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    [QUOTE=RestoRod;428505]Beautiful work Pugsy but I hope those shots weren't taken recently.....your weather usually comes our way and I hoped we were through with the white stuff.[/QUOTE

    I guess those pics were done about February.

    I've almost got this build thread up to present day.

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    Headers:

    First thing I did on the headers was to make the 4 into one merges.








    I saw this mockup system on the website from where I got my header flanges.
    Pretty slick idea I thought and the mockup really helped.












    I had to get both sides pretty much done before I could knock the merges from the jig and add them to the headers.
    They didn't fit so well so a bit of slicing and welding was in order.
















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    A few pics of the almost completed exhaust.
    Just needs some polishing here and there and something's got to be done with the tailpipes.
    Not sure what to do with them yet.












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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher View Post
    Man nice work ..You still have snow on the ground and I was (am) complaining about rain
    Thanks Charlie.
    No snow. Its quite warm.
    I think I've finally got this thread up to date now.

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    Now at current date

     



    I've now got the thread caught up to the current timeline.

    I mentioned a few posts back about assembling the front end sheet metal prematurely.

    I'm working on it now as I'm waiting for the rad to arrive.
    I checked the shape either side of center and got a nice shock:





    I held the profile guage at the same location on the driver's side:






    I've got the shape coming along very slowly.
    It looks as though I'll be caking the bondo on.



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    man it just keeps looking better. Very nice job, once again.
    " "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.

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    Thanks Steve.

    I'm OK with the chassis and exhaust but I'm in bit of trouble at present with the sheet metal work.
    I guess I'll just keep tapping away and see what happens......

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    Ahhh yes, the beloved dingin' and pingin'!!! Sheet metal work is fun, but it sure can get frustrating and time consuming sometimes!
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    Beautiful work, Pugsy. The exhaust collectors turned out fantastic, as did the whole exhaust system. I envy your metal working skills.
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    Nice work---

    For anyone wanting merge collectors for building headers---WWW.CONEENG.COM---I use them for merge collector parts

    Trying to get the sheet metal panels exactly the same on both sides---back then---30s---and even now---both sides of everything isn't exact opposite

    Very nice work--you must use a lot of vacume cleaner filters cleaning up all your grinding residue-----

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    Thanks for the kind words Gentlemen.

    Ya Jerry. I'm absolutely sick of polishing at this point. Messy business for sure.

    At least I'm at the point where if I get sick of welding and polishing stainless, I can jump back to the body panels and vice versa.

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    From the pics of your work I can tell that this isn't your first and that you are working to that level because before this you have set a very lofty level that represents your goal and now everything you do has to be even further out there!!!!!
    I love stainless because it can be welded and polished instead of painting or chroming---got really pissed at a customer/friend a couple years ago that I built a 32 coupe for and did a Cobra style side pipe/headers in stainless and polished them---somehoe, somebody at the paint shop sent them out and had them powder coated---Pics of car are in my gallery of the exhaust.

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    Yep between you Ken, and Steve from England, we are getting to see alot of polished stainless. It really does look great when it is done! Jerry - I'd be upset to if somebody powder coared a polished stainless header system that I went thru all the trouble to fabricate!
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    I guess maybe I shoulda said upset instead of_____________________, but the gallery photos don't show the finished exhaust system---lots of other things where changed ---The front and rear suspensions were polished stainless, fuel tanks---plumbing stainless hard line routed inside frame rails, etc, etc

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    I didn't see the finished pics but looked good from what I saw.

    Crazy thing is that I will get these ceramic coated.

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