Exhaust stupidity!

[beebster]

Well, i idid it again. I always say "you get what you pay for" well, i tried to do my own exhaust.
I started out by "studying" the underside of my 71 longhorn, then went on Napa auto parts website to find just the right bends. So after a week of busted knuckles and about 50 dollars spent, i just felt my homemade exhaust didn't "sit" right.
so i went down to the muffler shop (2 blocks away) and said "here's what i got, what can you do?" i figure he'd just "tack weld" everthing solid and i'd be good to go.
Well he looks at me like i'm some alien and says "that'll have to be redone, that's all wrong" . Now i've known this guy since the 70s and know he's no bs'er. After giving it a "hard" look i had to agree with him.
I should have known better, and i always tell my son and his friends the same. but trying to save a few bucks is sometimes "stupid" .
Final bill for the whole job ( 2 1/2" dual exhaust with brand new cherry bomb turbo mufflers exit straight out the back) a whopping $150 bucks which is probably what i spent in wasted time.(i'm positive he felt sorry for my dumb a##)
damm, somtimes i feel too stupid to live. LOL
P.S. the cherry bomb mufflers were mine.

beeb