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Did not know about Voluparts, until I read this post.
I was replacing the exhaust on my 1980 244 B21F. I had collected all the pipes, hangers, clamps from the CAT back, from FCP (which once upon a time was Groton, and basically mail order from a Conn dealer). The short pipe from the CAT the the first muffler I managed to snag locally.
When I got into it I found that the Header Pipe had a hole and worse, the CAT (the original) mounting plates were thin and shot - Rusted away, even though the CAT was fine, they were basically not serviceable after I got it all apart.
I had a hard time locating the front pipe, and realyy did not want to spring for a new CAT, since the car has Historical Plates (no inspections) and I only drive it about 1500M/year. I thought about having a short pipe made with flanges on either end, to bridge the CAT gap. I thought about welding new triangle mounts to the old CAT.
But I still needed the front pipe...which seemed to run about $95, from single source I found.
The other option was to find a PreCAT front pipe. Like one for a 1976 240.
Voluparts had a front pipe for the 1980, with a CAT, BUT they also had a new PreCAT pipe...for $68. Which of course I bought. UPS was a bit more, since the pipe is so long, but.
So,from my experience Voluparts had the part...for an very OLD VOLVO, in stock.
the funny thing is that I've been driving these Volvos since 1983, and I never came across Volupart...in years of searching for parts sources, until now. I've never before seen them given as a source in BrickBoard posting.
So Check them out. http://www.voluparts.com/ And report back.
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