Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Super clean. One day I may lay a bead like that, but it will likely only be once....

Originally Posted by rspears

Super clean. One day I may lay a bead like that, but it will likely only be once....

To be honest Roger that's not a neat weld really, it don't get seen so I didnt take much care without other than to get penetration, and as I'm sure you will agree its always nice to achieve full penetration

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Originally Posted by roadster32

To be honest Roger that's not a neat weld really, it don't get seen so I didnt take much care without other than to get penetration, and as I'm sure you will agree its always nice to achieve full penetration

I guess the old adage is true that "Experience is the best teacher...", applicable in many arenas

Well the last few evening have been quite exhausting !!!



Seeing as this is a street car also I needed a full exhaust system so I picked up a pair of 2.5" bore Smithy mufflers, I decided against running the system under the car and have gne with a under sill mounted system which exits just in front of the rear wheels.



Firstly I made up some brackets that would take cotton reel rubber mounts in compression that would bolt to the floor.

















Next a mount was made and welded to the muffler on each end.





















Gaskets were made in Reinz heatproof gasket material

















Then the complete muffler/bracket was bolted through the floor.

Next a stainless tail pipe was made from a 45 degree bend and some straight tube, the end was slash cut and looks just right.

Next some more stainless bends were cut and welded to hook into the header collector, this section is painted black VHT as i don't want it to show.



























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