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Thanks Richard for the reply. The muffler is in better condition than I had believed. It doesn't have that much rust on it and the metal had come loose where it has been scraped. It is a good idea to add extra metal to those locations which is what I will do if I go that route.
I went to Kelly Truck Parts here in Nac. this afternoon with the muffler in the back of the pickup. They normally have resonators in stock, but were out but had some coming. He looked at muffler and said that Stemco sold out to Walker. Said he should be able to get that exact muffler for around 250 or $300.00. I found Walker on the net but not the muffler so I don't know.
I laid under the coach for about 30 minutes this afternoon trying to figure out how to route a fabrication. The way the exhaust comes out of the engine and the way the support bands are attached and the way the exhaust tip comes out, it is complicated. Nothing lines up. There will have to be some welding under there. The support bands will have to be moved over to the outside for it to be a straight line to the notch for the exhaust tip to come out properly. It seems almost more trouble than it is worth, being for about $30.00 I can have the old muffler welded and it will probably last another 3 plus years. So I am leaning toward that route and figure out something on the tip.