[DeTomaso] New Stainless steel headers / exhaust

[Mike Thomas]

That was Steve Wilkinson, who did a co-op deal with Santiago DeTomaso to
make (I think) 500 sets of both stainless and non-stainless headers and
pipes.  They only did one tip angle, but they look great on both L and Pre-L
cars.  I have a set of the SS on 6328, and sold my Mindtrains to put them
on.  They have a more mellow tone than the Mindtrains, not so much like an
old speed boat, as my wife tells me.  They did take a bit of "massaging" to
fit them in, and the quality of the black paint could have been better
(baked off the mufflers in the first couple hundred miles), but the ball
flange mate between the header and pipe makes getting a tight fit at the
right tip angle/alignment a breeze.  If I still had my Mindtrains, it take
them in to be retrofit for a ball flange connection.
Mike Thomas
VP, POCA
VP, Panteras Northwest
Yellow '74 #6328



-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Boyd Casey
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:22 AM
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] New Stainless steel headers / exhaust

Greetings Pantera Brethren,
I recall some posts in the last 6 months / year about one of our Pantera
vendors  having a new S.S. exhaust setup he had manufactured and was selling
and it was well received and there were  allot of discussions about them for
awhile . At the time I wasn't in need of a new exhaust so I didn't give it
allot of thought. I think it may have been Steve Wilkinson.
I heard an unusual sound coming form my car the other day and upon
inspection I discovered that the tab that attaches my left "Mind train"
muffler had broken off at the weld and there was a hole around the size of
an oblong quarter. It may be repairable because it doesn't appear to be
rusted out. I really like my mind train mufflers and "Hall big bore"
headers and would prefer to keep them, but in the event they need to be
replaced the S.S. headers mentioned in the aforementioned posts sounded
good. Can some one refresh my memory about these? And any other suggestions
or comments would also be welcomed.
Thanks,
Boyd