<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_33857">Still no luck finding a '72 muffler. But this situation will be a good test of the durability of Muffler Patch Kits. So, far so good.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_33954" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_34034" dir="ltr">I don't need tail pipe, damper pipe or those heat exchanger duct things...just the big tank part...the muffler.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_34072" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_34115" dir="ltr">Those heat exchanger come off ok (in my experience) with a special flat wrench and a hammer to whack it loose. I have to borrow that wrench from a mechanic friend.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_34116" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_34129" dir="ltr">Is it really the case that people with their super-restored cars hoard extra mufflers? Or, where else do they get them?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434311578144_34157" dir="ltr"> Or are they replaced by welders using mufflers that will fit...with the modifications?<br></div></div></body></html>