Re: exhaust drone?
I drove my 48 for over 100K with the tailpipe exiting in front of the rear tire with a pretty well blown out glasspack to look like I had a muffler. That was with 2 inch exhaust and yes it had a terrible drone. So did my 71 GMC with a 350 and glass packs and the pipe(s) exiting in front of the tires. It helps a bunch to get the exhaust to exit behind the rear wheel either angled out towards the corner or straight out the back. Since most likely you will never have a camper shell on it with people riding in the back straight out the back works fine. A good exhaut guy will cuss you a bit but usually can get around the Trailing arms.
The 3 inch might be a challenge but you could split that behind the muffler and run dual 2 inch pipes on out the back
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Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club.
My ongoing truck projects:
48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six.
71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant.
77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.
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