As the angle iron that wraps the front of the bed did not arrive back from the stripper yet we turned to an avoided project, the reconstruction of the exhaust pipes.
Suffice it to say, the job of taking a set of exhaust pipes that were designed and manufactured to exhaust out the right side of the frame and altering them to exhaust out the left was not an easy job.
It required making 11 different cuts in eight places on both pipes but when we were done both fit like they should!
Prior to installing and trying the pipes for fit, we installed the replacement manifolds, the right side having a more shallow profile. Below are pictures of the maniolds, old and new, showing the difference between the two.
Also shown is a picture of the right side pipe where we altered it to fit the space betwen the manifold and the driver's side foot space. A picture of the reformed exhaust pipes are shown as well.
That's it for now!
Regards,
Jim