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Old December 8th 04, 02:09 PM
Ben Boyle
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I do have an older Mid America catalog here. Their website is www.800luvbugg.com
There are probalby others.
"John Crichton" > wrote in message news:slDtd.223340$R05.88772@attbi_s53...
> Ben Boyle wrote:
> > There are some vendors that offer stainless mufflers. But as far as I know none of them offer ones that will fit

'74-up
> > so that doesn't do me any good since I have a '74. I do have stainless tail pipes though which are very worthwhile.
> > "John Crichton" > wrote in message news:EBatd.455385$wV.386276@attbi_s54...
> >
> >>I am getting back into the VW Bug world after a 20 year hiatus. My
> >>first car was a 64 Bug (with sunroof) that I bought for ** $40 ** that
> >>needless to say was a bit of a fixer-upper. Good thing I bought it when
> >>I was 14 so I had time to fix it up and get it running by the time I
> >>could legally drive it. It came out pretty nice, even the $69.95 Earl
> >>Scheib paint job looked pretty good (did I mention that my family and I
> >>didn't exactly have a lot of excess cash running around in those days).
> >> Unfortunately the car was totaled in a MVA after I got to drive it for
> >>a little over a year.
> >>
> >>Now that I am all grown up and have a bit more dough to pay with I am in
> >>the process of building a garage so I can do a restoration on a mid-60's
> >>vintage bug (I knew I hung on to my John Muir "Idiot" book for a
> >>reason). I'm looking at a car that is in fair shape, but like many Bugs
> >>the heater boxes and muffler are hopeless. I am wondering if there are
> >>any after market makers of heater boxes and mufflers that fabricate
> >>these parts in stainless steel. I know that when I was working on my
> >>first car and some of my friend's Bugs that the heater boxes tended to
> >>be trouble spots due to rust and corrosion. It would seem logical to
> >>fab these parts in stainless. I know that both of my late model
> >>Japanese cars have all stainless exhaust systems.
> >>
> >>What about it guys, do such beasts exist?

> >
> >
> >

> Ben,
>
> You say that there are some vendors that offer stainless steel mufflers
> for per- '74 bugs. Do you have a name of anyone that sells then?
>
> -Thanks
>



 




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