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Originally Posted by uncle max
All welds should be made with coat-hangers and a torch.  |
Actually coat-hangers for gas welding is a "Jonny-come-lately" type of welding rod...
Baling wire, i.e. mild steel tie wire was the welding rod of choice in the muffler (Hot Rod) shop that I worked in during the very early '50's..
We used OXY/AC to braze all of the split manifolds we made..
Prior to 1953 I made spilt manifolds and/or headers for most of the deceased brands of automobiles.. Chrosley, Nash, Dodge/Plymouth, Packard, Pontiac, etc.
Difficult bends were made using flex pipe.. or U bends cut and welded together... Pipe benders were unheard of...
Of course if a customer had big bucks we would order a set of "Belond Headers..
I still have a pair of Belond Headers hanging on the wall of my garage.. Bought them for my '36 Ford, put them on, took them off, all within the same day...