Hmmm. Mine is welded at that point, and from the look of it, it has the
original front muffler (or a twenty-year-old factory-style replacement).
The clamps are at both ends of the rear muffler. Sounds like your muffler
is welded in. I don't think bandclamps would hold an exhaust together --
not enough clamping force. As far as I can see, you could do one of two
things: have it welded up (and let it drag), or try to realign the pipes
and hangers so it doesn't drag. My stock 66 exhaust never drags on
anything, not even speed bumps when taken at low speed.
Have you tried to arrange the muffler clamp so that the nuts are aiming
sideways instead of straight down? That would give you a bit less to
catch on obstacles. There are also "guillotine" style muffler clamps that
have a single blade opposite the u-bolt, which should make a tighter
joint.
James Nazarian Jr had this to say:
>Before I get down to my real question, has anyone ever heard the sound of
>a B engine with only the downpipe on it? It is such a beautiful, albeit
>loud, sound. The real question is this: How does everyone keep the
>exhaust pipes together underneath the car. I have an old thrush exhaust,
>that looks similar to the PECO system. It is one muffler/resonator in the
>rear with no front muffler. My problem is that I can not hold the front
>joint together. There is a joint in the pipes under the driver floor that
>I can not keep a clamp on. standard exhaust clamps last a week because my
>car drags over all the bumps and driveways that it can find. Short of
>welding the joint (this would make the exhaust one peice from downpipes to
>exhaust tip) what else might I try? I don't think I can find bandclamps
>anywhere in that small a diameter (1.5 or 1.75 I forget) and even if I
>could they still have a big block on the side where the bolts go. So now
>the the three solutions everyone was gonna suggest have been addressed,
>anyone have any really creative ideas that might work? TIA. I wish I
>could leave it off, but my car is loud enough already, and at some point I
>am going to get a ticket for it.
>
>James Nazarian
>'71 B roadster
>'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
>'63 Buick 215
>
>"Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines"
>Enzo Ferrari
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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