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oliverbarth
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New Firewall

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Hello everybody,

Is there any known source for a new stainless steel firewall? We need one for a 170b from 1954 which we are restoring here in Germany.

Thank you
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Re: New Firewall

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You can try to search the forum by typing "firewall" in search above.

Here is one:

http://www.cessna170.org/forums/viewtop ... ll#p116242
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Re: New Firewall

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Delair in Porterville, California is another option. This link shows a picture of the firewall they made for me.
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Re: New Firewall

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Thank you.

We are in contact with Del Air. We tried to reach them before after reading various threads but we were not successfull - therefore this enquiery.
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Re: New Firewall

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What's the going rate from Cessna?
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Re: New Firewall

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Cessna told us, we could order the firewall but Cessna can't tell us when it will be delivered and how much it will cost - not very tempting!
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Re: New Firewall

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Kyle Fosso's new firewall that he constructed is fabulous. Maybe he'd assist in creating another?

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https://www.vfrsim.com/wp-content/uploa ... /10/82.png

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Re: New Firewall

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I'm guessing without a form one or a 8130, this gentleman is in trouble.
There's a -3 firewall available, not sure what the difference is between a -1. might be worth checking into the difference with Cessna. Note Cessna was making new ones 10 years ago, so ordering one might not be that expensive compared to the alternatives.
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Re: New Firewall

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Miles' post, " '98C's Road to Recovery" states Del Lehmann just installed a new stainless steel firewall. Miles or Del should be able to say where they got it.
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Re: New Firewall

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hilltop170 wrote:Miles' post, " '98C's Road to Recovery" states Del Lehmann just installed a new stainless steel firewall. Miles or Del should be able to say where they got it.
Del said it was from DelAir.
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