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

[Anonymous]

@tripyrenees wrote:

Installed the first section of “original” exhaust having had it repaired where it had cracked near the lower bracket. I also taped it with heat shield to try and prevent some of the heat near the alternator.

The alternators are shorter than the original dynamos so are further from the exhaust.

I tried the heat shield tape on my car and after 6 months or so it had gone hard and brittle and started to ‘crumble’ so I took it back off as it didn’t seem to make much difference. The one thing to make sure of is that the front down pipe has the support bracket at the bottom fastened to the engine otherwise it moves back and forth and will eventually crack the manifold. Looking at your picture it seems to be in place, but is hard to tell as it looks like a ‘down’ piece only and should be forming a triangle back to the exhaust on an original one.

My custom stainless one is a bit different (the cat litter in the tray below is to keep the garage floor clean as even after an engine rebuild the engine still ‘drips’ 🙄 )