At 09:04 AM 8/13/00 -0700, you wrote:
Curiously, most of the Type IIIs I see driving around on CA roads
have stock mufflers still! I think they take a very long time to fail here.
Unless the car has spent a lot of time on the coast. The new engine I put into the Fasty a few months ago was in a 73 Square that was up in Albion (Mendocino County, near Fort Bragg) had a rusted out muffler, rusted-out cooling tin and corroded fan shroud after sitting two years. Fortunately, the previous owner was thoughtful enough to seal all the holes on the engine. Was running great until a few weeks ago, but now it's seeming like something is stuck in the fan and scraping. It's parked until I can find time to take it apart and see what's going on.
Friend of mine has a '69 F*rd truck that he got from the original owner, who lived up there. It's so rusted out, you can lift the roof off the cab...
And believe it or not, I actually saw a new T3 muffler at a shop here in the area. Didn't think to ask what he wanted for it, though...
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