Ford V8 exhaust pipes for '42 CMP

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Remember seeing and old hot rod trick of using the steel flex exhaust, noting unusual but the neat part of the trick was once the pipe was formed to the proper position the guy ran a welding bead down the side of the pipe.

Phil..
Us poor engine rats used flex pipe for everything from the manifold back..
And you didn't need to weld dickie doo...Once in place and tight the exhaust heat did the rest..you couldn't bend it to save your soul after it heated up..It was galvanized and the zinc oxide did the welding for you..
I remember having a rear hanger let go while I was performing in my '51 Ford for the ladies out side of high school and the whole muffler..rear flex pipe came stung out like a coiled wire fence when I ran over it and the weight of the muffler(Glasspack) and the spinning rear rubber did the rest..I had 200 yards of flex wire hanging off my left exhaust manifold..
I was the laughing stock of all the young ladies I was trying to impress..
But you are right..it was great stuff.