It doesn't sound like GG has a very big fan base here. He used to do a " By the Numbers " column in one of the Mopar magazines. One month he concentrated on the 1969 SuperBee. Since I had bought one new so many years ago, I was interested in his information. He covered all the standard features of the car, plus options that were available. He stated that dual stainless exhaust tips were standard equipment for all 1969 SuperBees, except in California, where they had some kinds of noise pollution laws. The cars built for California would all come with turndown exhaust pipes. I found this curious, since my Ontario, Canada car did not have the stainless tips, but had turndowns. In my experience in my corner of the world, it was about 50/50 that SuperBees had the fancy tips.
As fate would have it, in short order, I was at Chryslers at Carlisle, and GG was hosting a trivia contest at the grandstand. I was able to answer quite a few of his questions, and got some kind of plaque, or something. He asked how I knew so much about old Mopars. I answered that I had been around them since before it became fashionable, and I read a lot. I told him that I had read his article on 1969 SuperBees, and took exception to his claim that they all came with stainless tips as standard equipment. I explained that the one I bought new had turndowns, as did about half of the ones in my area. His response was that Ontario must have had a noise law similar to the one in California. I said that still did not explain why some of our SuperBees had the tips, while others did not. It should have been either one way or the other. At that point, he turned and walked away, leaving me standing there. What is other people's experience with stainless tips on '69 'Bees? Do they all have them down there, or do you guys see turndowns as well?
