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Flathead Fever · 08-13-2024, 08:11 PM

The best sounding hot rods with flatheads I've heard have no mufflers or very short glasspacks. Mostly highboy coupes and roadsters so the noise goes with the style. They don't have that much compression, so they are not terribly loud. I had a '65 Mustang with 10.5:1 compression and that was way too loud, so it got short glasspacks. It kind of depends on where and how much you're going to drive it. I admit, as I get older the loud noise isn't as soothing as it once was.

I own the Mitchell Muffler Pickup ('28 Ford). The first hot rod in America to have glasspack mufflers. Dave Mitchell was the first guy to developed them and sell them in America. He built it first with flathead during WWII and then installed an Olds engine in it in 1950. it's not very loud at all. Somebody shortened the scarce '25 T-bed in the 1960s, it was only made for a few months. I'm looking for a stock '25 bed if somebody sees one. I've had the car for 20-years and so far, I've only seen three rusted out '25 beds and one perfect one. The funny thing is that beautiful straight one is in a front yard about ten-houses away from me and the guy will not sell it. The universe is screwing with me.

08-13-2024, 08:11 PM	#10
Flathead Fever Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,494	Re: best sounding mufflers The best sounding hot rods with flatheads I've heard have no mufflers or very short glasspacks. Mostly highboy coupes and roadsters so the noise goes with the style. They don't have that much compression, so they are not terribly loud. I had a '65 Mustang with 10.5:1 compression and that was way too loud, so it got short glasspacks. It kind of depends on where and how much you're going to drive it. I admit, as I get older the loud noise isn't as soothing as it once was. I own the Mitchell Muffler Pickup ('28 Ford). The first hot rod in America to have glasspack mufflers. Dave Mitchell was the first guy to developed them and sell them in America. He built it first with flathead during WWII and then installed an Olds engine in it in 1950. it's not very loud at all. Somebody shortened the scarce '25 T-bed in the 1960s, it was only made for a few months. I'm looking for a stock '25 bed if somebody sees one. I've had the car for 20-years and so far, I've only seen three rusted out '25 beds and one perfect one. The funny thing is that beautiful straight one is in a front yard about ten-houses away from me and the guy will not sell it. The universe is screwing with me.