Since our power was still out from last Thursday’s storms, we couldn’t use the lift to put the Custom S in the air to work on the new exhaust. Also, the headpipe bolts in the manifolds wouldn’t come out, despite PB Blaster & heat, so we went with Plan 'C' for the exhaust system...which was back to replacing the old mufflers with new, but different DynoMax Super Turbo mufflers (#17732's) that have the 14" long (short) case with 2 1/4" inlet/outlet that are side/side. They fit better than the side/center #17731 DynoMax Super Turbo's, that we also had and tried, for some reason (also 14" long case w/ 2 1/4" inlet/outlet). The Jones Max Flow 1255's I bought earlier for replacements were too long when combined with the adapter pipes we had to employ to connect mufflers to the current headpipes and the original muffler hangers. We'll install the Jeg’s 2.5" mandrel bent system with the Pypes headpipes and Jones mufflers when we have more time and use of the lift. At least, for now, it has better flowing mufflers (that don't rattle & buzz) than it had. It's still quiet inside and has a nice authoritative tone at idle.
While the car was up in the air (about 18”), I took the opportunity to ‘restore’ the gray primer on the rear end, shocks, backing plates, trailing arms, etc. with good ol` semi-gloss black spray paint.
We also played car ‘dress-up’ by swapping the whitewall radials on the Custom S over to the ’69 Firebird, and the Firebird’s 14x7 Rally II’s with Wide Oval Redlines over to the Custom S. Oh, the fun never ceases!
Dennis
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