A late Christmas gift..
I have 2 daughters; my oldest is 21. It's an exciting time in her life- she's just about to earn her Bachelor's degree, and she's planning to move out in the next few months; her life is really just beginning.. She has also recently started dating a young man, and things seem to be getting quite serious.. He's a good kid- they went to HS together.. He's got a good job, and very soon he will earn his instrument-rating for his pilot's license. I've always been pretty fond of him, and he treats my kid well.
Just last month at Christmas he explained that his gift for me would be a bit late. I didn't even know we were exchanging gifts, but my wife has explained to me that that is what you do when your kid is dating someone seriously- lesson learned. I didn't want to make him feel bad or awkward about this late gift, so I didn't even make a joke of it.. God knows when I was young and dating, the boyfriend-to-girlfriend's-father waters were tough to navigate; I promised myself years ago not to make that any more treacherous than it already is for whoever my daughters end up bringing home.
So yesterday my belated Christmas gift finally arrived, which is pictured below. I don't know if he's playing me, and just trying to curry favor as his relationship with my daughter heat up, but this kid's OK in my book. I liked him before, and I like him even more now.. NO ONE knows what a Berkeley is- especially not a 21 year old kid, and yet he went on Etsy and sought out my particular make and model, right down to the 'new and bigger' 3-cylinder engine! Did he get lucky and guess it right? I don't care how he nailed this so perfectly.. He's a hell of a lot more thoughtful than I am, and this is just further confirmation that my kid has chosen well... and look, I now have this cool Berkeley in-period ad to hang in the garage!
--ccrunner
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). The rectangle tubing is 1"x3" @ .065... the muffler is 16 gauge.. The goal is to keep the bends as gentle as possible, while having it route over under the passenger side and exit at the right (pass) rear of the car. My original goal was to not have anything hang down under the belly pan, but that ship has sailed; the ONLY way to get the exhaust to the rear is to hang it under the pan.. I've used the 1" thick rectangle tubing to keep it as tight to the body as possible.. Surely I've given up some performance by using this odd shape to route the exhaust, but to what degree I can't tell- she's still plenty quick..
I love the exhaust system.
