I'm a child of the '70s, but missed participating in the first American Muscle Car era. Sure, I had a 1969 GTO 400 ci 4 barrel....for all of three days until the engine blew up and my Dad wouldn't let me sink any more money into it (or time, or take up space in the driveway with a car on blocks). Sure, I had a 1980 Camaro Z28, but that car was but a shadow of its predecessors.
I've always loved the "muscle car " look, and consider side pipes the quintessential component of a muscle car, but for full disclosure, I never really liked the typical MOPAR side dump look. Growing up, most of the time it looked like (and most often was) a rusty exhaust pipe with a cheap chrome tip hung by hanger as it dangled underneath the chassis. It looked too "red neck" for my tastes.
