citroen traction avant with 4 gear transmission

Описание: Traction avant avant 11 BL from 1952 after conversion from 3-speed to 4-speed transmission. Steering wheel is a 375 mm Volante Nardi, Gear Shift Stick is original, wiper/indicator combination on right side is from a Monarch tractor and contains control for Heating, windows cleaner, wipers, hazard lights, turning indicator. Shifting gears is done with right leg because the original gear stick comes in so handy that it seemed logical to do the shifting by leg than by hand. Car was purchased by me around 1984 and since then driven as daily use car until 2008 when a broken valve stem seal unfortunately ejected the motor oil out of the concave oil filler cap which off course is larger than the filling thing itself. Oil filter caps are designed to keep water out but not oil in...the rest of the story can be read at http://lupara.org/cgi-bin/baseportal....