1952 Paris built Normale RSJ 834

That left lever is to open the heater flap. It should be a small rod going down to the circular inlet of the heater.

Hi Mick, yes I have the lever knob and that works fine. Above that I have the parking light switch. But to the left of the heater knob I have a hole with the remains of what looks like a bulb holder or switch. I will be taking all the bits out of the dash in the next few days to rub the panel down.

If anyone else is interested we have about 15 of these machines.
Nigel is setting one up on each of the cars on the CCC stand with a video running from the hard disk.

They are available at £40 each (Base unit, Screen with new Keyboard and Mouse)
you can add more hard disks or replace the hard disk with an SSD Drive (£30)
memory is cheap and can be added up to 2Gb.
With more memory they will run Windows 7
Ideal for a web browsing machine.

Collection at the NEC…. or whatever you wish…

Email me or ring 07766 785 563

I summoned up the courage and removed the old headlining. I now have a pile of very smelly and wet material which is going off to be used as a pattern for a nice new headlining. I found that the rear window is letting a lot of water in and that the wood surround had rotted. Managed to salvage enough for a template to cut a new one out of ply.

I have removed the back seat but how do you get the side bits off?

The interior is now looking very nasty and it looks like the inside of the shell has never been painted. So will now remove all the insulation and attack the metal with wire brush and treat with rust preventer. Then a nice coat of etching primer followed by a couple of coats of paint. I will then look at sound insulation.

Electrics have moved on as well. Now have a 12 volt starter with remote solenoid and a 12 volt coil. I just need to fit the 12v to 6v converter and sort out the wiring for wipers, fuel sender and gauge. I am still debating if I should leave dash lights 6v or go 12v.

Yes I am not doing too bad. The screws for the side bits of the seat are on the inside at the bottom? Did the dimmer still work ok with 12v to dash lights?

I saw that the ply surround was available but I had the ply and the tools so 10 minutes and it was made, I gave it a quick dip in plastic so it should last a while. Saved around 30 euros as well.
I will probably use the same stuff as they fit windscreens with now as I have a neighbour who works for Autoglass and will cadge a tube from him. It looks like the glass in there may not be original as the edges are very rough.
Not sure if there is also condensation problem as well with it running down from the roof etc. I am looking at spray foaming the roof and inside the door pillars which will stop the condensation and should help with noise levels.
The wiring up through the roof all looks to be very good for it’s age but it will be changed as I intend fitting fog lamps and a reversing light along with a high level brake light. All of the lights will be plug and play so when not needed they will live in the boot.
My enemy is as always time. This time of year I am very busy fixing and installing new gas boilers so time on the car has to be snatched between work and walking the dogs. I am meant to be taking it easy after my stroke lol.

That wasn’t too bad – I have seen worse in a lot that are driving around.

Mine was all yellow, must have been all the smoking they used to do in those days.

Seats look good too.