Hedman Hedders
 

THE ORIGINAL COATED HEDDER...
IS STILL THE BEST COATED HEDDER.

Hedman's Standard-duty, HTC Coated Hedders are manufactured using 18 gauge, mandrel bent primary tubes (some models built using thicker 16 or 14 gauge tubing), and 1/4 flanges (some models use 3/8" flanges).

Hedman Hedders is the innovator of many technologies used in today's exhaust market. Protective coatings is one of these technologies. Hedman Hedders introduced coated hedders to the world in the 1980's. Originally utilized exclusively in the aerospace industry, this ceramic-metallic coating protects your new hedders against heat up to 1400ºF, and resists corrosion caused by environmental factors, such as rain, road salts and oxidation.

The insulating properties of our finish keeps exhaust gas heat in the tubes, which speeds up gas flow and protects underhood components from excessive heat. This finish will not crack, peel or "Blue" like chrome, or less expensive coatings. Hedman's HTC coating is backed by a five year factory warranty.

These Hedmans are designed to fit the applications listed, and come packaged with the required gaskets, bolts, nuts, connectors and emissions components (where applicable).

Some hedder applications may require the use of special engine mounts, mini-starters, etc. Additionally, some stock or aftermarket components may interfere with the proper installation of these hedders on your vehicle. To ensure that you are choosing the best hedder model for your specific situation.

Any update pics?

Awesome Wire Harness.

Have it in Syborg, Dad's 57 and a few other friends vehicles.

Wow awesome project! Allot of sponsors! That must be great! I will be looking forward on updates!

It's in the mail!
 

Guess what's in the crate and heading to Matt at Anvil Auto!!! :unibrow: :woot:

Sweet, we need pic updates on this car and we should have some nice shiny billet for it very soon

Ty let the guys know Im going to resend the PPG SEALER and PRIMER ,UPS damaged and threw out in shipping. Filed a dispute with UPS but nothing. They said I did'nt package it correctly. Even though this is how PPG packages and ships there paint every day:mad: Just glad everthing else made it!

Doom
 

You ROCK my friend!!! I'll let them know... :thumbsup:

very nice ty!! i'm watching and waiting. :yes:

that better not be Iakona of the DSR bretheren.

yes, it is sir Totem.

i've met airman Ty here on another forum and i'm stoked to follow his build. more jealous than anything, but he's a good guy, so i'm happy for him!!

i have missed my Impala so much, i'm finally getting down to brass tacks on my wife's '67 El Camino, so i'll be here bit more. :yes:

:ttiwop:

We need some pics to follow this, pics of parts, pics of progress anything man, everyone is talking and you have all kinds of cool stuff going on the car you need to hook us up man. :willy: :willy: :willy: :willy:

Lots of stuff is going on right now. I have had to take on a couple of other quick projects to pay the bills around the shop. With Ty's car the budget is gone and not making me any money. So I have to do something to keep the man off my back and the lights on!! I am out on the west coast for 2 weeks right now working for my regular job. The good news is the parts are off to Matt at Anvil Auto so the carbon fiber parts will be coming soon. When I get back we'll be going full bore on it again as the other two projects will be headed home.

Ty,

A project THIS involved is quite a learning experience, huh?!! From the experience I've gained with my own Falcon project, I'll suggest that you give up on trying to predict an actual completion date!! It is futile :willy: and will drive you bonkers!!

Since "finishing" my Falcon, I've had to send the tranny controller back to have it updated (nearly 3 week delay), pull the motor back out for an oil pressure issue (killed another 3 weeks), ignition box failure (1 week), alternator failure (had to send back to Summit, and await return - over 2 week delay), and now I'm waiting on a new radiator (into week 3 now...)

If you need it, I'll donate my time to assemble the motor for you.

Good luck, buddy!
Lee

lol - ain't the the truth.

I've stopped putting a date on my truck. It will get done when it's done and I'll be happy with the final results.

Delays
 

Something I'm learning all too well as we go through this build my friends... :(

Case in point... Chad and his guys spent countless hours on my front nose, rear spoiler and Formula hood making them perfect for Matt at Anvil Auto to make the molds for the carbon fiber goodies off of... :drool:

Only to have the shipping company first lose the crate (yes they lost it and had no idea where it was "in system") and then when it was finally delivered and opened, Matt and Tyler discovered that its contents had been damaged!! :eek:

"A bunch of the anchor beams had broken apart and the parts were rattling around inside and hitting each other." - Tyler

I know delays are inevitable... but stuff like this just makes me angry and creates yet more work for Matt, Tyler and the crew at Anvil. :mad: Sorry guys!

