Vendor Endorsement ****CO

[Mike B.]

I recently purchased an exhaust system for my '61 from ****CO in Milwaukee, WI. They have the original patterns and bend to order. Prices are very reasonable (way cheaper than aftermarket sellers) and offer systems in aluminized steel and stainless. They are currently running a promotion for oval aluminized mufflers for $40 each!

Because the pipes are bent to order I had to wait about three weeks for delivery. But everything was excellent quality and fit together well (considering I had no help putting it together). The exhaust note is excellent.

****CO (sounds like a slang term from Brooklyn) has a weird mix of VW hot-rod parts and muffler systems for vintage Corvettes and T-Birds. I found them through an Internet search for "Corvette Exhaust". For those in need, I suggest you check out their site: http://www.****co.com/mufflers/ Navigate around using the links to find exploded diagrams and prices for various years.

Regards!

[Joe C.]

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Mike,

Bein' as I am originaly comin' frum Bruklin, I tink dat probly stands for "mother F-ing company". Well, at least dats better'n FOMOCO.

Joe

[Norm C.]

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Sounds (pardon the pun) like a good system..... How do their products hold up from the judging perspective?

[Mike E.]

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****CO is about 20 minutes from me. They bought Zierden's stuff (which was outstanding product)and I preferred to buy from them because I didn't need to pay for shipping.
Their product slipped drastically, to the point where their 62 off-road set didn't fit well and sounded like crap. Haven't used them in about 5 years--maybe they've gotten it back together.

[Jim W.]

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I bought a set of '67 off-road exhaust from Zierden in the 1980's and then another set from ****CO in about 1998. I was very happy in both instances and recommended them to others. Jim Weeks - Member #2978

[Greg L.]

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Mike do the bends have the correct configuration as original or are they mandrel bent?

[Mike B.]

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Greg,

I wish I could tell you if the bends are as original but the old system was a bubbafied mess created to mate up with headers that I've since removed. Perhaps you can tell from the attached photo and educate me. It is a driver so my main concern is that it fit right and does not hit the frame.

Thanks,
Mike

[Doug Flaten]

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Apparently they are not related to a company that made some tail light lenses for my 66 Mustang. I recently bought a repop lens to replace the orignal faded lens. Original says FoMoCo. The repop says ****Co.

[Greg L.]

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Thanks for posting the pic Mike however I don't think the bends are made as they were originaly. I think the originals would have had 4 or 5 "crimps" on the inside of the bends which was from the bending machine used back then.

So far I don't think anyone does make exhaust with the correct bends so I was just curious to see if these guys might have been the first.

[Norm C.]

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Greg....

Can you tell from the pic if the mufflers look correct for judging purposes?

[Greg L.]

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Sorry Norm but I haven't been around long enough to tell how well that exhaust system would judge. To me it looks fine except for the bends but I feel that the mufflers would take a points hit as well.

Greg