1965 Oldsmobile Small Block F-85

The 1965 Oldsmobile F-85 originally was outfitted with a pretty interesting exhaust system. The original cars had a 2″ head pipe on the left hand side and a 2 1/4″ head pipe on the right. The small block Oldsmobile had a unique attribute from the factory. The passenger side manifold used a cap to cover the one outlet of the manifold allowing the cross over pipe to be dropped and turn the motor into a duel exhaust application. Our reproduction kits can include this cap flange as well as the correct mufflers, installation instructions, diagrams, sealant, clamps and correct front and rear hangers. We have chosen to provide our kits with 2 1/4″ head pipe on the driver side so everything looks symmetrical. Ask about our concourse show package for those of us when original is not good enough.

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1964 - 1967 GM A- Body Front Hanger

These hangers are correct for 1964-1972 GM A-Body Exhaust Systems They come standard with any of our GM A Body reproduction exhaus systems. We offer them zinc plated built with corded rubbers to simulate the original bias tire rubbers.

1964 - 1967 GM A - Body Tail Pipe Hangers:

These hangers are a reproduction of the orginal hangers used on a good portion of the GM A - Body Muscle Cars. These are our handbuilt hangers with corded rubbers and our reproduction button head rivets and are for those who have to have it just the way the car came from the factory. The hangers pictured here are a Gardner Exhaust Exclusive Reproduction. A similar hanger comes standard with our kits along with the correct screws pictured here.

1964 - 1972 GM 2" Strap Clamp

This strap clamp was used on many of the GM - A Body Muscle Cars. It was used to attach the tail pipes to the tail pipe hangers. Our strap clamps have been reproduced from an original and come zinc plated with the correct sheet metal screw. They come standard with our concours show pkg. or can be optioned with one of our entire systems.

GM Style Clamp

This is the correct style clamp for the 1965 - 1972 Oldsmobiles. These clamps come standard with one of our Oldsmobile exhaust systems.

1964 - 1972 GM A - Body Retainer

These retainers were used on the GM A - Body Muscle cars on the muffler hangers. The attaching screw first went through this reatiner and then through the rubber. The reatainer functioned as a washer to protect the rubber on the hanger. Our retainers have been reproduced from the orginal in the picture and come zinc plated. They are a Gardner EXhaust exclusive reproduction and come standard with our concours show pkg. or can be optioned for with one of our entire systems.

Sealant

Originally a clear silicon sealant was used in all the joint to joint connections on most exhaust systems. This was referred to as "grease" in the assembly manual but it was a clear sealant like the one pictured here. After analyzing original samples off our pipes and searching incessantly we came up with a match with the sealant pictured here. This sealant comes as part of any Gardner Exhaust Kit