Carlos -
Steve Norton of Cape International has famously done
this for one of his "Cape Healeys" in the UK. He sold
this healey recently for a princely sum of over
$60,000 dollars. You can actually see what the
firwall looks like in the last picture of the article
here:
http://www.cape-international.com/capesport_cars.tpl
Very handsome stuff. Steve Norton is a real nice guy
too... I'm sure you can ask him questions and he will
happily tell you all about how he did it. By the way,
that article was printed in the Janaury 2002 issue of
Classic Cars Magazine (UK published).
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- Carlos Cruz <healey3000bn7@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Merry Christmas Fellow Listers,
>
> Ok, I understand all of the concours judges are
> vacationing in the islands now and won't see this
> posting - so this is just between you and I.
>
> I'm getting ready to pull the engine for a rebuild
> and have this crazy idea and need some help either
> telling me that "you're nuts" or how this might be
> done. I saw something similar to this on
> OverHaulin' and have been noodling around. Part of
> this idea has to do with dressing up the engine bay
> as much as it has to do with additional heat
> containment.
>
> The idea here is to fabricate an aluminum fire wall
> so that there is about 3/8" - 1/2" gap between it
> and the existing fire wall. I would relocate all of
> the items currently attached to the existing fire
> wall onto the new one. In the gap between the old
> and new I would layer one or two sheets of the mylar
> heat shield material.
>
> The interior of the existing fire wall is already
> lined. I realize this is probably more of a hot rod
> look, but do think I might look pretty cool. I'm
> curious if anyone has attempted or better yet,
> succeeded at doing something like this. I
> appreciate all thoughts on or off list.
>
> Merry Christmas to all. I'm looking forward to a
> new year and many more opportunities to meet others
> on this list.
>
> Cheers,
> Carlos Cruz
> '60 BN7
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