Headers and exhaust?

[MASTERBrian]

I'd love to install long headers on my '60 suburban, but I need to cut the spending down for a while. I can swing the headers, I was quoted about $100 from summit or jegs. I don't recall off hand if that was hooker, comp or house brand.

The issue is all of the shops are quoting about $600-800 for the rest of the exhaust. I just can't commit to that now and I either need to bolt up the manifolds and ruin what I have for now or order the headers.

If I do headers, can I buy the rest of the exhaust off the shelf and build it myself? I don't have a tubing bender, so I'd have to get pre-bent parts. Is that possible and where do you get? Would local parts store have stuff for these?

What about tapping into current exhaust, ? Is that possible if it's currently designed for manifolds?

Lastly, what about temporarily running glass packs just of the headers? I know they are loud, but it might get me into the header and a temp solution. My state has no laws regarding exhaust/emission.