January 24, 2008 - And voila!
The finished item. Well, not really finished. I still have to put the tubing on between the collector and the rest of the exhaust and the flange needs to be sanded flat. But the hard part is done.
The stuck tube was freed by the application of lots of heat, a prybar, a hammer, a pair of pliers and two people. Thanks to Bill at Flyin' Miata for helping me out there. Once I could move it, I lined up the last seam and prepared to do the prettiest weld of them all. After all, this is the seam right on the top of the front tube, the most visible place. I carefully set everything up, went to weld...and BLAM! Blew a 1/4" hole in the tube. I'd forgotten to turn on the gas. So I called myself a few names, turned the gas on and filled the hole. So there's a big ugly goober weld there, nicely visible in this shot. Sigh.
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