Heater box

PostPost by: mdf » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:41 am

I'm putting a basket case Elan back together and (of course) there are missing pieces. Actually the car was in bags and boxes not baskets - so I suppose I should call it a bags and boxes case.

The first of many problems I am facing is how does one mount the heater box behind the dashboard. Pictures would be appreciated. Is there a bracket I am missing or can fabricate?

Thanks in advance

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PostPost by: garyeanderson » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:46 am

What series...

The bracket on the left is a S3 S4 and the bracket one the right is fot the S1 and S2 Series.
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PostPost by: neilsjuke » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:26 am

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PostPost by: John Larkin » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:13 am

Here's a picture of the bracket in place in an Elan S3.

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PostPost by: garyeanderson » Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:52 am

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one photo from behind the dashboard on an early S2

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PostPost by: neilsjuke » Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:37 am

Is it me are the days of a thank you long gone .
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PostPost by: mdf » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:18 pm

Thanks for the pictures.
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PostPost by: mdf » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:36 pm

For those of you interested in my Elan saga I posted my story in the Free parking section. but I'll recap...

My name is Michael Fatsi - from Richmond, Virginia

I have a 1963 S1 it is an early car originally sold on the Isle of Jersey - I do not know how it ended up in the US. This car was featured in a British magazine called "Performance Car" in October 1989 ( the car was living in California at the time as a silver lhd with enormous fender flares and a spider chasis) - after the magazine article the prev. owner disassembled the car and moved abroad - or so the story goes. The car was put in boxes and bags and moved around the country staying with various family members and eventually ended up in Virginia where I found it. During its travels many parts were lost.


I bought the car about 6 years ago I am now on the final stages of resurrection. Wish me luck. Engine and trans were rebuilt - I have repainted the car yellow - chopped off the huge flares and traded the spider chassis to a friend of mine who races an Elan. This will be a street car.

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PostPost by: Frank Howard » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:57 pm

neilsjuke wrote:This may help you

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16638375@N ... 202952079/

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PostPost by: cabc26b » Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:38 pm

Hi Michael,

I think I know the person you sold the spider frame to, He might have ditched the heater to save weight, maybe a call to him to see if might part with his bracket ( a simple "L" arrangement is all you would need to tie the dash back into the tunnel ) - or use his for a pattern . looks like this -



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PostPost by: mdf » Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:00 pm

Thanks for all your help I have managed to fabricate an adequate bracket using all the great pictures provided.

Thanks for all the input.

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