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Old 04-26-2011, 01:46 PM
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Exhaust tips

If you don't already know the story to our exhaust tips here it is:

The team of designers working on the 2001 Mini had finished the full-sized clay mock-up of the Mini in plenty of time for a presentation to the board of directors. However, the chief designer, Frank Stephenson, realised that the model did not have an exhaust pipe. His short-term solution was to pick up an empty beer can, punch a hole in it, strip off the paint and push it into the clay at the back of the car, which took just a few minutes. The overall design for the mock-up was so good that the board members told him not to change a thing, resulting in the distinctive exhaust tip seen in production cars.

So I decided to go back to the roots with my exhaust tips.





lol, tell me what you think?? As you can see...I'm a Yuengling drinker...
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 01:58 PM
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I like that, it's clever and funny. Is that really the story behind the exhaust tips? Your stripes look nice too.
 
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Old 04-26-2011, 02:09 PM
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Thats the story i'm finding on the web. Thanks! I love my stripes
 
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