Copper exhaust pipe
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 8:28 pm
Hi,
Well Olwyn is now back on the road and to celebrate we had a trip to see a friend of mine in Macclesfield, via the Peak District National Park, such a beautiful place. Sadly the Cat & Fiddle pub is closed and up for lease, anyone know a celebrity chef looking for a historic pub in a wonderful location?
Anyway, as part of the refurb I renewed my exhaust, imagine my surprise when I went to cut up the old exhaust and put it out for the scrap man, the back section of my exhaust (after the silencer box) is made of copper. It's covered in splodges of red oxide paint and other stuff, so I wouldn't have known unless I was cutting it up. One things for sure the back section would never have rusted!
I am saving this to see if I can reuse it in the future. This must have been done in Tasmania as a home repair, the front section was joined to the box by a clamp in the normal way. Then after the box there was section of shaped metal pipe welded in (as another repair??) and then finally a rear section had been made up, out of copper pipe, including shaping it so it would go over the rear axle (extremely well shaped by the way). This was then held in place by clamps attached to straps, attached to the body, as normal. Although the straps looked home sourced as well.
Make do and mend at it's finest!
Best wishes,
Mike.
PS: I think the club should offer 'Keep Calm and Carry On' mugs on the regalia stall at shows, they epitomise the character of the typical classic car owner!
Well Olwyn is now back on the road and to celebrate we had a trip to see a friend of mine in Macclesfield, via the Peak District National Park, such a beautiful place. Sadly the Cat & Fiddle pub is closed and up for lease, anyone know a celebrity chef looking for a historic pub in a wonderful location?
Anyway, as part of the refurb I renewed my exhaust, imagine my surprise when I went to cut up the old exhaust and put it out for the scrap man, the back section of my exhaust (after the silencer box) is made of copper. It's covered in splodges of red oxide paint and other stuff, so I wouldn't have known unless I was cutting it up. One things for sure the back section would never have rusted!
I am saving this to see if I can reuse it in the future. This must have been done in Tasmania as a home repair, the front section was joined to the box by a clamp in the normal way. Then after the box there was section of shaped metal pipe welded in (as another repair??) and then finally a rear section had been made up, out of copper pipe, including shaping it so it would go over the rear axle (extremely well shaped by the way). This was then held in place by clamps attached to straps, attached to the body, as normal. Although the straps looked home sourced as well.
Make do and mend at it's finest!
Best wishes,
Mike.
PS: I think the club should offer 'Keep Calm and Carry On' mugs on the regalia stall at shows, they epitomise the character of the typical classic car owner!