Sorry for the delay in responding... I'm glad to be back. My 95' still has some issues, but overall it's been a good car. Unfortunately I do not have any tube or pipe benders, jigs, mandrels, etc. I have been looking at a harbor freight model, but its mainly geared for pipe.
I usually take my custom header and exhaust jobs to Warner's muffler in Oceanside. They are a dying breed there, but they make custom headers for anything that has an engine. They made my last set (O2 bung and all) & I'll continue to go to them. They have been there since I can remember, and my dad remembers them from back in the day.
I've got a MIG welder (AC; would like DC) that I'm about to upgrade to a TIG. Most of my welding is re-stitching spot welds on older chevy's & fords, so any decent and consistent beads are left to my airplane biz partner to weld.
He's an A&P and can weld a bead that'll make you drop to your knees (dont tell him I said that).
I've not had a car complete enough to take to a run or meet (most are in resto and are sold the day they are done) but I'm willing to meet folks in the area with this one (that actually runs)!
Some of these shops are getting $75 an hour (for a high school dropout with an ASE who likey gets $12 of that $75). I know jet mechanics that work on 747-200 engines that get around that (and have to pay product liability insurance) so its clearly out of control. For us, especially with the little huffer & the ultra-tight working space of the SC, the labor can really eat up a bill.
So, keep me in your hip pocket if you get a problem & a shop decides to stick it to you!
M Randolph
Fallbrook, CA
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95' SC 5-Spd Black on Gray (needs paint)
92' Camaro RS 25th Anniv (350/700R4) (freebie but all there, good RPO codes)
71' El Camino 400/TH-400 (in resto)
66' Nova 2 Dr H/T 283/TH-350 (in resto)
57' Ford Fairlane 2 Dr H/T (needs resto)
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92' Glasair II RG (@260 KTS! Holy Smokes its Fast...)
73' Piper Cherokee 140 (@125 KTS! Holy Mackrel it's Slow!)
68' Mooney M-20C Ranger (For Sale!)