A few weeks ago I had this ingenious idea of removing the stock mufflers and throwing a couple of turn down tips in its place. That was a freakin’ mistake as the tone was so loud it took the fun away from cruising around.

I went to a local performance muffler shop here in Stockton to have a pair of Flowmaster Series 50 installed. It still has some rumble to it but doesn’t sound like a complete muscle car.

What are the odd of going to a muffler shop and the car next to you is a 1963 Thunderbird getting worked done. Well this happened to me yesterday. The 63′ red had a lot of work done on the underside. It had a complete air ride system.

After inspection of the lower side it turned out Josie had glasspack’s up front. The owner of the shop recommended keeping them in and installing the 50 series Flowmasters to give it a classic sound.

The difference is night and day. I would cringe before when taking off since you could here every bit of the motor working taking off. This included the mechanical sounds that were not pleasing to hear.

I can now hear the music playing inside the car without exhaust system drowning it out. It’s a keeper.