Won't hurt your vehicle at all.
It will help damage all of us though.
I personally don't want to breathe your HC/CO and NOx emissions.

Every time I see an old muscle car or classic on the road I perk up and
smile with appreciation.  Then I get behind it for a few minutes and realize
how blessed we are to not have a bunch of these cars on the road.

Please do your part, get a new cat and make sure your engine is tuned right
(timing, AFR, etc.) so it functions properly.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
marc rose
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:54 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???

I went to change out my worn out and rusted muffler on my 90 Carat "Rosie"
yesterday and noticed that the converter was all busted up and the ceramic
is all but gone.  I live in an area that has no enforced emission tests or
anything like that. My question is can i can safely run without the
convertor.  I was going to just bust out the rest of the ceramic and
reinstall but was not sure how it would affect the overall operation of the
engine.

Any thoughts??

Thanks

Marc