Re: [FWDLK] exhaust pod "guts" for 57 DeSoto

[Jan Van Hoy <vanhilla@PACIFIER.COM>]

Curving the exhaust pipes down is a great idea.  A while back I ignored my
friends' advice and ran the exhaust pipes thru the bumper in my '55
Cad-----.  Within five years the perfectly good pods had rotted out at the
bottom.  Never again [but none of my present cars are that fancy anyways].

--Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth, '73Duster, Washougal, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: brians <brians@SPRINGLAKEMI.COM>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu <L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu>
Date: Sunday, November 28, 1999 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] exhaust pod "guts" for 57 DeSoto


>Hi Ed,
>
>I would like to suggest another solution which may keep your
>exhaust outlets in the bumper looking good for a much longer
>time. This has worked well on my 57 Dodges with the
>extensions on the bumper and has worked well for friends of
>mine with 55 T Birds. I am sure others have done something
>similar.
>
>Run your exhaust tail pipes to the rear as you normally
>would except terminate them short of the bumper. Have a
>curved down section formed for the last foot or so, attach
>to the tail pipes and dump the exhaust below the bumper and
>out of sight (instead of going through the chrome
>extensions).
>
>This will keep your bumper looking new without the
>discoloration and inevitable rust that will occur otherwise.
>
>Brian
>57 D500s
>
>edward petrus wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone ever tried to make the inner steel exhaust tips which come up
>> through the outer bumper tips for a 1957 DeSoto?  My car is missing them.
>> These look like the nozzle from a vacuum cleaner, taking the round
exhaust
>> pipe and transforming it to a flat fan shape to come out through the
bumper
>> ends.  I'd be happy to take any suggestions.  Thanks!
>>
>> Ed
>> <http://www.angelfire.com/de/petrus/index.html>
>