for years, never had a problem. With both flathead and the SBF.