Fenderwell headers for small six

[62Ranchero200]

I did not know that these existed. A friend found them in a batch of six cylinder parts in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.



Thanks
Bob

 

[bubba22349]

Cool I haven’t seen a set of fender well headers for a Ford Six either. Probably a custom made set these were very popular header style during the Gasser period in the 1960’s on into the 1970’s.

 

[chad]

I think I heard that wrd B4. Why is it used?
They look like long tubes w/o a good thick flange...
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[B RON CO]

Hi, Fenderwell headers bring the exhaust over the chassis rail behind the front wheels. The builder may want a straighter path for the exhaust on a race car or the looks cool factor on a hoodless car like a T-bucket. Good luck

 

[TrickSix]

Around 40 years ago I bought some headers from Clifford Research. They looked very much like this set. I never installed them, I decided the car could never be a "sports car", and should be left well enough alone, it was a great cruising car as it was. I eventually sold the headers.

 

[chad]

decided the car could never be a "sports car", and should be left well enough alone, it was a great cruising car as it was.

Interesting.
What was the make/model/yr ?

"...builder may want a straighter path..."
My idea is:
tuck up the muff to avoid off rd obstacles,
come out thru the rocker in-frnt of the pass rear tire.
I wanted long tubes "for the tq" but got the last set of CI's
on the wkend Matt picked up the bounty from Will to truck back
to MI. It comes w/2 collectors & a connector for each run. I'll seek
a stanless 'Y' & go from there (I hope). One thing w/poverty? you geta
lota time for planning~ aaahahahaaa

 

[TrickSix]

decided the car could never be a "sports car", and should be left well enough alone, it was a great cruising car as it was.

Interesting.
What was the make/model/yr ?

My first car, a 1966 Mustang convertible. 200 I6, C4, silver/red. I took that car on a lot of vacations back in the day. It was fun to drive, economical, and beautiful! I got started on British cars though, (like chips, hard to stop with one) and thought about modifying the Mustang to make it more like them. But I was disappointed with the level of handling improvement after adding a rear sway bar and thicker front one, along with some of those new-fangled gas shock absorbers. So I decided to leave it as it was, and it stayed my good "date" car, and I beat on a succession of British, and then German sports cars. Eventually I got to a place where I didn't have room for a part time car, and it went into storage for a few years that turned into over 20. A familiar story to many here I'm sure.

 

[chad]

funny.
Fiats/Alphas got me into wrenchin restomod & changed into owning wagons (drive em into the ground) and these bronks. All my buds had the 'stang, Goat, cuda & 442 at the time so I was odd man out. 'S ok, got the 'right girl friend'(s) anyway...

I may B wrong but you sound like some1 who might enjoy a dream of mine: '60 chero done SCCA winner style? Fella here had the R&P steering on already, frame stiffiners, lowered, etc...

Tryin not to jack-a-thread - what about this style headers out the side like the ol Buick emblem? (belt line tips?).
Nah, that would look goofy. Wish I could usea photoshop app to experiment...

 

[Econoline]

I feel like I need to see these bolted to a head b/c looking at them they look like long tube headers that go downward, not up. I'm slightly dyslexic so forgive me if I'm wrong, but I can't see it. I understand the type of headers but these don't look like they go up after they're angle down bolted to the head. The head connection angles down and these don't look to take the sweep up to get over the wheel well or at that level aft. ?

 

[chad]

agreed
AND
I think they're upside down as is in the pic.
Hard to C in-perspective tho, almost look 1 dimensional here.
But I say what I do looking at the angel of the flange.

 

[62Ranchero200]

After looking at the headers with different positions and at different angles, I realized that they are “half fenderwell” headers: one collector follows the traditional route along the passenger side of the block by the starter, the other exits out the fenderwell.

Thanks
Bob

 

[drag-200stang]

I think that you are on to something..I first thought that it looked like two different headers...Maybe for a right hand drive with the steering box using too much room for both collectors.

 

[Gene Fiore]

Those look like plain old Hooker headers to me....they are a two piece header.

 

[chad]

Hooker prt # 6002 (I believe) no longer in production (somexs avail thru fleebay).
Y I got the last set @ CI as Will shut dwn the shop / Matt drove back to MI (a lil longer 'shortie').
I learned thru the above posters that a fenderwell may not be a 'long tube'.

 

[Econoline]

And why would they have a pipe flange if they're fenderwell headers?

 

[drag-200stang]

And why would they have a pipe flange if they're fenderwell headers?

How else would you hold on collector extensions to tune ...It is hard to tell the way they are laying, they maybe regular long tube but they are not at all like the hooker...I have some two piece Vipers that I will see if that it.

 

[chad]

all ways surprised by those w/split flang. Seems more successful w/a good ol 3 or 4, 8th hunka solid metal all the way across there...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[aribert]

Back in the late '80s / early 90s Clifford headers for a Falcon required cutting a hole in the inner fender (as I remember for only one of the two collectors). I was not about to hack up my Falcon and bought a JCWhitney header for an Econoline and using a Hooker header slip ring kit, I hacked up the header instead to fit my Falcon.