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Mar 16, 2013 | 06:23 PM

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Interesting 300

something tells me this guy is a plumber. It just doesn't look right. What will vibration do to the pipes???

Click on the title, and go to the following photo. I thought it was really cool how he made the throttle linkage.

Mar 16, 2013 | 06:55 PM

Joe_C

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i would expect the engine to body pipes to crack.

i agree on the likely a plumber lol

Mar 17, 2013 | 01:05 PM

1983F1503004x4

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Clean solder joints. Very nice. The only ones I've seen that are better are the ones my father do.

He should've cut a small chunk out of the pipe(s) and put a piece of heater hose in place that way things could flex.

Being that it's copper pipe, he might not have to worry too much.

Now he needs to hit 'em with gloss black.

Mar 17, 2013 | 01:51 PM

fordman75

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He's a member here ( grnlzrd ) , not a plumber by the way .

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-complete.html

I wouldn't have used copper, I'd be afraid it would crack. Even if it had hoses between engine copper and firewall copper.

Mar 17, 2013 | 03:13 PM

grnlzrd

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So far so good. It's not a daily driver, just a weekend cruise around town rig. If I ever hit the highway I'll swap them out for rubber. I made them removable for that reason. I'd like to hit a few shows this summer, but can't decide if I should polish it or give it a brushed look.