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To: british-cars@hoosier (SOL list)
Subject: Fiberglass firewalls
From: tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 91 15:31:38 CDT
> When the water pump on my Lotus Twin cam went, we cut an access panel in
> the fire wall!!  It made replacing the water pump really simple.  To
> repair the firewall we made a patch from 3/4" plywood with fiberglass on
> bothsides.  It sure looks neat when you're done.

I know zip about Lotus, but two things here caught my attention:

1) The original firewall is fiberglass?

2) You replaced the fiberglass with wood!?

Can you say "wall of fire?"  The only thing I can think of worse than
a wooden firewall is the twin gas tanks in the rear fenders of my 
Alpine.
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