Well I think I may have lucked out. My TIG welder gave me the name of a fellow with a shop nearby in Desert Hot Springs called K-Powered. They are an auto repair shop that can either build exact replacements (with improvements) or weld in very similar profile mufflers that would be missing the slant of the original design.

I’m good for a bit…how long THAT IS THE QUESTION…so I’ll stay in the 200 mile limit from home on my triple A towing until this fellow can fit me in.

I’m going to start a separate post to follow that process. I am leaning heavily in the direction of complete full replica’s with improvements. I don’t want to lose the flavor of the original in spite of the cost.