Re: Re: 1955 Traction 11B “Barn Find” Project

Tough day today, I started on the floor replacement.

Firstly I had to heat up and scrape the bitumen mess from the front bulkhead, what a crappy job that was and quite awkward getting in there too 🙁 But most of it came off leaving just a shimmer of black that will be covered with the Fatmat sound/heat proofer http://www.fatmat.com . It may not be original but I bet citroen would have used something similar if it was available at the time and not that sticky tar stuff that is all over the car 😯

I then cut out the front floor section and air hammered the spot welds off the surrounding ledge. That was a job and a half and I fell like I am getting into the touch restoration work now…. grinding and welding….man work 😆

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I bought the replacement front floor panel from José Franssen in Belgium. It was a good price but now I know why. How can a manufacturer not get the pattern right for the triangular sections underneath. It is not hard. And if the original cars are all so individual, then leave the bloody things off and leave the purchaser weld them on…. 👿 👿

See how much they are out of line (the thin strip is a piece I cut from the floor and that welding…. that is how it came)

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So I had to remove the outer two sections and place them in line with the existing section on the car and reeled them. A job that takes time which would be better spent drinking tea.

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