Bourse D'Echanges de Chabinais

VWPowered

Good day out although all i brought was a Golf GTI Book, lots of good, great, cool and rubbish to look at my pics of todays event can be viewed here as their are to many to stick in a post..

buts here's a sampler



Janine likes the Matra Rancho so many one of these could be arriving at our house soon..

carchaeologist

Wonder is there any one of these R14s left in ireland!

junkyard

carchaeologist wrote: »

Wonder is there any one of these R14s left in ireland!

Hopefully not, horrible yokes!!!

macplaxton

Ahh, the R14. Visually to me, it's a French interpretation of an Allegro. :P

Renotec

Nope! not that I know about. Great cars! Fantastic to handle. And yeh! I know the tinworm got there. The late PH2 model 1978 / 79 was the best. Dipping process reduced rust.
Good points: Fast, great wide stance, 360 deg handbrake turns no problem.
Not so good: Customers complained about gearbox rattle which came from a low rpm set speed of the engine. Should mention the Peugeot engine not Renault motor. And before I get shot - that Peugeot motor was damn good for a Peugeot of its time ;-)
Paintwork hated the bird crap on it. Most popular Irish colours without quoting paint codes: Metalic Green, Met Blue, Met Silver. Non metalic: (Ixell 2pack) Burgundy, Silver, Beige, Mid Blue and Yellow.
I would love to take an R14 and upgrade the mechanical using the Energy engine from later models like the 19.

carchaeologist

lol..doesnt ans my q though...:p

VWPowered

Renotec wrote: »

I would love to take an R14 and upgrade the mechanical using the Energy engine from later models like the 19.

be a good little conversion that;)

galwaytt

..could you bring back that Vespa for me ?

VWPowered

was up for €1.5k

i know of one in a barn too..



although this one's not for sale..

Renotec

Well! some folks have all the luck finding these little gems and living in the land of french classics at that!.
By the way whats that bicycle on the left with that moteur! and that tractor?

VWPowered

bikes proberly a solex, tractor unknown.. had a mint Volvo truck too..





and a iffy alfa

MercMad

Yeah I always thought the 14 was a poxy looking car, but they were comfortable and roomy.

Neighbours had a blue metallic one for a few years.

I'd be into the Vespa too, love to get my hand on one to restore, but not at €1.5k !

Renotec

Jeeez! I'm rev'd up now. Will ya look at that cracking F89 just sitting there. Those Volvo's were the workhorse accross Europe.

VWPowered

so not interested in a F86 then





:P

8~)

...that remote controlled Merc. Wow.
I had one of those, in Gold. Best present I had ever had at the time. Had working lights and everything IIRC.
Have a real W116 to look at now.

Mycroft H

carchaeologist wrote: »

Wonder is there any one of these R14s left in ireland!

Theres loads of them in france. And r21, r19, r17, r4, r5, and......

Do the french have an nct/mot equivelent, seeing as they have lots of old cars on the road?

VWPowered

yes they have a Cntrole Technique for vehicles over 30 years old once every 5 years:D

Renotec

landyman wrote: »

Theres loads of them in france. And r21, r19, r17, r4, r5, and......

I'll have one of each please except the R21 unless its a T.

VWPowered

we are seeing less Mk1 5's, 14's, 12's, 18's, never really see 15/16's much either unless at shows..

oflynno

and more useless information

the people at matra went on to build the renault espace!!

Renotec

oflynno wrote: »

and more useless information

the people at matra went on to build the renault espace!!

But there is more!!!
Peugeot or to be more precise PSA delined the Marta wonder the Espace. Renault however were able to see the cost savings when they secured the Espace. How? With the composite (fibreglass) body and fully dipped chassis (galvanised) Renault were able to reduce the overhead cost of building a facility to store the components. The overall factory size reduced because all chassis & upper body units were stored outside in all weather conditions without risk of rusting. A simple process when assembly took place to remove surface water and oxidation. Runing gear and mechanicals were used from the R25
Instant MPV.

carchaeologist

Seems an appropriate place to stick this..

carchaeologist

nmacc

I have my doubts about the ol' CT (Control Technique, the French NCT)

I was wandering around the local general-purpose service & repair garage in a village in Brittany when I spotted a rather tatty Peugeot. It had a broken headlight but appeared to be in use, so I checked the CT sticker. It showed that it had just passed its CT test. Mind you, the sticker was a little hard to read behind the big crack in the windscreen!

I was even more doubtful when I spotted an R5 (Mk2) in Nantes with a valid CT. Seemed a bit odd as the floor was hanging down about 1" below the sills on the passenger side.