[Mgs] mufflers

[Don]

Sorry to come off so strong.  I have had MGs for 45 years and I have 
bought parts from many places.  Used to get a lot of them directly 
from the UK, new and used, as I had a Magnette, Bs, MGA, and 
others.  Was great when the dollar and pound were at parity.

Getting a proper exhaust system on my current MGB is not a high 
priority, and just happened on the postings so interjected my 
query.  I had not bothered to even look for a source other than Moss 
for a muffler.

A used exhaust system in good shape would be fine, as what is on it 
works, but it's way too loud for my tastes.  It looks to have a 
single glasspack single muffler only.

Don



At 02:12 PM 8/18/2012, Councill, David wrote:
>Perhaps then, I should add a bit more to this topic. I was "puzzled" 
>because I had recently purchased all the exhaust pieces for my 64B 
>restoration (recently as in two years ago) through Moss. However, it 
>seems like I have been seeing a lot more "NA" parts the past 5-10 
>years. Some parts are "NA" because they can be substituted with 
>newer year B parts or even with generic (multi-car) parts. But I 
>have also found that parts listed "NA" by Moss can sometimes be 
>found through other parts distributers.
>
>Most recently I purchased door caps for my 64B from the Roadster 
>Factory - no other vendor I know of sells these. I have also ordered 
>from the UK on a few occasions for parts unavailable here in the US.
>
>Leacy Classics (www.leacy classics) provided me with some hard to 
>find parts and quick free international shipping. Brown & Gammons 
>(http://www.ukmgparts.com/) was my source for parts for a factory 
>hard top on my 72B that no other distributers had.
>
>Also, I should mention Moss resellers can also be helpful in finding 
>alternate sources for NA parts. During the earlier restoration of my 
>72B, both Jeff Zorn (lbcarco.com) and Ed Kaler (justbrits.com) were 
>able to locate some items for me.
>
>Just a little helpful information for the list. I am sure many of 
>you are like me and are always looking for sources for parts. And 
>that's just new parts. I have found used parts to be even more 
>difficult in recent years in terms of salvage yards.
>
>David Councill
>64 B
>67 BGT
>72 B
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] 
>On Behalf Of Don
>Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 1:33 AM
>To: MG List
>Subject: [Mgs] mufflers
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>Re:  "puzzled"  and "surprised"
>
>Hey guys, I may be slow, but I'm not stupid.  I have been looking at 
>each Moss MGB catalogue since I bought my car a year ago, and the 
>rear muffler 454-550 for pre-1968 MGB was illustrated but was shown as "NA."
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>However, the catalogue I just got in the mail does show that it is 
>available again.
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