My first decent break - scored an exhaust system
09-03-2007, 08:37 AM
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My first decent break - scored an exhaust system
Being 21, in college, and not rich kinda makes it hard to restore one of these. So far I haven't had much bad luck, but I definately haven't had any easy breaks either. Yesterday, I finally got lucky.
I found someone selling a "complete exhaust setup for a 1966 Mustang" and called on it. They said it had some surface rust, included "stock mufflers," and they'd take $150 for the entire thing. It was 2/3rds of the way across the state (Connecticut isn't very big; two hour drive), and I was expecting to find a bunch of rusted pipes, MAYBE with some useable headers. Man was I wrong.
The guy had the entire thing laid out on the lawn when I got there. I was shocked when I pulled in to a bunch of shiney two-and-a-half inch aluminized pipes with alittle bit of rust on the H pipe and the pipes out of the mufflers, and just a few scuffs on the Tri-Y's. Apparently the guy owned two showroom quality '66 GT-350s that he sold about two years ago, and this was the exhaust from one of them before he swapped it out. After happily paying the $150, and loading it all up, he came back out with a box of miscellaneous stuff that he said he'd sell for another $50. Everything was brand new, still in the box, and most of them still had the prices on them. A fuel pump, two solenoids, at least a dozen clamps and hangers for the exhaust, random carburetor and air pan parts, a few gaskets, a small can of high temperature paint, etc. I didn't really need the stuff, but I took it anyway - having spares is always nice. Either he wanted to get rid of stuff, or he felt guilty (?) about walking away with $200... he came back out and gave me a perfect front windshield, and a few grill trim pieces.
Overall, that was one worth while trip.
I found someone selling a "complete exhaust setup for a 1966 Mustang" and called on it. They said it had some surface rust, included "stock mufflers," and they'd take $150 for the entire thing. It was 2/3rds of the way across the state (Connecticut isn't very big; two hour drive), and I was expecting to find a bunch of rusted pipes, MAYBE with some useable headers. Man was I wrong.
The guy had the entire thing laid out on the lawn when I got there. I was shocked when I pulled in to a bunch of shiney two-and-a-half inch aluminized pipes with alittle bit of rust on the H pipe and the pipes out of the mufflers, and just a few scuffs on the Tri-Y's. Apparently the guy owned two showroom quality '66 GT-350s that he sold about two years ago, and this was the exhaust from one of them before he swapped it out. After happily paying the $150, and loading it all up, he came back out with a box of miscellaneous stuff that he said he'd sell for another $50. Everything was brand new, still in the box, and most of them still had the prices on them. A fuel pump, two solenoids, at least a dozen clamps and hangers for the exhaust, random carburetor and air pan parts, a few gaskets, a small can of high temperature paint, etc. I didn't really need the stuff, but I took it anyway - having spares is always nice. Either he wanted to get rid of stuff, or he felt guilty (?) about walking away with $200... he came back out and gave me a perfect front windshield, and a few grill trim pieces.
Overall, that was one worth while trip.
09-03-2007, 09:41 AM
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RE: My first decent break - scored an exhaust system
Holy crap, nice find! The 2-1/2" pipes are a little big for your C code, but I'm sure it'll like that exhaust better than the factory setup. Enjoy
09-03-2007, 12:28 PM
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Holy crap, nice find! The 2-1/2" pipes are a little big for your C code, but I'm sure it'll like that exhaust better than the factory setup. Enjoy
Holy crap, nice find! The 2-1/2" pipes are a little big for your C code, but I'm sure it'll like that exhaust better than the factory setup. Enjoy
The mufflers are the "stock" GT-350 mufflers. I'll look for part numbers later to see what I can figure out. The only thing I didn't get out of the deal was the gaskets.
