Exhaust system hanger near rear on 258?

[valkster]

Hi, all. I'm midway in my restoration. I am trying to undo previous wrong-doings on my 'Bessie' and tonight was tinkering with the exhaust. I am sure the muffler, and maybe the cat, have been replaced before and I am trying to figure out how the exhaust was atached in front of the rear axle originally (inline 6, 258 cu inch). There is an outrigger on the frame that has a bracket attached for connecting to the exhaust sytem in front of the rear axle. On mine however, this mount is right in the middle of the muffler. Does someone have a picture of how it was originally attached at that point? I have the factory diagrams from the factory manual and also from posts here but none show how it actually attached to the frame. I figure my current muffler is mounted too far forward but I am not sure. Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Mark

 

[4miles]

exhaust mount

Here is one. Mine is mounted using the front clamp for the muffler.

 

[AJM81CJ8]

Along this same line, how long of a pipe would I need to connect the head pipe to the muffler with out a catalytic converter? MI is not an emissions state, so I'm not going to put one back in, since it doesn't have one currently.

 

[valkster]

Thanks, 4miles. I wondered how that bracket was originally used. On mine the current muffler is about 9" forward of yours, so I really can't use the bracket unless I have a long arm on it. Nice looking rebuild by the way! Thanks much.

-Mark

 

[valkster]

muffler

Hey, 4miles, what brand muffler did you use? I got a "Quiet Flow" from Quadratec but the inlet and outlet are reveresed from yours. Mine looks like outlet is centered and inlet is offset to one side.

Thanks.

 

[4miles]

Muffler

Not sure of the brand, I will see if I can find some info. I just matched up what was on it with a muffler from Autozone.