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

[Anonymous]

@tripyrenees wrote:

I am very reluctant to open the windscreen or the scuttle vent – they are nicely sealed at the moment.

Scuttle vent is not easy to get watertight using the new aftermarket seals available.

Windscreen, well on a post July 52 French car having the wipers at the bottom makes opening it up very noisy with the wipers fluttering in the wind at speed, the old design with wipers at the top should be far better in that situation, I don’t find opening mine or closing it lets water in though, (well I don’t think it’s from there but have never yet managed to track the source down)

What does help is having the side windows down with the side deflectors turned to draw air in (got mine from the club but there are other suppliers out there)

Whatever you do though, in hot weather, all your going to do is blow hot air into the car, even one of those clip on dash fans will only move the warm/hot air around.

There is a lot to be said for, in some situations for modern air con, but then where would the pleasure be in running a 1930’s design car and what would those ‘purists’ think about a TA with air con 😆