Custom Built Hot Rod Headers For The 1932 Schroll Coupe’s Oldsmobile Rocket

[@rapidrrobert4333]

Hey Matt, I had a '30 A coupe when I was in high school (1960s). You are doing what I dreamed of doing but was financially crippled. I live vicariously through your videos, thanks

[@fredkaminski6138]

That pipe cutting tool is " boss"! Really looking good 😊!

[@garycamara9955]

I need one, where did you get it?

[@radtek2]

Wow Matt, The first picture you showed floored me as it had a 1954 Lincoln Capri towing the 32! I had a 54 Capri exactly like it in 1964. That thing would cruise went across the high desert of Eastern WA put the needle on 95 and just flew... smooth as hell. Really enjoying the 32 build, as an old hot rodder from back in the day I recognize a lot of "the way we used to do its" lol

[@michaelwillette5738]

Hey Matt. As always, great work. Every time you step thru a process that works on other types of projects as well as these. You show simple, creative approaches to complex constructs that are hard to figure out. These do-as-you-go methods flow very well when done. Congrats! You inspire people to attack complex fabrications in methodical a fashion.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thank you!

[@mpark3447]

Back in the day we used a 35 ford driveshaft cut in half to get the perfect taper for the two main tubes. We could get them dirt cheap.

[@IronHorseGarage]

Simple and clean.

[@davidmellott5049]

Love your headers, they really look like what was out there in the 50s and 60s because I was there during those days, and of course, we bought Hotrod Magazines to show us all the crazy but good-looking mods that were being done at the time. I am always impressed with the work you do in bringing back to life this long gone, but still, alive time in history, when times were so much simpler than they are now, and in my opinion so much better. Mom's were at home Dad's worked and when they got home Supper was ready and we all gathered around the table and ate a good wholesome meal and the issues of the time were all settled by the time dessert was put on the table, No one watched TV or talked on the phone because being all together at the supper table was a must! Keep up the very enjoyable work you do.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thank so much for watching!

[@glennnickerson8325]

Matt when you dragged the 32 home I thought you were nuts! It seems in a short time you transformed this crustbucket into something to be proud of! I've certainly learned a lot, especially the metalwork for the subframe and door pillars. Keep up the good work!

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thank you!!

[@bobhalstead1879]

Thats one hell of a vintage exhaust cutter.

[@leonardwalters154]

They look great! Good job Matt, they definitely give it a nostalgic look and feel!😁😎😎

[@henryescat1104]

They fit the cars style perfectly.

[@christianmccollum1028]

What a car to find, rescue, and own. Some guys have ALL the luck.

[@darrenmilford1573]

Those headers fit the look of the car perfectly. Can't wait to hear it!

[@miker7294]

KICK ASS. Looks awesome. I love how you do with what you have and aren’t stuck to what you can buy. Keeping the ways of the past for doing things! Traditional!

[@charlesherrick7400]

Right choice and as usual...excellent execution.

[@hotrodmyk]

An ex So Cal guy here. Back in the day I never "got" the East Coast look. Staring at this car I get it. Very cool. For some reason the headers just finish the image. Great job.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thank you!

[@jongolliher4280]

hotrodmyk...... Those type headers actually originated in the So Cal area because the lakes plugs and pipes were named for the dry lakes where they raced.

[@johnsecord9697]

The headers are beautiful! If you leave the crappy paint it won’t matter, but if you paint the car, the headers may be too close to the cowl. They will get pretty hot. Great method of building them. Thanks!

[@gkanderson92]

This car is looking totally righteous. Absolutely all business. Great looking pair of headers.

[@jongolliher4280]

Really a nice looking set of "lakes type" headers Matt! You sure don't see those much any more! They make the front of the rod look just right! And just for your readers since I know that you know, when finished those were called "lakes plugs or lakes pipes". Of course later on they called the ones that ran down the drag strips the same thing even though they never saw the "lakes". Looking great Matt!

[@stevesimons6333]

We used to call them megaphone headers because they we large at the outer end. The tubes we used were axle tubes. No one we knew had any slip rolls. Great look.

[@johnsecord9697]

+1 on the axle tubes.

