The overdrive transmission and disc brake swap were the two biggest improvements we've made so far in our quest to modernize this old pickup. The exhaust was the next system to take on.

You want it to sound good too. That sound all comes down to your car's exhaust system — at least in a good old-fashioned internal combustion engine — which has a lot more pieces to it than ...

which will have to be fabricated by an exhaust shop using California smog legal catalytic converters unless you can find a new-old-stock cat package. What makes these late-model ponies challenging ...

bypassing the mufflers completely. See All 11 Photos The old-school exhaust cutouts you'd see in the JC Whitney catalog (RIP), involved you sliding under the car and spinning off the wingnuts ...