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Re: [T3] Need an NOS German Muffler?



On 18 Aug 00, at 20:59, Keith Park wrote:

> 2nd one is not an early muffler at all, and unusual but not rare. its for
> the single side port 66 and up engines, but will fit the FI ones too. Its a
> generic replacement made to fit them all and will require a mallet and a
> determined attitude to make it fit.  The true early mufflers DONT have the
> flange nuts and have integral rear heater boxes similar to the bug.

It's true that the earliest mufflers had the rear heat exchangers 
integral to the muffler (like a bug) but there were later ones (OE) 
like this one with the heat riser pipe for the single carb engines 
AND the union nuts for the separate heat exchangers.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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