[@timlowery7156]

Proportions look good with smaller big end. You broke the "always start on the passenger side" rule of thumb!

[@vinnybarbara7097]

Hi Matt, i love those headers, they are my favourite design for that era car.

[@brucefrohn9834]

Hey Matt, Your headers are looking great. One comment ... "back in the day", guys used 2 scrap torque tubes for the main (flaired) header tubes. I'm sure torque tubes aren't as plentiful now, so your solution is great.

[@johnpayton148]

The header look awesome. I enjoy watching you build stuff from scratch. Keep up the great work.

[@mrauralvoodoo]

Looks awesome Matt, great job

[@munched55]

Headers look perfect! (and that's from a pretty critical guy in the past.) :P

[@timmieclark9976]

Nice job. Hope you fire it up with those headers open so we can hear it too.

[@kurtludwig4783]

I’m positive Matt will do that when the time is right!

[@willymccoy3427]

Now this brings back some memories. I made a set of custom tri-y headers for a Chevy Vega years ago. (One of those "I didn't know if I could do it, so I did" things)

[@garycamara9955]

I was lucky the ski club we belonged to , as a family, had a shop, with welders and a compressor. My dad did a few paint jobs there.

[@danielwilson6401]

Headers are looking really good! On the drop pipe to rear, consider putting a scarf cutaway into the bottom of the cowl panel, so the pipe doesn't just "hang" below the bottom edge of the body, but "fits" into or through the scarf as if it was meant to be.... can send a sketch to clarify if needed....could be a nice detail. Really enjoying all your fabulous fab videos.....keep it up!

[@gordonstroup882]

Dang Matt, you make it look so easy building headers in your "Exhaust the Easy Way" Class 101..... haa ha! Another great show as usual. Thank you for taking time out of your day, your life, to show us all, how it's done and the way the rodders did it back in the day. Oh boy, I saw the car I love in the background. The '39 Ford Forgotten Hot Rod. I watched you build that one from the day you drug it out of the junkyard swamp. Are you going to be doing anything else with her? She is a beauty, and when you put the correct headlights on her, man that really pulled the front-end all together. Have a great day.

[@steveclark4291]

Matt the Scholls 32 Roadster is looking hot ! Thank you for sharing this with me ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you maybe doing next ! Doing well here in Kansas .

[@davidhendrickson9550]

That tubing cutter needs to be an episode of "Tool That Don't S***"

[@danielwilson6401]

Indeed....

[@davidlittle1012]

A lot of work and patience coupled with experience ....really cool to watch

[@patrickcallaghan7432]

It's coming along very nicely. Aesthetically, the headers with 3 pipes looks so much better than 4 I think. Car looks boss!

[@ajperotti2551]

Pipes make the statement on a fenderless Hot Rod for both looks and sound. I'm a believer on the heavier gauge steel on the megaphone. It won't sound so tinny. Kick ass as usual.👍😎👀

[@davelewis2174]

You should heli braze (silicone bronze) the tubes to the flange on the out side , with small welds on the inside of the port . It stoped the header tubes from cracking near the flange. by reducing the heat affected zone

[@DKing-jg7fl]

A lot of guys used the inner drive shaft tubes from a 35/36 Ford for the tapered pipes on that style of headers.

[@threynolds2]

Was it the drive shaft tubes or the tapered axle tubes?

[@DKing-jg7fl]

@@threynolds2 inner drive shaft tube ,used the axle tube for jack stands

[@AC-gj4ze]

Yeah, I’m wondering why he didn’t just use the drive shaft tubes. Would’ve been nice to see.

[@chuckstith838]

Like the header build. The only thing that I would have done is when you make 2 of each pipe as I build the first side. Should be quicker and match side to side. Enjoy

[@terrykeithley6183]

Matt, Larry would be pleased with the way ur bringing the car back. Carry on bro, regards to Kate an the fur babies. Terry

[@mikeyt3940]

Looks great Matt. How about making a set of old school zoomies for the track. Bring her to beaver springs and run. Hell yea!

