Thread: Is this a S2A or S3

It has a series 3 dash and front end - so without detail information like numbers etc you would have to say a series 3. If the Chassis number is coming up as a series 2a then has it been rebodied with a series 3 body.

Also if it has its original gearbox and it is all synchro then a series 3 - but then the box can be changed easy enough.

Also my series 3 did not have a heater but I would have expected a station wagon to have one. Also I don't know what those rear seats are - as far as I am aware it was only the series 1 SWB station wagons had individual rear seats - I thought Series 2 and 3 SWB SW all had bench seats in the back.

Also my series 3 had twin tanks so not unusual.

Garry

Its a bitza! But if the chassis number says Series 2a, then that is what it is legally. It appears to have a Series 3 bulkhead - but a 2a windscreen, 2a door checks, 2a radiator, 2a hydraulic reservoir, 2a window locks, 2a door locks.

All in all, I would say that it is a 2a that has had the bulkhead replaced with a Series 3 one, including dash (simpler job than grafting the 2a dash onto the Series 3 bulkhead), and also fitted the Series 3 hinges and grille on it.

John

my dad has an original early S3, it has a lot of S2a bits and looks a lot like yours it even has the same firewall guttering

i will get some photos of my dads 3 so you can compare. his does not have a heater either and has the door top locks up top

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

my dad has an original early S3, it has a lot of S2a bits and looks a lot like yours it even has the same firewall guttering

I think you will find it has a S3 windscreen though - hinges bolt onto the windscreen and fit inside the bit on the bulkhead, not part of the windscreen and outside the bit on the bulkhead.

John

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

i will get some photos of my dads 3 so you can compare. his does not have a heater either and has the door top locks up top

That's interesting, I wonder if they are pre production series 3's??

I will get the photos up on monday or tuesday

good picking on the windscreen john, I have also noticed the way the steel frame is folded is different between s2a and s3 but would be too hard to tell in that photo.