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OUR HISTORY
In 1960, Burt Waldron began manufacturing exhaust systems
for vintage cars and trucks in Nottawa, Michigan. Over
the ensuing years, Burt procured "patterns"
for exhaust pipes, Y pipes, H pipes, mufflers and tailpipes
from a number of sources. He purchased old stock inventory
from other manufacturers, dealer inventories from muffler
shops and distributors, "take-offs" from customer
vehicles and hundreds of new and used components found
at swap meets and shows. Those patterns – THOUSANDS
of parts - together with our late-model dimensional
database, allow us to manufacture components to fit
most domestic cars and trucks built from 1909 through
the 1980’s. Since the company was founded, we
have served over 40,000 vintage car owners, restorers
and exhaust installers!
Waldron began advertising his products in Hemmings
Motor News in 1965. At that time, used body, engine
and chassis parts were still part of the product line.
Waldron’s is one of Hemmings’ oldest continuous
advertisers, with over 44 years of continual presence
in that monthly publication!
In September 2006 Joe Tonietto purchased the company
from Burt. Joe has over 30 years of Manufacturing and
Engineering experience in the auto industry and brings
significant tooling and process skills to Waldron’s.
He is a long time auto enthusiast, currently restoring
a 1968 GTO that will share garage space with his 1969
Firebird and 1971 GTO – at least until the next
project car follows him home! Joe has owned and restored
several cars over the past 35 years ranging from a 1957
Corvette to a 1976 Eldorado, and he knows first hand
how difficult it can be to find quality parts at reasonable
prices. Joe will continue to add new and unique offerings
to the product line-up while maintaining Waldron’s
historically competitive prices.
About our products
When you order an exhaust system from Waldron’s
we verify your vehicle information and confirm the appropriate
exhaust configuration for your application. We use the
“patterns” to verify that the parts we manufacture
are accurate reproductions of the original equipment.
We can provide a duplicate of the original, factory
exhaust system for nearly every domestically produced
passenger car or light truck built between 1909 and
1989. In most cases, we can also provide kits to convert
from single to dual exhaust systems and IMPOSTOR™
low-restriction mufflers that can enhance sound and
performance while maintaining original, stock appearance.
When you order a complete system from us, we verify
all interfaces (pipe to manifold, pipe to muffler, etc)
to ensure your system fits together as designed. We
can also provide “oversize” pipes for many
vehicles; please call us to discuss oversize requirements.
Our standard pipes and mufflers are manufactured using
long-lasting aluminized steel. We also offer T409 stainless
steel pipes and mufflers for nearly every application.
We also have thousands of “new old stock”
(NOS) pipes and mufflers that are made of carbon steel
or galvanized steel.
For the traditional hot rod sound, we offer Glasspacks
in 9” to 48” lengths that represent a budget-conscious
approach to performance mufflers. They sound great and
won't break down in a few months like some of the products
that have been available in the past.
We also supply high-quality reproductions of discontinued
items like transverse dual exhaust mufflers for mid-60's
GM vehicles, one-piece Ford Model A systems and complete
packages for hard-to-find exhaust systems like those
under Ford “retractables” or early classics
like Packard, Auburn, Pierce and Marmon. Feel free to
order directly from our website at www.waldronexhaust.com
or call us TOLL FREE at (800) 503-9428. Give us a call;
we know how proud you are of your vehicles and we would
be happy to talk to you about what we can do for your
latest project!
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