Gerard,
Is your old muffler Monza or Abarth? Do not know when Abarth stopped being
imported to the U.S. I think it was Monza that made a look a like with
almost the same logo. The Abarth's were great, wonderful sound, wish they
were still available and legal in CA.
Bob and Annice
1960 Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1967 Sprite Mk III (in progress)
In a message dated 8/13/00 12:09:20 AM, pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com writes:
<< I have one of the twin chrome tipped Monza (or Anza(?), can't remember). I
must have bought it back in the late 70's because I retired my original
Bugeye back in 1979. When I stripped the car for parts, I refurbished the
exterior and it will go on my red Bugeye when I get it done. I had one of
these on my MGB too. It's too bad they don't make them that way anymore. It
has a great sound to it... hopefully I'll get to enjoy it again one day...
soon!
Gerard
At 12:57 PM -0400 8/12/00, Bkitterer@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/11/00 8:11:28 PM, bmantz@roanoke.infi.net writes:
>
><< Since there seems to be a split decision on the value of a Stebro
>exhaust, would anyone care to debate the technical and long term value
>of a Monza exhaust vs. a Stebro exhaust? >>
>
>Our experience with Monza was not favorable and it never even got on the car.
> The picture that they showed of a Spridget muffler looked a lot like the
>Abarth, oval with twin tail pipes. What we received looked like a glass pack
>with a piece of pipe out each end. The mounting bracket was about 8 inches
>off from the stock mount on the Spridget and the exit pipe was not bent in
>the correct manner. A call to Monza on these issues got a 1) just drill
>another hole in the trunk pan and put a bolt in it to mount the muffler - not
>acceptable to us. 2) the picture that they show in the catalog was just one
>of the ways they make mufflers and they can change that any time they want,
>tough luck. Ours went back for a refund which we did get in a reasonably
>timely manner.
>
>Some big Healey folks say that they do not last over a year but that is word
>of mouth.
>
>Bob and Annice
>1960 Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
>1967 Sprite Mk III (in progress)
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