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

[Anonymous]

So the next job was repairing the seat cross member. I had to remove this to get to the floor panel. So I had to cut the flanges off and then hammer chisel the flange and spot welds from the floor. So will a little bit of angle I made up some new flanges and after lots of marking up (and several failed spot weld attempts….. all good practise 😀 ) I fitted it all on the bench.

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It fitted straight in and I spot welded (punch hole then enlarged to 8mm and used a spiral movement on the weld) the cross member to the floor and also to the sills of the body. It seems pretty firm and inspection underneath showed the penetration of weld so I am happy now and getting a little more confident with this welding stuff 😉

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In between the big jobs I always have a side job on the go, normally when it requires a bit of paint spraying and drying. I really needed a new rear number plate light unit. I tried everywhere but none were in stock and at €100 theses were not cheap. So renovation and rectification was the only thing to do.

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