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The last year of production (1989) Walker galvanized thier mufflers. Mine has been on since 1991 and it even went through one winter with the salt and all. The glavo is starting to come off now in a few spots but it doesnt have any hole and hasnt rusted from the inside... yet anyway in 94Kmi Keith' > VW used a ceramic muffler on the '66 bugs. they didn't last any longer > than the stock muffler. They rust from the inside out, and you cant > ceramic coat the inside. > The rock chip on the outside and the ceramic coating starts to peal. > About the only mufflers that will really last, have to be made out of > Stainless. > That is what the modern cars have. 409 stainless. > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 FB AT > '66 FB MT > '64 T34 (not running) > '65 T1 (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >