[Healeys] Midas muffler journey

[i erbs]

Thanks, but I have some headers I want to try out. And glass packs. I'm not
feeling up to doing the work myself, but a local shop took these off a
friend's BJ8, so he wants $200 to do the swap

Ira Erbs

On Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 1:14 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink at msn.com> wrote:

> Ira, my buddy can set you up with a brand new (it was still in the box it
> was shipped in.) Falcon stainless steel exhaust system. Last I heard he was
> asking $350. (What a coincidence.) He probably would charge for shipping
> also. Let me know if you’re interested.
>
> Bill Lawrence
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of i erbs via
> Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 3, 2023 5:00 PM
> *To:* HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Midas muffler journey
>
> I don't think they thought I would still have the car, or it would be
> dead.
> They just should have told me 1.5 years ago to go pound sand and not screw
> with me for so long...
>
> Ira Erbs
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 7:46 AM HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Clearly, Midas thought you'd be dead by now. 😀😀  All and all, it wasn't
> a bad $45 investment
>
> Happy Healeying,
> Rick Neville aka "HealeyRick"
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:21 PM i erbs via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie,OR
>       _______                                  _______
>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>          (_________________________)
>           BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
>
> 1Some of you may recall my battles with Midas over the last year and a
> half. Why Midas? Well 47 years ago there were not a lot of options to get a
> new muffler installed in my 59 100-6. Midas ran and ad showing an old guy
> in a model T getting his muffler replaced with his lifetime muffler
> warranty. I figured what the hell? I am going to own this car for a
> lifetime. I still have it. They have replaced the muffler 4-5 times over
> the decades. When I was driving down to Conclave I blew out the inside
> baffles. So when I got home I calle dup the shop that had replaced the
> mufffler before. They are now called Midas, no muffler and they did not
> have a muffler guy anymore, nor did any shop withng 50 miles of my house.
> The local shop got a new manager who was sure he could take care of me. I
> showed un and he backed away from his offer. Today I got a buyout check for
> my warranty. I paid $45 then they sent me $350.00 today. They put me
> through 1.5 years of shit and I still had to hound them after I agreed to
> be bought out three months ago.  Now I;ll have the headers I bought
> installed and glass packs. Here in Oregon it's still rainy and very cold,
> but I should be back on the road this spring.
> Cheers967 MGB  [image: MG]
>
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> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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