[Healeys] 100-6/3000 muffler

[Bob Spidell]

I have a 2017 VB catalog--maybe I should put it on eBay as a 
'collectible?'--and they have half of a BJ8 muffler system listed (the 
outboard half of the front section, and the inboard half of the rear).


On 6/11/2021 4:44 PM, gradea1 at charter.net wrote:
> Originals were made by Burgess...they also did the air cleaners. 
> Aftermarket items were sold by BAP and JC Whitney.  Too bad Victoria 
> British got gobbled up by Moss.  They had a good supply of those type 
> items. Hank
>
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> From: "Bob Spidell"
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday June 11 2021 1:53:40PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100-6/3000 muffler
>
> Ira,
>
> Which part did you blow out? If the pipes are still in good shape, a 
> muffler shop shop should be able to weld some new mufflers in there 
> (should be good for a few years at least). I'm still running an Ansa I 
> bought three decades ago, albeit with some 'Heartthrob' glass packs 
> stitched in; it's got a bit raspier sound--sometimes, people think I 
> have a Nasty Boy--but I don't hear it much at speed. Some shops can 
> fab a whole new set for you--minus downpipes--and it might not less 
> than Moss's 'Tourist Trophy' chromed set. Mike Lempert, of steering 
> wheel fame, was going to fab some Ansa knockoffs, but never did.
>
> Side note: There are two kinds of mufflers that I know of: glasspack, 
> and 'turbo' (baffled). The Ansa was glasspack, and originally made my 
> car sound like a 6-cyl Ferrari (noticeably higher pitch). Anybody know 
> what the originals were?
>
> Bob
>
> On 6/11/2021 1:29 PM, i erbs via Healeys wrote:
>
>     High all,
>     I blew out my muffler on my 59 100-6. I bought a lifetime Midas
>     warranty 42 years ago and the shop that last replaced it said that
>     Moss has them on back order. He is will to source one if I can
>     tell him who has one in stock. I think foreign shipping is beyond
>     their good will. So any ideas on US companies that might have one
>     in stock?
>     Got three years out of the last one
>     Ira Erbs
>     Milwaukie,OR
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