Re[2]: Subject: Spider muffler heat sheild

[Ed Lutz <edlutz@domain.elided>]

My 74 Spider had the same shield. It fell off the car a while back and
got stashed in a box in the basement. I haven't noticed any additional
heat on the floor and have decided to leave the shield in the box.

Ed

Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 12:02:10 PM, you wrote:

j> My '76 spider has a heat sheild above the forward muffler. It is
j> attached to the floorpan with some sheet metal screws from the unerside
j> of the car. They provided a nice place for rust to start, and punched
j> holes in the rubber floor mat. Brilliant design I'd say. I can't say
j> whether you'd have one on a '72 or not since the exhaust systems are
j> different.

j> Jason Glover
j> '76 Spider
j> '64 Merc Montclair



j> Subject: Spider muffler heat sheild

j> Project Alfa is nearly completely reassembled now. This is a '72 Spider
j> with
j> stock exhaust system. Can someone please confirm for me that there is no

j> heat shield between the small forward muffler and the driver's side
j> floorpan. For some reason I was thinking there was but I've torn the
j> garage
j> apart and don't see one anywhere, nor do I see any mounting
j> accommodations
j> for one but these are new floorpans that I put in over 3 years ago. Most

j> likely I'm just thinking of the heat shield above the main center
j> muffler
j> which I have.

j> TIA

j> Paul Irvine  - Antioch CA
j> 72 Spider - 79 Sprint Veloce - 82 GTV6

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