Help me identify this downpipe

[1984 t-type]

From the pics I can find online this pipe looks like both an ATR and a Terry Houston. It's a 3" stainless pipe with a metal flange, let me know what you think.

 

[TURBOELKY]

My THDP has a different flange. Less contoured. The quality of stainless there is likely ATRunless Terry machined his flange like that. I've had a couple THDP and neither flange was contoured like that. Just my two cents.

 

[1984 t-type]

I thought the same thing about the flange when looking at pictures of flanges on the forum, but when you look on gnttype.org at the pictures of a Houston pipe it has the same flange as mines or so it seems at least. Hence why im so confused.

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/pictureguides/downpipes/THDP.html

 

[TURBOELKY]

I think I've read somewhere he made several different styles. The lines in the stainless looks like the quality steel he used.

 

[TURBOELKY]

This is my flange. Easier to show than describe?

 

[earlbrown]

I thought the same thing about the flange when looking at pictures of flanges on the forum, but when you look on gnttype.org at the pictures of a Houston pipe it has the same flange as mines or so it seems at least. Hence why im so confused.

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/pictureguides/downpipes/THDP.html

That's my THDP that I bought new back when Terry was still making them. Normally I was guess that as time went by he got better tooling to make the flanges.... Then again it sill kinda looks like a bandsaw finish. I wonder if whoever was running the saw that day cared enough to follow the pattern instead of just lobbing off a block?

...but back then you could still get a mild steel version. PTE has a $50 off sale so I bought that stainless for the same price as mild. My flange in those pictures would be an early '99 model.

 

[TURBOELKY]

Damn, 1999?! If he got better, how old would that make my down pipe with the lopped off chunk of steel

 

[buddy]

I would give you $300 doll hairs for it.

 

[BobbyBuick]

TH did have a couple different flanges but my guess the bends dont look quite right .not sue but the stainless loos like a TH or ATR so i am going with ATR the sweep looks more radius then a TH

 

[626gn]

I was leaning ATR but the swing arm doesn't look typical ATR with cutoff corners. Unless they made different versions of those too...

 

[1984 t-type]

Well im considering selling the pipe, i was told when i bought the car it was a houston pipe and i think it is from my research but i want to be certain before i offer it for sale. It seems there were several variations made and this may not be so easy to narrow down.

 

[John Larkin]

It looks like my ATR pipe.

 

[1984 t-type]

How do you guys feel about the ATR pipes, how do they compare to a newer pipe like the RJC ?

 

[earlbrown]

The ATR pipes were fine except for a run of them with seizing puck arms. I remember many years ago people having to remove the arm and drill out the bore for a little extra clearance.

 

[1KWIKSIX]

All the ATR Downpipes I have seen have much thinner mounting flange thickness.
Looks like my THDP.

 

[1952ray]

Damn, 1999?! If he got better, how old would that make my down pipe with the lopped off chunk of steel

Really, I just got a new THDP from turbolou that was made in 1995.oh it was machine

 

[TURBOELKY]

Really, I just got a new THDP from turbolou that was made in 1995.oh it was machine

That was a bad ass down pipe and even cooler cutout!! Nice buy man. I'm sure that's the one you got?

 

[1952ray]

That was a bad ass down pipe and even cooler cutout!! Nice buy man. I'm sure that's the one you got?

Thanks