Hey Steve, I ended up going to Dryden after lunch so I'll have something to do on the panel tomorrow. I'm going to remove the third U-joint out of the steering and go with a straight shaft now that I have clearance with these new headers, then I'm going to piece together some pipe to make a temporary exhaust to get me down to the shop...

 

It sounds like a good day.. my middle son called and said he needed to borrow a car.. he has to send his computer for his truck in to get it reset...

 

Hopefully tomorrow things go well in the shop ,I have to remove the passenger side header now that I'm going to mock up both sides. Will be more torture to the neck and shoulder

 

That doesn't sound pleasant.. but you will be set for the new pipes then..

 

The shop I'm taking it to is short handed so I'd have to wait until the 17th of June to get the panel in but he said if I can weld things up to make them work he can bend to match in between jobs so things might go quicker

 

That sounds pretty decent..

 

I did the pickup myself, this is only from the header to the X pipe just under the transmission

 

It will be interesting to see done..

 

It won't be a piece of art...just good enough to make it so I can drive it down there or take them down and have the new pipe bent to match

 

That is all you need for a template.. just so the angles and lengths are proper..

 

That's all and pray it fits when I get back home...lol. I was hoping to have it back up and running before the 2nd of June so I could take it to a little GTG the Dryden club is having , if not we'll take the pickup

 

It should be an interesting project..

 

One I'm not really looking forward to but the end result will be gratifying

 

Plus the steering linkage change..

 

I'll do that first thing, that won't take long at all, just a little wrenching and cut a new rod. I picked up a length today..