update, for those who care. more progress towards getting this rip van winkle back on the road after 20 years in hibernation.

purchased: new ssi 2.0 heat exchangers, muffler hanger, heater ducts and bursch muffler, all from hph (thanks rich!), for a complete swap from the old, ugly and poor quality 75-76 exhaust to complete earlier 2.0 setup.

ducts needed some cleaning. or maybe they didn't... i just felt like cleaning them.


cleaned and test-fitted. they'll never look this good again.


heat ducts primed & painted with high-temp paint.


installed, with much help from my wife, who is 7 months pregnant. yes, i can confirm that the paint on the bursch begins to burn off in approximately three minutes.


on saturday morning i dropped the car, started the engine, and took her for the first self-powered drive in more than two decades. runs and handles good! now the real work begins, making it shine.

~a