Hi everyone! My '56 Superior funeral coach seems to be missing the exhaust ports that exit the oval holes in the bumper tips on a typical 1956 Cadillac. Instead, it appears that the "crosshairs" are cast into the bumper tips.
Does anyone know...
* Are these bumper tips are unique to the commercial chassis?
* Are they different from one coach maker to another?
* Was the exhaust actually routed to them, or were the tail pipes maybe just turned down short of the bumper?
Here are a couple images of "typical" '56 Caddy bumper tips:
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mLsn6Wqv_VIruoPdUMqMplw.jpg
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-auto-body-pa...-awesome-condition-no-rust-through/1023490244
..and the exhaust tips that would mate up to them...
http://www.kepichexhaust.com/cadill...ip-inserts-exact-original-factory-replacement
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m1dopK-3iqKugeBxawm3Pgg.jpg
Now, here are mine:
https://www.dropbox.com/home/1956 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach/Exhaust tips?preview=DSCN1585.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/home/1956 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach/Exhaust tips?preview=DSCN1584.JPG
I also just realized that the "typical" ones might be steel, by the looks of the second pic above, whereas mine are pot metal.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance for all your comments!
Does anyone know...
* Are these bumper tips are unique to the commercial chassis?
* Are they different from one coach maker to another?
* Was the exhaust actually routed to them, or were the tail pipes maybe just turned down short of the bumper?
Here are a couple images of "typical" '56 Caddy bumper tips:
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mLsn6Wqv_VIruoPdUMqMplw.jpg
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-auto-body-pa...-awesome-condition-no-rust-through/1023490244
..and the exhaust tips that would mate up to them...
http://www.kepichexhaust.com/cadill...ip-inserts-exact-original-factory-replacement
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m1dopK-3iqKugeBxawm3Pgg.jpg
Now, here are mine:
https://www.dropbox.com/home/1956 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach/Exhaust tips?preview=DSCN1585.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/home/1956 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach/Exhaust tips?preview=DSCN1584.JPG
I also just realized that the "typical" ones might be steel, by the looks of the second pic above, whereas mine are pot metal.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance for all your comments!