Getting my first wagon

I didn't notice at first that you have the factory roof spoiler too. That makes matters worse as it directs everything into the car when the window is down. How much does it direct stuff in? With my wagon, if I had morning dew on the roof and cracked open just the tailgate window, once I got up to speed, water would make it all the way up to the dash!

John

 

Thanks guys.
So,if I relocate the tailpipes to the side,would I be able to run the car with the rear window down??
Remember,I have no A/C.
The rear spoiler is very cool.
In the rain,and the window up,it is always clear and free from rain water.
When I had the rear window down,the fumes came right up to the front.
I have yet to try the window down in the rain.

 

My wagon has A/C, but, its never worked, so, my window is always down.

The only time I smell fumes (and only a little) is if I'm sitting idling and the wind blows them into the car.

Around town driving and freeway driving, nothing.

This is my third wagon, but, first with dual exhaust. The other wagons had the tailpipe out the side stock.

John

 

You will still get occasional fumes wafting in, waygun, but not nearly as much. In my 88 Buick box wagon it actually got WORSE if I opened the side windows along with the rear gate window when I had straight outs. It even came in with just the side windows open and the gate window closed. I tried everything but those straight outs would dump fumes in with any combination for some reason. I got occasional wafts with just my driver's window open. After you turn them out the sides you still can play with them a little. A downward cant or whatever. I notice that on my 96 Cappy and on the Roadies, too, that GM cut the end of the pipe at an angle...don't know if the fumes are the reason or not. The one thing I don't like about our 91 & up GM wagons is that the rear window doesn't go down. It opens out. Hate that about these.

 

After this weekend of driving around town with the family aboard,it was worse in the rear than the front.
I had to do something to stop the references to the rolling holocaust or the Schindler's list on wheels.
So,safety outweighs the cool factor.

Ok.Fixed the tailpipes today.
Again,thanks to Tucker.
I-never had owned a wagon before-did not know any different that having the pipes straight out would cause problems and Tucker only wanted to do something cool for me.
He did nothing wrong and I do appreciate the work he puts in.
The tailpipes now exit behind the bumper out to the sides in a factory location.
I drove the car during lunch hour with the rear window down and did not smell any fumes.
That is a good thing and I am happy.

 

Now, you're cookin'. No more smokin' out the family.

 

I have confirmation and yes it was a production date change up.

 

Thanks to Command1 for bringing this to light and Barry Washington's invaluable Mopar archival website
http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/index.shtml

 

The pipes look good!

Take care of that back bumper, its pretty much a one year only piece (the '71-'72 look similar, but don't have the provisions to mount the rubber to it. '74 was the first year of safety bumpers).

Thanks for posting the service bulletin, I've never seen that. I have a 9 1/4 from a '77 I've thought about putting in mine.

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