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GundyGuy
 Post subject: Lets Talk Exhausts
PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:57 pm 
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OK i am thinking of a new exhaust to finish things off
Was the Cooper S fitted with a Lukey Muffler back in the day?
I see these RC40 Mufflers advertised
Are they a copy of the original
I would like to hear what you have used and how it sounds

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Not sure what original was but lots of info on Lukey 132 worth reading.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=86421&hilit=lukey+muffler&start=30

I got one about a year ago, there should still be one or two around.

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From my recollection, factory cars were not fitted with a Lukey. The original mufflers didn't have much durability (although a mate with a Mark 1 with it's muffler blown out thought it sounded great - the noise inside would wake up the dead!).

Lukey came along with a replacement, as an alternative to BMC Spares dept. It was a much better product.
No doubt BMC put out tenders for supplying mufflers at the lowest possible price, during production.

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Anyone got one of these Lukey L-132 Mufflers they would like to part with

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It will be tough to get one now. A lot of their products are no longer in production.

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This is where I purchased mine a year or so ago but it looks like they are now out of stock. You could try calling.

https://www.bestmufflers.com/bshop/inde ... 19a80470e9

As mentioned in that other thread posted by Flute the L-132 is shorter than the original production muffler, which was 18" long.

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I think that I scooped up their remaining stock last year. :)

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TK wrote:
I think that I scooped up their remaining stock last year. :)

Did you buy 1 or several

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AEG163job wrote:
From my recollection, factory cars were not fitted with a Lukey. The original mufflers didn't have much durability (although a mate with a Mark 1 with it's muffler blown out thought it sounded great - the noise inside would wake up the dead!).

Lukey came along with a replacement, as an alternative to BMC Spares dept. It was a much better product.
No doubt BMC put out tenders for supplying mufflers at the lowest possible price, during production.

I haven't found definitive evidence of the manufacturer of the Cooper S production muffler but the engineering drawings for other BMC cars made in the same period (Morris 1100, Austin 1800) clearly state that W.C.Stevens was the source supplier. I would bet on them also supplying the Mini range of mufflers. John Smidt thinks the same.

The W.C.Stevens catalogue from back then lists model XL2481 for the Cooper S.

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Been around for yonks...possibly the 1920s

Bathurst 1966 connection...
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122782799/


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They used the Silex brand name.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Silex-Exhaus ... 1415221752

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so what is the size of the correct muffler as in length and oval section

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GundyGuy wrote:
so what is the size of the correct muffler as in length and oval section

18" x 7"

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