Automotive

You can see the remnants of the rusty floor pan behind L and C. 

Luckily C had a donor car about 100 #s later in production sequence, and its rust wasn't in the same places as our car. So we made one out of two. This is the donor car. It was in better overall condition but it did NOT have the early serial number. Yes gentlemen, some would say we are making a FrankenCitroen here.

In the USA we talk about rotisserie restorations where the car is put in a big fixture that allows it to be rotated easily. Well, since rotisserie is a French word to begin with, we took the same approach. We just didn't need the big fixture... Here P and L are working on cutting out the floor, while C and A are cleaning parts.



L and C give it the critical inspection. We had a running van from the same era in the driveway too, to confirm our suspicions of what went where. 

Work on the body shell continues as I have been assigned to clean up the seat frames, and I have been given an honorary blue suit to wear. The steering wheel and column are behind C on the rack.

More work on the shell by one worker while 3 inspect his progress. Typical!

Now C has welded the new floor pan into place and is applying some rust-proofing protection.



Floor and fenderwells are protected and you can see some filler has been applied in a few places to smooth the metal. The guy in the red suit was a part-time helper/painter. I never learned his name or social status.



You can see that we are making progress. This is about 3 days into the week.



There are always little brackets, cover plates, mounting bosses and things that must be repaired on any body shell. Even a simple Citroen. And look, there's another seat I haven't restored yet!



That's about all at this point with the body shell. Let's get some primer on it and take a break before starting on Part 3, Mechanical