Your cat may well have come from the factory empty.  When my '84 had the
heads replaced at 45k by the dealer under warranty (yes, they replaced the
heads to fix the dreaded leak!) the cat was empty, and this was a California
spec car!  Passed emissions just fine. The tech told me he had seen that
before.  If your rig was made for the Canadian market maybe that's why it's
empty.  Cats were very expensive in those days.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Quick fix exhaust job

Rocket j squirrel will accuse me of having too much time on my hands, but
jeepers, it was Friday afternoon and I had finished all my paying work.

Had to do a quick fix and do a temp replacement of cat converter. As is my
habit, I thought I'd make this chore into a little fun job.

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/vanagon-jury-rigged-fix-for-deceased-
cat/

Alistair