2 contacts below - I've used both these guys / 2.25" stainless steel is probably the max. diameter, for hydraulic pipe bender.

a) L&N Stainless Exhaust - all pipes bent out of stainless steel in-house and S/S mufflers used.

Great guys, nice custom work & they don't overcharge

RR#1 Burford ON. N0E 1A0
phone 519-449-5288

^^ It was probably 12-15 years ago, I used L & N (on 2 trucks) / place was hard to find without GPS - garage behind house, out in the country.

- their stainless steel muffler install, was only $15 more than Midas aluminized crap / L & N never had a warranty claim, in 12-13 years of business, at the time

- the muffler install on my 5.0L-v8 Chev 4x4 pickup, probably added an honest 20 HP / first paved road I found, squealed the rear tires, for once

b) The other S/S muffler & pipe place I use and is closer to me / workmanship & pipes, turn out perfect.
Owner Jim, is a very knowledgeable vintage car guy:

Jim Cox Custom Exhaust

Address: 2089 Jetstream Rd, London, ON N5V 4M7
Phone:(519) 457-6160

Have you checked on-line? I thought I saw mandrel bent SS kits at Summit or Jegs, complete with pipes, mufflers, crossover etc.
Worth checking prices anyway so you'll know if local guys are reasonable. Coming in from US is likely USD x2 = CAD with exchange, shipping etc.

66 Beau wrote:

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Have you checked on-line? I thought I saw mandrel bent SS kits at Summit or Jegs, complete with pipes, mufflers, crossover etc.
Worth checking prices anyway so you'll know if local guys are reasonable. Coming in from US is likely USD x2 = CAD with exchange, shipping etc.

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 the thing is i dont want the orig exaust layout that goes with tail pipes that go behind the back wheels

i would like the tail pipes coming in front the back wheels

Pypes or Flowmaster would have a bolt on kit for a 67. I've used regular steel, I painted it with high heat cast iron, repainted it often... my car used to get driven a lot, but you could eat off the undercarriage.

I was more ambitious when I was a teen, I replaced every bolt underneath every few weeks with fresh plated bolts....

ak

427carl wrote:

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My 66 had 10 year old pipes on it and looked like a week old      stainless is over kill    jmo

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 Carl ^^ Your pipes may have a higher nickel content (much like OEM) / different from the franchise junk, aluminized pipes even worse.

 - once the original equipped exhaust is cut off / many common muffler shop replacements, are a bad deal

The franchise muffler shops can even screw up an install easy enough / don't even care if the drive shaft, spins a hole in the side of a pipe.

- enough reason for me to use S/S, independant installers usually know what their doing

25 years ago, I bought a 78 Chev pickup, 3/4T and put a trip permit on it.

- replaced muffler & tailpipe, at Midas 

- drove truck up North, parked in farm garage for 6 months, on cement floor

- when I started to redo the frame/cab mounts, the 1/2 year old new muffler already had a hole in it

20 years ago, another Midas muffler and tailpipe / this time due to daily driving, tail pipe rotted off in 14 months time

- shop manager said, their pipes were designed to last 18 months / what a con job

^^ Gone Stainless Steel Exhaust ever since.

 

-- Edited by Beaumont67SD on Saturday 2nd of July 2016 09:53:44 PM

so if i used regular steel but hope for good quality
and i never drive the car in the rain and it is always garaged
and i paint them with hi temp clear.......
i guess it would not rust in the first years

does hi temp paint offered in clear ???

http://classicexhaustinc.com/

These guys are out of Geneva, OH..

check with Garage P R Performance at 349 Ch de la Grande Ligne E, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC 450-358-4722 Pascal or Federal Mufler at 2302 52ème Avenue
Lachine, Québec, Canada H8T 2Y3 1-800-668-1988 or call me at 514-267-7831