Odd 70 only emission/fuel pipe

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Has anyone seen these odd fuel tank hoses/vent lines before? Must be a late 70 thing or CA emissions? See it on a 70 charger yesterday. Its hard to see the pipes they are behind that undercoated cover. 

Sorry for the small pic, it wouldn't let me load a larger one.

[charger chris]

Not all 70 had that. My car didn't have that I have seen it on some 70s. I wader if it was a ca. thing.

[tan top]

was / is a  vapour return set up for California  ordered cars only , as far as I know ....

[crj1968]

Yep was on my old 70' California car. Expansion tube or some such nonsense

[Alaskan_TA]

Part of N95 - Evaporative Emissions Control.

Required for California sale on 1970 cars.

[Derwud]

Was on my car....

[hemi-hampton]

Same thing I had on my car. Most don't know it but part of the set up was a extra hose going to your 3 nipple breather instead of usual 1 or 2 nipple breather & extra hose to vent top of california emission carb & gas tank actually consisted of 4 seperate chambers or 4 little tanks on top of existing tank that went to the 4 hoses & tube in gas tank & had a return line to gas tank, ect, ect. All part if the N95 California emission Known as ECS (evapoartive control system) among other names. LEON.

[hemi-hampton]

Pic of mine below. Notice factory original yellow paint inspection mark on trunk tube. LEON.

[Kern Dog]

Are those supposed to be factory yellow leaf springs too    

[hemi-hampton]

The leaf springs were painted in 70's or early 80's. Had big mickey thompson N-50's & Cragar ss wheels on it when I bought it. The Cragars & painting the leaf springs or rear end or gas tank ect, ect was the popular thing to do in the 70's & early 80's. I guess you don't remember the old days. How old are you. Car went into Storage like that in 1982. 34 years later still has the yellow leaf springs & Traction bars ect. LEON.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

What's that funk flat metal bracket for that runs from the side of the frame rail down to (what appears to be) the bottom of the quarter?   

[tan top]

 

[Kern Dog]

That flat metal bracket is a guard to protect the rubber hoses from damage. My 70 has this setup.
Leon: The painted leaf spring comment was a joke. You commented on the factory yellow inspection mark on the emission tube. I went a bit further.
Yes, I remember seeing cars with oddly painted under body parts. I'm probably not much younger than you. Born in the U.S.A in 1965, about 5 years and a month before my car! 

[hemi-hampton]

I thought maybe you were being sarcastic or joking but wasn't sure because alot of times when you are talking to somebody younger & their are some younger people in here in there 20's & 30's they have no clue what your talking about when you talk about things from the 70's or 80's.

[6pkrtse]

Yep, Cali emissions. I still have it all on my Charger.

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Interesting. My 1970 Charger was built to be a Dealer Demo. car destined for California and it didn't come with any of that stuff. Although it did have the turned down exhaust tailpipes (no chrome tips).

Edit: I may be wrong about this car being built for California. See Post #20 below.

[tan top]

Interesting. My 1970 Charger was built to be a Dealer Demo. car destined for California and it didn't come with any of that stuff. Although it did have the turned down exhaust tailpipes (no chrome tips).

that's interesting  ,  have you got the fender tag  / broadcast sheet ?  .... do you know the SPD  .. is it a early build  ?

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Yes I have the fender tag, two broadcast sheets, and if I remember correctly it was built in Sept. 1969. Not sure what you mean by SPD.

[tan top]

Yes I have the fender tag, two broadcast sheets, and if I remember correctly it was built in Sept. 1969. Not sure what you mean by SPD.

thanks for the info ,     SPD    ( scheduled  production date )      September 69   , that's pretty early ... had an idea it might have been ,   has it been restored ? unrestored ? .....
I read / saw pictures of 70 California  charger , & it had no ecs on it  , was a early car think end of july / august       cant be sure , was a long time ago ....  this could be a question for the 70 charger registry guys ...

[Mytur Binsdirti]

The Freddy Kreuger emissions tube

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Yes I have the fender tag, two broadcast sheets, and if I remember correctly it was built in Sept. 1969. Not sure what you mean by SPD.

thanks for the info ,     SPD    ( scheduled  production date )      September 69   , that's pretty early ... had an idea it might have been ,   has it been restored ? unrestored ? .....
I read / saw pictures of 70 California  charger , & it had no ecs on it  , was a early car think end of july / august       cant be sure , was a long time ago ....  this could be a question for the 70 charger registry guys ...

I may have to retract my earlier statement about my Charger being built to be a California car. I just went through all info. on the car and I don't see anything about California in the info. The build sheet shows code 03 for left tailpipe and 10 for right tailpipe (no chrome tips). Somewhere along the line I must have gotten the impression that because it was an R/T with no chrome tips it was built for California.
FWIW The SPD (Code A27) was Monday October 27, 1969.
And to answer your question about restoration, yes I restored it 21 years ago. I bought it from the original owner (a good friend) in the fall of 1975. It was an unmolested original.

[hemi-hampton]

Does it have the N95 option on Fender tag or Build/Broadcast sheet? LEON.

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Does it have the N95 option on Fender tag or Build/Broadcast sheet? LEON.

No.

[hemi-hampton]

That would of been the first thing I look for, not the last. LEON.

[tan top]

Yes I have the fender tag, two broadcast sheets, and if I remember correctly it was built in Sept. 1969. Not sure what you mean by SPD.

thanks for the info ,     SPD    ( scheduled  production date )      September 69   , that's pretty early ... had an idea it might have been ,   has it been restored ? unrestored ? .....
I read / saw pictures of 70 California  charger , & it had no ecs on it  , was a early car think end of july / august      cant be sure , was a long time ago ....  this could be a question for the 70 charger registry guys ...

I may have to retract my earlier statement about my Charger being built to be a California car. I just went through all info. on the car and I don't see anything about California in the info. The build sheet shows code 03 for left tailpipe and 10 for right tailpipe (no chrome tips). Somewhere along the line I must have gotten the impression that because it was an R/T with no chrome tips it was built for California.
FWIW The SPD (Code A27) was Monday October 27, 1969.
And to answer your question about restoration, yes I restored it 21 years ago. I bought it from the original owner (a good friend) in the fall of 1975. It was an unmolested original.

  oh right .
 owned it since 75  good stuff  ..  sounds a awesome car .....