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New to the site, new to restoration with nooooooo automotive experience. Found a 50 chevy styleline and a 52 1/2 ton. decided to do a frame off with the truck. The car on the other hand is a true barn find with original interior. Needed an exhaust from front to back. So I contacted Natl Chevy and they sent me what I needed. I just don't know where the bends and in what order they get installed once I drop off the manifold. Can any one (after you finish laughing) send me a diagram or photo showing what the travel of the exhaust looks like from front to back.

Been a while since I worked on an early 50's. The "header pipe", the one that connects to the exhaust manifold is the first one and should be easy to tell which it is since it bolts to the exhaust manifold. That header pipe will run down and back to somewhere around the area under the driver's seat. Depending on how many pieces were sent you, you should be able to tell how the rest of it goes together due to the pipe where it bends over the rear axle.

Good luck. I'm sure you can do it..... and oh, in case I haven't welcome you to the Stovebolt...welcome to the best old Chevy truck site on the web. Good luck.

Yes, what was said by Achipmunk. Once you lay it all out it will become rather straight forward. One tube with a big hump bend over the rear axles, muffler and an "L" shape to the exhaust manifold. That is back to front. Or the way that Achipmunk said, front to back:"L" bend to the front, muffler, then the big bend over the rear axle. Simple really.

No good exhaust system illustration that I could find, but this link to a manual for your truck may help you with other questions and issues.


http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1948_51truck/index.htm

you should be able to lay the parts out and do some measurements and tell where the pipes and hangers go.. i just finished a 51 styleline. i went with the fenton manifold's so i had to run duals, pictures of mine would be no help to you

rough diagram from the side - camps/hangers look more like the car parts than the few truck parts.

If you are referring to a 216 truck exhaust system, there is an exhaust pipe a muffler and a tailpipe.

There very few clamps/hangers.
- exhaust pipe attaches to the exhaust manifold
- donut between the exhaust pipe and exhaust manifold
- two mounting studs in the exhaust manifold (and two nuts - long brass nuts are nice)

clamp the exhaust pipe to the IN side of the muffler
- forward/front clamp
- muffler
- rear clamp
- clamp the tail pipe to the OUT side of the muffler

- muffler hanger strap - hanger it attached to the frame
- another illustration of muffler hanger
- muffler bracket that is attached to the frame - the muffler strap is attached to this

The tailpipe, as posted above, has a hump that goes above the real axle housing.

There is heat-shield plate that attaches to the underside of the bed, above the top of the hump in the tailpipe

- rear tailpipe hanger - goes around the tailpipe and attaches to the frame

Especially note the advice/instructions in the last paragraph on this page.

Thanks for the help. I should have her running soon.....