> At 11:33 PM 11/6/96 -0800, John Cowan wrote:
> ......
> > Back then my buddy had a great muffler on his 3. I think it was
> > an Abarth - low throaty mutter at most RPMs rather than the sharp
> > resonance peak on mine.
> > Anyone know if I have the brand name right?
>
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, John T. Blair wrote:
> Yes, you have the name correct. Abarth made a complete "tuned"
> exhaust system for many of the sports cars of the day. I had one
> on my TR3 back in the 60's. You're right, it had a great sound.
As did the Stebro, the "other" big name at the time. Similar design and
construction, along with similar "sound enhancement" qualities. One still
hangs off the bottom of my long-dormant TR3A. I bought it at a too-good-
to-pass-up price back around 1974 or so, even though I'd just managed to
scrounge for a stock system not long previous. I made up for the
finances, though, by selling the stock system to a neighbor with an early
TR4!
Ah, memories.... ;-)
--Andy
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