I'm having a brain fart here guys, what do you call those capped exhaust pipes they used to put in the front wheel well poking out just behind the tire?
Peeking out of the wheel well they were called 'lake plugs' around here. 'Cut-outs' were hidden under the car integral to the exhaust system and manually or electrically operated by the driver. That's how I remember it anyways.
Sure, they dumped exhaust out ahead of the muffs... Regional areas always had their own words...I grew up in small town Iowa: 'rake' for a nose down attitude; "spaghetti pipes" for those four foot long chromed, belled scavenger type exhaust pipes hanging below the rear axle; "suckers" for 'J' hooks to pull the coil springs together in the front to achieve a 'rake' and sometimes "dumps" referred to plumber's metal pipe caps welded to the bottom of the exhaust header so you could simply reach under the car and unscrew them. I'm sure there's more that I've forgotten. R-
LOL- if I said "I've got a wicked pair of dumps behind my front wheels" with my old buddies back in North Philly, they'd be giggling about the crap someone took on the street by my car
'Dump' is what you do to the clutch after you uncork you lake plugs... Or the next stop after Hector's Burrito Bar...
Yep- dump the exhaust ,dump the clutch and dump the trany gears all over the street been there, done that
Actually if they were lakes plugs dumping the clutch is the opposite of what you would do. I have an older friend from indiana (take mine and add nine) that calls them cut outs. I always thought that a cut out was the little Y deally that you could open for straight pipes and close when the cops were comming. But that is what they called them when he was comming up where he came up at.
Yep, that's what I mentioned in my earlier post. A guy here had a set of lake plugs (dumps to you ) on a '61 Belair when I was a kid. I thought those things were the coolest thing ever, peeking out of the wheelwell. Tried to talk the old man into putting a set on the family Galaxy. Didn't fly..
I remember them being called Lake pipes or Lake plugs. The guys with the newer Dodges that had the front ends raised used the Plumbers pipe plugs in such a way they were hanging almost vertical and could easily be seen when cruising. It was an awesome site for a 16 year old driving a 54 Ford in 1963, when they idled through the Dog & Suds intimidating the lesser cars. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App
back in the 50-60 years we used gas tank necks with caps and called them dumps. the ones on my impala roadster are much better. but they are still dumps.
Plumbing pipes with nipples that had nuts welded on them was what we called "dumps". Without the nuts they would vibrate off if the nipples weren't tight enough and you couldn't get them off without a wrench if they were too tight. That was the cheap way to go. I always thought the short section of lakes pipe and the chrome looked neat.
50’s 60’s So. Cal. was Lakes Pipes if the were capped exhaust pipes that ran parallel on the bottom outside under the door. Cut Outs were usually in the wheel well but many were hidden under the car on the down tube from the exhaust manifold. Those are the only terms I remember them being called. Taking off of the plug was UnCorked. Conversely "Corking Them Back Up was self explanatory. Straight Pipes was no mufflers at all, Duals, Twin or Twice Pipes was two exhaust pipes. Drag Pipes were pipes that ended right under the rear axel. I had my share of loud mufflers, uncorked cut out tickets believe me, especially from Officer Knight. $#@&*#.
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