The past couple of days have been exhausting! I got really frustrated yesterday, figuring that I was short one 90 bend, but then I noticed the two pieces on the floor that I'd cut off of the U-bends that went over the axles. Wondering if there was any chance that I'd made accurate cuts on the band saw I laid them atop the last whole 90 and wonder of wonders they matched! I didn't need the slip joint, so as jb says, "Bob's Your Uncle!!" which is NZ slang for "Even a Blind Squirrel Finds The Nut Once In a While", or perhaps "It's All Good"!!
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So with that hurdle behind me I made a mirror imaged piece to fit from the back, over the hump for the other side -
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Today was attacking the last two pieces needed to connect the muffler outlet to the 90's at the axle, knowing that they were at two different levels and offset side to side. A short piece of pipe in the muffler, marked an inch behind the muffler outlet got a wedge cut to angle it down. The last two 45's were halved, then straight to straight using the slip joint they created the needed offset. One of those Hallelujah moments!

I was concerned with the offset of the exhaust relative to the rear-end center section, but as I was taking this picture I realized it was the offset of the 9" rear end making the difference. Duh!
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As I was putting the passenger side back in place after tacking, I found that there was no way to get the whole piece over the axle and inserted into the muffler, so I made the decision that I'll leave the two slip joints in front of the axle, and the two at the reducers on the headers as slip joints with clamps vs welding. Speedway, look for another order tomorrow for 4 more Hooker clamps, and get them on the BBT to visit next week.
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And here's the part others will see, the tailpipes nestled beneath the frame rails, away from the gas tank! Next is to get some hangers installed to keep everything situated. I've got 4 of the bolt on's with the 3/8" rod extending from a rubber bushing, and I may need to add a few more to my order..... That's tomorrow's task.
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As a PS, I bought a "Universal" kit of 4 straights, 4 U's, 4 90's, and 4 45's. I've got two untouched straight sections left, another 3/4 of one missing the slip joint, plus a bunch of straight cutoffs including several slip joint pieces. But I have ZERO mandrel bend sections remaining!! Not one piece of angle bent stock went unused! I think that's AMAZING!!!