I juse 135/70*15 komhu at the front

I got all that blah, but I love my Diana D*lly

Same for a Ami 8 and littlebit less for a Ami 6

You should buy a DS cabriolet then...... or an Original Sahara and sell it to Japan/USA.....

All of the rear deck is fully welded back into place, welding tin foil to tin foil not easy at all but i have the hang of it now, the new rear boot floor is finished with small panels added in the rear corners and of course a few rust repairs one on the rear panel behind the number plate and a repair to the inner rear wing....
So i am sorting the front toe board as we speak, i do find it very odd that the weight of the front half of the car is supported by this, best get it right then..


Photos to follow...

Ben

Odd in what way?
The chassis spans longitudinally, those front and rear 'box' sections span tranversely, then the sills span fore and aft with some additional support from the outriggers under the floor.

The cars which worry me are those where the original arrangement for attachment of the body to the chassis using 24 x M7 setscrews has been reduced to 2 x M7 and 6 x M6, with the rest being self-tapping screws...

ken

I'm really enjoying this build, nice fabrication work. You're making me want a Dyane. Again.

Regarding the tyres, some space saver tyres are quite low profile and of course some are 15", especially suitable would be the ones that fold out as you inflate them, from memory I think some Mercs have them, as a bonus they're runflats. Not sure safety wise for long term use, but for light use they would be OK.

There maybe be a legal and safety issues with space saver tyres, as many a speed restricted and designed to run a high pressure,hence the lowering of pressure can cause then to overheat and delaminate. You may find your insurance company refusing any accident claim.So think carefully before you fit these tyres and have a look at the information on the sidewall re the size, pressure, speed, load and the like.

Just the way the front end is mounted by the stock toe board that to me just seems very thin, i am sure that it is well within tolerance for the cars design... So i am replacing this with the same double skinned panel and have folded up the lower section, but in 1.2mm thick steel, with the top in 1mm steel all mounted down as low as possible for the pedals ...

Thanks Peter..

Ben
ahead of you with that one.
For bodyshells which take a lot of hammer, such as racers of Raid cars, adding diaphragms to that triangular box section at the base of the bulkhead is not unknown...
That deals with the concentration of shear stress at the edges of the chassis, which is why Citroen have always installed diaphragms at the same location in the rear box.
ken




1.2mm Zintec floors & repair panels for lower bulkhead. by slcchassis, on Flickr