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...

 

I like that, it's clever and funny. Is that really the story behind the exhaust tips? Your stripes look nice too.

 

Thats the story i'm finding on the web. Thanks! I love my stripes

 

such a bummer how Photobucket screwed the pooch

i would have loved to see OP's Yingaling mod tips !

did find somebody doing that with a Japanese brand can on an Aprilia forum:



but yes,
true story . . .

https://www.motoringfile.com/2004/03...s_exhaust_tip/

cool to see the clay car !





also supercool,
that time when Frank Stephenson popped up here on NAM !

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ni-design.html