1965 was the first year for factory installed sidepipes. This was an option called N14 Side Mount Exhaust System and it cost $134.50 extra, this option was selected by only 759 1965 Corvette buyers. So they are quite rare to begin with and when looking to install sidepipes with original style covers on the 1965 I decided not to start looking for set of used pipes and covers but I bought new set of covers with all the hardware from Eckler's.
The quality of these covers is top notch, they fit 100% and aligned great with all the old bolt holes. The actual sidepipes I will fabricate out of stainless steel in 2.5" diameter. I'm going to use spriral style mufflers to put inside the pipes.
Here's few pics of the sidepipe project. |
