My "shop find" Bullitt Stang!

[mockingbird812]

.....on course, on glide slope ....... OK 3 wire!!!!

[tunes]

Fantastic!!! Your progress reports make my day.

[396L78canuck]

Wow nice work!.If you were in Ontario I would give you some work.Bob

[big gear head]

That's awesome. It's going to be too nice to drive!

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I have been told you are either a "Brake Operator Of Bullitts" man or an "Acronym Support Systems" man.... but I have to share that I am able to function as both.

I guess I am evolved :-)

Ryan

[A12pilot]

Thanks for the compliments guys! I appreciate it! I try and make this whole restoration process entertaining since we all could use some encouragement now and then when things go awry with these cars. And in other news, I can’t believe I used “awry” in a sentence!

Cheers

Dave

[Dave Rifkin]

Originally Posted by A12pilot

Thanks for the compliments guys! I appreciate it! I try and make this whole restoration process entertaining since we all could use some encouragement now and then when things go awry with these cars. And in other news, I can’t believe I used “awry” in a sentence!

Cheers

Dave

I can use that word in a sentence; "I'd like a ham and cheese sandwich awry"

[sixt9rsx33]

Dave fantastic car, fantastic commentary, so entertaining reading this post. Has been awhile so I had several pages to read and LMAO....great job!

[A12pilot]

Thanks guys! Can't wait to get back from this trip and get some more things bolted on. I'll be hooking up a battery to test all the lights and such too. Before I left I gutted my smog pump, so it's all ready to go.

I appreciate the compliments!

Cheers
Dave

[A12pilot]

So moving onto the exhaust, several options exist. What did Bullitt have? What was factory stock? What would I use to make it correct for both? Why does anyone care? Welp.... glad you asked! First step was to see what the Bullitt car has. It was advertised as headers through straight pipes early on in the enthusiasts realm. Well, not so. Evidence against that, if you watch the movie scenes, is no low slung Grady Day-2 headers hanging down! . What it's sporting is factory manifolds, the stock h-pipe, resonators, the transverse muffler removed, and straight pipes over the axle and exiting below the valance minus tips. So, basically, a stock system minus the tips and transverse muffler.

My system is exactly that, but with a slight deviation. I want it reversible so it can be put back stock if necessary. After the resonators, it'll be a slip-fit, clamped straight pipe system that can be removed and the stock traverse system installed. So the biggest thing I need is a set of the stock Resonators. I called up Scott Fuller who makes dead-nuts-on reproductions of entire systems for Mustangs. But the price of the Resonators since they are one piece and welded to the intermediate and muffler connector pipes, ain't exactly cheap.

Scott had a run of Resonators made up, but they weren't to his standards. Not being happy with them, he decided to make his own to match NOS ones. You can see the very slight difference in the step down crispness of the edges of the ones he had made and the ones he now makes that are OE identical. Fortunately for me, he tossed out all of the old ones except for one pair. Best part? He's just giving them to me! I bought a set of mounting flanges he makes and this will complete my factory looking exhaust perfectly. What a great guy!

So I'll start mounting up the exhaust next week when these come in. Be sure to tune in next week for such updates as, "Why didn't this work like I thought it would in my mind?" and, "Why am I even in this hobby to begin with? "

Cheers
Dave