[@shfr1747]

Good job, I think you got the tube dias spot on. Good eye Matt! I see it in all your scale work, the red 34 you got sitting so well. With this many builds happening theres gonna be a time full of engine starts and road trips coming up. Most anticipation on the blown Ardurn! 😊

[@scottcarter90]

Thanks! It was great to see the process you took to build them headers. They look great!

[@protc]

Headers look perfect Matt.

[@thomaspollock4274]

Every day the build gets more attitude, great look!

[@michaelguinn5736]

Hey Matt, your headers are looking great, I like the material thickness you chose, the thinner material will sound tinny, I usually work by myself, so I'm always trying to figure ways to fixture stuff during the fabrication process, I save ALL of my drop pieces of steel, I totally agree you never know when you will need a small piece of material. As I mentioned in a previous comment, if you ever get back to Michigan, north of Detroit, let's do lunch, we will buy....we could swap stories...GOD BLESS!!!

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thanks Michael!!

[@garycamara9955]

The small block Ford had four individual ports . The SBC had the 2 center ports next to each other.

[@roberteverette4766]

Great Job on the headers. Watching this video has inspired me to make my own. I got a slip roller and some 16ga sheet metal. Mine might be a little tricky, I want want this type of headers on my Ford IL6.

[@AndyGeesGarage]

These headers look great! I know exactly what you’re saying when it comes to modern manufactured headers. They just don’t have that custom built look. My T bucket project started because of an early style roadster header for a small block Chevy I found fo $100,. What makes them special is the sweep of the bends coming out of the cylinder heads is a much larger radius than the modern roadster headers commonly found on T buckets. Mine look like the headers on the Milner coupe. They also have a large diameter and very long collector with a cutout to the inside for under car exhaust.

[@brannendebbie849]

Excellent Job On The Headers! Good Ole American Ingenuity.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thanks for watching

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

IT LQQKS KILLER!!!!! ......AWESOME JOB MATT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tractordave9300]

Matt, that green on the car is the Shit , just too cool watching you build the headers. Keep going!

[@garycamara9955]

It always helps to have vision.😊

[@molarmac1225]

Great video, I have used old driveshafts for headers in the past. It is interesting to watch you go thru the same drill I went thu 25 years ago.

[@Dave-1277]

Amazing job as always Matt!! Great editing work Mike! Matt, dude I love that ball cap lol

[@davidfrye6463]

Someone may have already posted this. I was told '36 drive shafts used to be coveted because guys would cut them in half and use them as the dump tubes. Both ends of a '36 driveshaft have the same taper. They are a little on the skinny side, but you use what's at hand when you're making a hot rod.

[@Icebuntrucker]

You have nailed the combination of work / talking and the music is perfect . You deserve more than 94.7k subs .

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thank you!

[@andrewevans1658]

Headers look "Vintage" & cool!!! Keep up the great work!!!

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

This brings back memories of when I worked at Clifford Research building headers for 6 cyl. engines. 6=8.

[@garycamara9955]

I built most of my cars body,starting with actual Henry parts that were discarded by restoration guys. A little sand blasting, a little acid. Lots of welding, lots of fabricating, and you end up with a car. The secret is to just keep working on it till its finished.

[@mikehammel1091]

Whenever I see this car with the awesome paint Frankenstein comes to mind

[@gerrymilidantri6457]

The headers came out awesome Matt great fabrication as usual

[@harrycatrell1471]

Excellent session, Matt....'love the headers! Thanks for sharing! Be safe!

[@kyleforeman4543]

Loved that pipe cutter,made it a breeze

[@EnemyKnown]

Very nice looking Matt. Can't wait to hear them rumble.

[@johnwarkentinnikiskialaska8364]

Outstanding job 👍 on the headers

[@garycamara9955]

Most people that build hot rods fabricate their own stuff. Sometimes if you can't afford to buy a car the only way to get one is to build it. Junk parts are cheaper than premium parts. This is why people fabricate their own stuff.

[@garycamara9955]

Not necessarily!

[@thomasst.martin3308]

Very nice. If you ever want to get crazy on an exhaust system, old Ford torque tubes can do it for you.

[@garycook2355]

Groovy baby, next is lake pipes and a visit to Bonneville!

