When I was in Jr High I made my own glass pack muffler. Vacuum cleaner pipe with a bunch of holes drilled in it. Two coffee cans with a big hole cut in the bottoms. Pack the cans with fiberglass house insulation, slip them over the pipe, solder the seam. Couldn't convince dad to put it on his Plymouth Valiant.
When I had a learner's permit me and my buddies would jack up the back of the folks 68 Catalina and stuff pieces of 2x4 in the back springs. All it accomplished was scattering chunks of lumber on the street when I hit a bump.
I had a 68 Firebird that had so much blowby I put a 'catch can' on the PCV system and mounted it on the fender well. It was a glass pickle jar and I could see when it was getting full so I could empty it.
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