Date:         Mon, 15 May 2000 10:20:05 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      STAINLESS STEEL Exhaust is HERE!
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I now have STAINLESS STEEL header (crossover) pipes for 2.1 liter, 2 wheel
drive Vanagons!

These are true 409 stainless construction, and priced at just $179.95 each.
They are made in Denmark by Jopex/Dansk, who has a long history of building
exhaust systems for VW (including as an OE supplier to VW).  They are not
being imported to the U.S. by Jopex, so I imported them myself. The rear
pipe will also work on a Syncro, but the front pipe is 2WD only.  Jopex has
no immediate plans to offer a Syncro front pipe, or pipes for the 1.9 liter
'83-85 models, in Stainless.

I also have Jopex mufflers with Stainless Steel bodies.  Jopex does not
actually make these mufflers; they import them from South Africa.  Unlike
the above crossover pipes, which Jopex specifies as stainless, they do not
specify what material these mufflers are made of.  But the actual South
African manufacturer of the muffler says that that the bodies are 409
stainless. (The flanges are not, nor is the external heat shield.)  I
verified their claim to my own satisfaction by taking a sample, scratching
off a small spot of paint, and leaving that section submerged in water for
several days, by which time surface rust would have begun to form on a
non-stainless muffler.  I am selling these for the same $109.95 price that I
was previously charging for the non-stainless mufflers, so in any case it's
a no-lose proposition.

Since the collector pipe is cast iron (and not failure prone), this makes it
possible to actually get a reliable, nearly 100% Stainless, exhaust system
for your '86-91 2WD Vanagon!  Only the cast iron collector pipe, the
tailpipe, and the short connecting pipe to the CAT would be non-stainless.
The price for the entire system is $649.95 (excluding CAT, which is $99.95
extra, and of course not stainless).

Part numbers are 025 251 171DS for the front pipe, 025 251 172RS for the
rear pipe, 025 251 053G for the muffler, and 025 251 053KS for the complete
system.

These items are in my new Catalog, and are also on the website. Or you can
order by p vbn additional dollar.)

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com
  (215) 234-VWVW