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I may have an opportunity to buy a split pipe exhaust setup from a 50-59 Longbed pickup and would like to know if it will drop right in my 1950 3100 pickup? I figure it’ll at least need shortened and/or modified where it curves over the axle.

Both my truck and the donor truck have a 235 with Fenton split headers so would be nice to have something plug and play.

Does anyone have experience with their interchangeability?

Thanks!

How do you define "drop in"?

As you noted, the length will be wrong and the hangers will have to be moved.

Can you make it work? Probably, with some shenanigans.

I’m mainly concerned about fitment from the headers to under the cab (frame clearance, etc). That’s the area I’d like to be “drop in” as I expect that’s where a lot of the labor is going to be if I go to a shop to custom fabricate it.

Once it gets under the bed and back, I’m ok with, and expect, to make modifications.

I should also clarify it’s coming out of a 3 speed in the column truck and mine will have a T5. Hoping the lack of shifting linkage on mine will also help.

Thanks!

Somewhere in those years there was a change in exhaust manifolds from straight down to an angle to clear the steering box. AD- task force era may have had other clearance differences. Any thing is possible

My TF has the 283, so I can't offer helpful feedback on when they changed the angle.