Date:         Tue, 9 Aug 2005 06:16:56 EDT
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Broken Stebro Muffler Bracket / Malcolm's trip
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In a message dated 09/08/2005 12:08:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Perhaps  there is some truth to the assertion made by someone on the List that
the  Strebo mufflers are made from empty Spam cans.

Once again, when it  comes to vanagon exhaust parts, the most bang for the
buck is the real deal  stock item.



Maybe, just maybe the SPAM cans in your  neighbourhood are made from 14 gauge
#409 stainless steel but not up here  !  The muffler on my '87 Westy is still
the original prototype  STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Muffler from seven
years ago, installed July  1998.  How may others out there still have the same
muffler from eight  years ago and 450,000 km on the clock ?  Buy the OEM stuff
and keep  changing them, I don't care, it's your money & time after all !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat & Lionel  Trains
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
or http://frankcondelli.com
_STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel  Mufflers_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12,  2005