That is Swwweeeet.... That must be over the course of many years? My Dad bought this new as a 318 family car and I bought it from him in 1975.
I was thinking about stainless tips but the last time I saw them they weren't formed correctly. Did you use a stainless exhaust system? Any vendor info would be helpful too. Vendor for tips out of business (((sigh))). No one makes correct stainless tips anymore (one year only item - 1970). If you are doing a real textbook restoration I can sell you a nice pair of original tips, but the inlets are tiny. Back in the day, we would slide a bigger inlet pipe on, mark the tip and cut it off and then weld the new inlet in place. I can sell you a pair of original tips in need of rechroming, you could fix the inlet and then rechrome them...
Accurate Limited (Roseburg, OR) makes factory style pipes, in various diameters - mine are 2 1/4 all the way through. They always fit the first time with no beating and banging. Mine are aluminized pipe, don't know if they do stainless (the pipe on the drivers side is pretty difficult to bend properly, so don't know if they can. Their tips aren't right...
What did you use to treat the exhaust manifolds? I have heard of graphite? The manifold paint comes in a little pot from POR. You apply it with a brush and when you fire the engine, the paint melts into the manifolds, brush strokes disappear.. The best part is they will always flake or get discolored from a water or oil leak or something. Without removing the manifolds, you just touch them up with a brush, fire the engine, and it melts right into the rest of the paint job.
I would appreciate the interior photos. pending
If you have a chance I could use photos in the engine compartment for clamp, fasteners, etc. Horn location, wiring routing , clips..... I'm not very anal about fasteners as long as they look good, but i can take photos of general underhood layout and you can ask particulars when the time comes. I'll use both the Custom and the Swinger to do picture, probably next week. Do you have AC?
I noticed the hood latch was black? The front valance inside was black? Hood latch is black phosphate dipped. Behind the grille is always black so that it disappears behind the grille. At the factory, there was a guys with a gun late in assembly and they just shot it with semi-gloss. I'm usually more particular, but always want none of it to show through the grille. My Custom has a 1971 grille in it, which I always preferred (blacked out louvers), but isn't right.
Are you doing a restoration or building it to suit yourself?
