Thread: Series 3 chassis

The biggest reason is that the ADRs apply to the chassis not the body and most of the changes from S2 to 3 were related to safety ADRs such as a padded dash and flush door hinges.

There is no physical reason as all the mounting points should be the same. Long wheelbase chassis is a different construction but that's not really a problem.

Cheers,

TimJ.

Does a 2a have the padded dash, seat belts, etc?
I am thinking that it would be registered as a S3 due to the chassis number.
Which would mean that it needs to meet S3 ADR’s - like the padded dash, seat belts, door cards?, intermittent wiper?

It would need to meet the ADRs of the year of the chassis which could be anywhere from around 1971/2 up to 1982/3 as far as I know. There were quite a few changes in that era. Some were pollution control, some were safety related but you would have to know the year to be sure.

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Does a 2a have the padded dash, seat belts, etc?
I am thinking that it would be registered as a S3 due to the chassis number.
Which would mean that it needs to meet S3 ADR’s - like the padded dash, seat belts, door cards?, intermittent wiper?

IIa has a steel dash, what appear to be individually fitted seatbelts, no door cards.

Nothing a set of stamps and a "replaced" spring hanger cant fix
Im actually going to do the opposite, got a 2a chassis from GG that im going to rebuild my s3 on.
Cheers Jim

Yeah, just restamping your original chassis number onto a donor chassis solves your issues. You can buy brand new chassis’s with no number stamped in them - just push in your original number, so no different here IMO.

Bur why an s3 chassis? Unless its what you have or can get your hands on..
The s2 chassis is thicker and stronger, metal was cheaper and less competition for price
Cheers Jim

I was assuming the OP had one sitting around or access to one.