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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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