Renault 4 like i've never seen before

bbsrs

Would this be a home made job or did they sell off road R4's,
cool machine IMO

kasper

i think there was a 4 wheel drive built in eastern europe maybe by dacia

carchaeologist

R4X4?

bbsrs

carchaeologist wrote: »

R4X4?

I don't know,I saw it this evening in a town in northern Sardinia and thought it looked mad , for a rat look R4 it drew alot of looks and smiles from people.
Should have looked under it to see if it was 4x4 ah i might see it around again one of the days .

Capri

Build your own - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3316553

They raced them in paris-Dakar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsk3tpPrvU

Came across a Jap-spec LHD R4 GTL with a/c and sunroof - looking 7k tho :P


Renault20 4x4 http://www.renault.com/en/passionsport/les-vehicules-historiques/pages/renault-20-4x4.aspx

bbsrs

Capri wrote: »

Build your own - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3316553

They raced them in paris-Dakar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsk3tpPrvU

Came across a Jap-spec LHD R4 GTL with a/c and sunroof - looking 7k tho :P


Renault20 4x4 http://www.renault.com/en/passionsport/les-vehicules-historiques/pages/renault-20-4x4.aspx

I have enough unfinished projects in the garage and I'm not sure the missus would take too kindly to another piece of junk arriving since the other two I promised to get rid of last year are still in the same positions as 12 months ago.

hi5

I wouldn't think its 4x4, as it doesnt seem to have a back axle,unless it's got two chains running down to each wheel:D

bbsrs

hi5 wrote: »

I wouldn't think its 4x4, as it doesnt seem to have a back axle,unless it's got two chains running down to each wheel:D

Well spotted. Very observant of you .

kev1.3s

some things look better with battle scars don't ya think? there was a fella round here who had an old hi lux that was jacked up and bet to **** but it was seriously cool looking.

bbsrs

kev1.3s wrote: »

some things look better with battle scars don't ya think? there was a fella round here who had an old hi lux that was jacked up and bet to **** but it was seriously cool looking.

Agreed.

megafan

hi5 wrote: »

I wouldn't think its 4x4, as it doesnt seem to have a back axle,unless it's got two chains running down to each wheel:D

I would say HI5 is correct this is a front wheel drive car... altough it dosen't mean it would be bad off road those cars we're so light they could go where a lot of 4x4's would never manage:P

kev1.3s

megafan wrote: »

I would say HI5 is correct this is a front wheel drive car... altough it dosen't mean it would be bad off road those cars we're so light they could go where a lot of 4x4's would never manage:P

Like a 2cv, thats what I taught when I saw it first.

Xlaxeo

They produced a 4X4 version of the Renault 4 from 1962 until the end of european production in 1992.

It was called the Sinpar 4X4 (the subsidiary that made the conversion).

They apparently cost nearly twice the regular version and were bought by the national forest service, electricity company and police in France.

patwicklow

I watched this about the R4 such a simple car think i will get one to restore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhGmPmX0SB4

Capri

You could do a lot worse - they're thinking of bringing in a 'new' R4, but the old ones are much better. I owned 4 exP7T / Eircom ones.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boo66/3611114173/



http://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4442

galwaytt

Seeing as it's a Renault love-in, some nice films here: http://en.int.renault.tv/entertainment/ and they come up on the Renault TV channel which is on free satellite as well. Freesat 651 or SKY 883.

Go here to the Renault Film Club: http://en.int.renault.tv/entertainment/film-club/film-club-women-and-cars/ and there's a great film about a team of women who drove R4's from Ushuaia in South America to Anchorage in Alaska in 1965/6. Not a Torsen Diff or BF Goodrich off-road tyre in sight ! Just goes to show the daftness of SUV's in urbania, 50 years later..........

nmacc

Anyone remember the R18 4x4 that was sold in South Africa??

Paparazzo

I love renault 4's and always loved the idea of having one. Not any more. I want a r4 Sinpar now.



Nice exhaust routing.

unfit2006

Here are a few photos of a Renault 4 Rally car which I took in Cahors last weekend. The Renault was competing along with the other modern rally cars and not in the Historic class as you would expect.

Tzar Chasm

I presume they sorted out the torsion bar 'issue' with the back wheels when they put in the axel

Xlaxeo

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

I presume they sorted out the torsion bar 'issue' with the back wheels when they put in the axel

I don't think so.

Anyway there's no 'issue' to sort as the fact that the wheels bases are different doesn't alter the handling of the car in any way.

shaunandelly

...and there was a 4x4 2CV as well. Extra engine and separate tanks. Meant for Gendarmes etc in some of the less developed colonies.

DublinWriter

Kill it with fire.

Tzar Chasm

Xlaxeo wrote: »

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

I presume they sorted out the torsion bar 'issue' with the back wheels when they put in the axel

I don't think so.

Anyway there's no 'issue' to sort as the fact that the wheels bases are different doesn't alter the handling of the car in any way.

Twould make for a rather interesting axel design tho if they kept the offset

Capri

nmacc wrote: »

Anyone remember the R18 4x4 that was sold in South Africa??

http://vn.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=mkg028&va=renault+r18+4x4

I'd say the Swiss and Scandanavian markets got some of those R18 4x4

Peugeot used to do a Dangel 505 http://www.flickr.com/photos/xavnco2/4451267540/in/photostream/

Mycroft H

shaunandelly wrote: »

...and there was a 4x4 2CV as well. Extra engine and separate tanks. Meant for Gendarmes etc in some of the less developed colonies.

The sahara.

Two 12ish hp engines at each end. There were two seperate transmissions as far as I know.

Capri

No electric diffs, or electric anything - just honest to god easily fixed mechanicals.

Remember the James Bond (Roger Moore) 2CV fitted with a 1200 GS flat-4 :eek::eek::eek:

Draye

Mine was a normal f4, the basic one, and i remember going into rave parties and technivals in the middle of fields and stuff like that. Never had a problem off road. If it got stuck, you brought a few strong lads, and they would lift it up by hands XD

bijapos

shaunandelly wrote: »

...and there was a 4x4 2CV as well. Extra engine and separate tanks. Meant for Gendarmes etc in some of the less developed colonies.

It was actually French oil workers in places like Algeria who suggested a light weight 4x4, up till then they used Saviem and Berliet 4x4 trucks but they were too heavy for short trips around the camps.

BX 19 wrote: »

The sahara.

Two 12ish hp engines at each end. There were two seperate transmissions as far as I know.

Two engines, to engage 4WD you started the second engine with a second key, but it had only one clutch! Nice and simple . Less than 1000 were built, very few survive today as they were a workhorse and most were driven into the ground, they go for crazy money now, up to €50,000 for a good one.

Capri

How about merging R4 topics here ?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056234587&page=8

Anan1

I just stumbled across this - it's an R6 rather than an R4 but it is a Sinpar, and I have to say it looks well: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C285393

w124man

Capri wrote: »

Remember the James Bond (Roger Moore) 2CV fitted with a 1200 GS flat-4 :eek::eek::eek:

Was it not a Dyane engine fitted to that car?

Capri

w124man wrote: »

Was it not a Dyane engine fitted to that car?

Uh uh, Dyane / 2CV same engine, Flat twin 602cc. GS flat 4 1015 / 1222cc engine. (GS also had a Wankel rotary version ! (GS Bi Rotor )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvJp1X3qiog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2h0DJ4sIAA