FWIW, I use the newer type distributor cap (with posts inside the plug
wire sockets) on an older type '84 distributor in my '84 7 pass.  It
works fine.

Mike

Geza Polony wrote:
> Unless your present muffler is really bad, a new one won't help. I got one a
> few months ago from Bus Depot and it actually made the sound louder than
> before. Not a complaint, though, as I like the resonance of it.  There's
> something appropriate about hearing the engine in these old cars, in my
> opinion, but to each his own. I find that the rear mattress deadens the
> sound a lot in itself--do you have a mattress in there?
>