More to follow when Tyler can snap some pics of the in-progress body work on the hood and nose etc. (Thanks Tyler!) :cheers:

V/R,
Ty

Transportation company's are a joy to deal with trust me I do it daily.

UPS & Roadway are perfect test shipping company's. We use them to see how much damage they can do. Once we get stuff back from them with do our best to make a better package.

When shipping body parts "Wood Crates" with wood dividers are the only way to ship. The cost of a few sheets of 1/2" Ply wood and 2 x 4's are far less expensive then the time lost.

I could do a post on how to "Crate" a hood for shipping, that is if people are interested.

What a week... First the crate goes missing!! Then I find out it got there but is severly damaged! How do you destroy a crate made from 2x4's, 1/2" plywood, bolts, screws and nails!!! Now I got a box of damaged goods at Anvil!!! Wow what a week! And now the headache of fighting with the shipping company!

I've been following the project and am waiting patiently for pictures from anywhere of anything to do with this car. :D

I feel for you guys having to deal with the shipping companies, I've lost alot of time and money because of them too.

It will all come together. Any project of this scope is bound to have a few snags along the way. Hang in there!
And get some pics posted!!:thumbsup:

I hope to be back on Ty's car full time in the next two weeks. Like I said earlier we had to take in a couple smaller projects to pay some bills and keep the lights on! But they should be done by end of month. I hope to have the firebird on the rotisserie by weeks end and get the bottom blasted and start on the floors and frame rail repairs in the spare time. I'll get some pics up this week of the progress.

Sorry to hear about the delays Ty,can't wait to see more progress pics.:thumbsup:

We got a huge crate of 73 Firebird parts from Chad last week. The shipping company used it as an example of what not to do with a shipment, and everything showed up damaged or chipped. We decided to fix them here and fill in a few areas to make the CF parts nicer.

We started with the nose piece last Wednesday and filled in the bumper jack holes and front plate recess. It was my first time doing any body work so it was slow going. Matt came in and did the final shaping to make it perfect.

Here is the nose as we go it out of the crate:
http://i42.tinypic.com/v33wy1.jpg

Here I am making rough foam parts to fill in the large void where the front plate sits:

http://i39.tinypic.com/zk1ezn.jpg

Then I begin learning how to sculpt with bondo! (note: I don't recommend filling a part like this that will ever see road time. For making a master tool it is just fine since the original will not be re-used after molding.)

http://i40.tinypic.com/2hs27n5.jpg

All shaped and primered with the bumper jack points also filled:

http://i42.tinypic.com/ojilmr.jpg

Next we will fill in the cowl vents at the back of the hood and then fix a crack in the rear panel. Stay tuned!

Tyler

Pretty Slick!!!
 

That's a pretty slick mod Tyler!!!! It came out really nice and smooth!! :cheers:
LOVE everything you guys have planned for the parts and can't wait to see everything in carbon fiber!! Thanks for the updated pics!! MUCH appreciated my friend! :thumbsup:
V/R,
Ty

Here are the parts about to be re-packaged and crated up to get sent to our factory for tooling:

Nose piece:

http://i43.tinypic.com/4v0pwl.jpg

Tail pan:

http://i42.tinypic.com/i4qu5j.jpg

Hood with vent delete:

http://i39.tinypic.com/25rz8l2.jpg

The other parts not shown are the front lower valance and center section of the rear 3pc spoiler.


Tyler

Really nice work Tyler. I'd love to have some of that on my car!
Ty is getting a killer car when it's all said and done.:thumbsup:

looks really nice. I can't wait to see them on the car

:woot: :thumbsup: :hail: :willy: :bow: :D

New Engine!
 

Sounds like you're going to have a really nice engine combo TY!

Poncho Power

Man gotta love it - simply awesome project.

Awesome news on the engine build Ty! 500 hp should make the 'bird haul the mail huh? Those valve covers are really nice!:cheers:

440ci of Pure Poncho Power!!
 

Sick, the thing is coming along

Pypes Performance Exhaust
 

I can't thank all the manufacturers and folks that are coming together on this project enough!! Ty's dream is slowly becoming reality and its all thanks to a bunch of warm hearted, giving folks! Thanks so much from Fletcher's Customs!! Stay tuned as we are wrapping up two other builds and from now till SEMA we will be constantly working on and giving lots of updates on CF-71 "Freedom Bird"!

New site for the car also:
www.fletcherscustoms.com

Engine Progress!
 

Ty looking good.......:hail: