help with firewall please

[marcello]

hello,

i would like to know what the difference is between a series 2a and 3 firewall.

i need to replace my firewall due to damage on my 2a but i want to know how to identify them when not in a car and fitted with plates ect. any help would be great thanks. mr

[The ho har's]

I assume it is a civey one


Mrs ho har

[marcello]

yes it is a civey one.

i am looking at a fire wall on the net that claims to be a series 2a but it has a different wiper motor on it and different steering wheel too. ( the wiper is a cable operated type and the steering wheel looks later than series 2a) i dont know what to make of it. thanks

[The ho har's]

I just happen to have some here will be back shortly


Mrs ho har

[JDNSW]

Series 2/2a firewalls are easy to identify - they have the open steel glove boxes and centre instrument panel. Series 3 does not.

There are differences within Series 2/2a, the biggest difference being 1967, when the wipers changed from separate motors to cable operation - this change required the cover on the LH glovebox for the wiper motor, the hole in the shelf above it for the cable, and the deletion of the wiper motor holes in the windscreen and add them to the top of the bulkhead. There are various other changes over the years as well, including changes to the panels below the instrument panel, but with all of these changes it is quite feasible to either modify the bulkhead to be the same as the one you are replacing, or modify the other bits to fit in with the new bulkhead.

John

[The ho har's]

1978 S3



1973 S3



the series 2a firewall is a bit unrecognizable

hope this helps or PM me the ebay listing and I will look there

Mrs ho har

[marcello]

thank you for such a quick response. it seems that this one on the net is not the same as mine then as my car is a 65 model and i dont really want to change something that is hard to find and usefull to others who may need it. you say you have some firewalls? would you be interested in selling any?

[The ho har's]

They are all attached to complete or nearly complete vehicles so no unfortunatly for you


Mrs ho har

[marcello]

thats cool. thanks anyway. if you here of any thing please let me know. a tree fell on my landy and damaged the top of the fire wall. nothing lines up how it should any more and i can not fold the windscreen down or properly close the vent flaps. its a real pain as it my daily driver.

thankyou for your help all the same. M.R.

[series3]

If you landy is a '65 then it will look something more along the lines of this, a '71.