[@jalopyranch6859]

very cool homemade headers can't get any better than that

[@bri29340]

glad you cut the corner's on the 2cd pipe when i see you do the 1st cut i was saying nooo trying to put a round hole in cube never looks good but it come out well

[@poppafiveone]

Good looking. Well matched.

[@jamesmorris3747]

excellent job once again

[@brianbalderson856]

Hey Matt, a lot of praising going on around here, but well deserved. Good job Matt 👍.

[@JA-sm9zf]

Homerun Matt, I’ve wanted to build my own headers for a long time, they came out really nice. I love the full exhaust idea. Thanks for sharing. - Juan in Virginia

[@stevenpdxedu]

You seem to be able to do it all! What pisses me off is that you have excellent taste as well. Good on ya!

[@chuckhaynes6458]

I would have rather seen you treat the center port the way it was done by my former neighbor in W. L.A. Beginning with his '50 Olds Gasser he fabricated a piece that fit into the port and split the two cylinders. This piece was welded to the header flange therefore allowing two pipes to be used. A tapered square mandrel was made to be pounded into the heated tubing forming the correct fitment to the flange. You can see examples of this in pictures of the Adams and McEwen Dragster and the Stone, Woods and Cook A/GS Willys. Extra work, but with huge results. Be careful not to further restrict flow in center port. Not trying to be a troll... I just love those Rocket 88's.

[@JHBassplayer]

Love how these came out. Great job!

[@ricksvenson8705]

Great job Matt

[@davidwaterman7094]

Look great love to watch you work your heart is in your work.

[@jennifer.juniper4845]

That was excellent video, I could imagine how you had to build them but would never have achieved what you have, it’s looking great now👍

[@chuckster6513]

Hey Matt The coupe is lookin great ! Getting that nasty old windshield out of the car made a great differance. The Headers look great, But you may be unhappy with them when they blister the paint on the cowl. My 27 T roadster has the same style headers on a 327 SBC 2 inches from the cowl and they still blistered the paint. Mine are open ended with baffles which I know contributed to the heat build up in the headers. Maybe with your tail pipe dropping the hot gasses away from the collector it will not heat them as bad as my baffles do. Heres hopping ! Be Safe and Well

[@robertjean659]

Nice work on the headers.

[@pauldaun4067]

Looks great I hope the cone isnt too close to the body as far as heat.

[@gregl1824]

Great video. Next time can you explain more on how you decided to cut the pipe coming from the exhaust port into the megaphone piece? Your videos are very inspirational. Wish I would have gone more traditional with my 1932 Buick but 4 doors weren't the choice for hot rodding in the day. LOL

[@petervogwill6499]

Tubular , man... what a lot of fab it's gonna be...more to come...

[@380.motorsports]

Awesome tutorial of how to make headers like this. Very helpful.

[@andykeyes7616]

Good job on the headers, the car looks like it is sitting in the 50s like a time warp or something. Love the videos

[@nicksileo6853]

Headers Look great, nice work matt

[@lenscap8925]

The frugal hotrodders used the end bells off the rear ends for the dump tube...yes this looks smoother

[@CR7659]

Looks good, you have the right idea here.

[@joshuahickerson8358]

Sweet headers, look great on the car

[@62_C10]

Looking killer! Great work Matt!

[@johnlandbeckjr3736]

What an artist!!!!! John in MD

[@FatManWalking18]

two questions: what color are you going to powder coat the headers and are you worried about engine torque making the headers rub on the body?

[@mikecotten1862]

Hoping you get 100K subscribers by end of April!! Soooo close!

[@IronTrapGarage]

Us too!!!

[@therustyduck5400]

SICK!!! BaddAss headers, thats some talent!

[@petepoling5199]

Looks great Matt!

[@65muzzy]

Hi Matt, them old builders used a ford driveshaft tube for the megafone..thats was my understanding. Looks great pity you have to wait to hear it!

[@jongolliher4280]

You are correct that some were by the guys that had no other way. Still, many had the tapered part made the same way Matt did. All according to what was available to them.

[@mattomon1045]

Great look.Matt