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Are You Big Enough ?... May, 1970

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  • varian

    i had one of those once but that was a long time ago.

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  • Merlinnv12

    New to me! I remember and used many “Cherry Bombs”. Still makin’ ‘em today!

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  • diver-rig

    I was 5 months old in may of '70.


    So, no, I wasn't man enough...

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  • Ditch-Runner

    I had them mufflers ( no comment on the model other than different times and sex sells ) along with the other popular ones back in the day cherry bombs and purple horney's my most used set was just open headers or a set of strait 4" pipes about 30" long on the back of my headers ( still have them there cut off drive shafts with a header flange welded on ) all the LEO use to just to shake there head and smile . lucky I never got a ticket over loud exhaust but made up for it with speeding tickets LOL

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  • gesshots

    Unfortunately, I never owned one, but I always thought a '68, '69 or '70 Corvette with Lake Pipes to be the HOT ticket of that era. Lake Pipes still look good today !


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  • pulsarnc

    I had the Hooker header side pipes on my vette. Nice pleasing exhaust note .

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  • kannoneer

    Wow, that ad takes me back a ways!

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  • Nanuq907

    I had cherry bombs on a Sunbeam Tiger with a built HiPo 289, Sanderson headers, race cam and solid lifters. At idle it sounded like a nuclear popcorn popper.

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  • sxsnuf

    "I had cherry bombs on a Sunbeam Tiger ............"

    A friend of ours just bought one in excellent condition. I'd never realized there might still be some around. There's a Carroll Shelby autograph somewhere in the engine compartment. Nice ride!

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  • Oakie

    I had one of those once. Cost me a lot of money. I also had that exhaust too

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  • JimmyJack

    In those days I was lucky to have a muffler on my pieces of crap.

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  • Ditch-Runner
    JimmyJack: 30636529210523/comments/30636550451355

    In those days I was lucky to have a muffler on my pieces of crap.

    TRust me at making a whopping 1.35 a hour then a huge jump to 1.65 and working 20 to 25 hours a week liking fast cars and girls pay checks did not go very far

    I hate to say it now but my car was always priority back then

    I got huge break around 1977 or so got a construction job I think it started at 12.00 or so a hour . Had a few extra dollars for the girls


    Short story when I met my wife to be I had just blown the engine in my camaro

    So picking out a set of wedding rings i had just enough to rebuild my BBC engine and buy the rings she wanted

    She still tells people I paid for a engine and what was left I got her rings.

    It worked out i still have her and the 69 camaro but it's had a few more engines since then (the car)not the wife lol

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  • austin20
    Merlinnv12: 30636529210523/comments/30636548589083

    New to me! I remember and used many “Cherry Bombs”. Still makin’ ‘em today!

    Yep, 🍒 💣. They were everywhere

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