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Last edited by 59 Floride; 20th October 2013 at 02:31 PM.
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Excellent photos Graham and they show great details of the interior.
What a cruiser! I can see all the chicks running along behind you in that one MG. A bit like the hysteria when the Beatles were in town ....
cheers,
John
Well it's been a long time since any fair lady has thrown herself at my feet....t's mainly fair ladies who have fallen from their walking frames these days...![]()
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Last edited by JohnW; 20th October 2013 at 04:22 PM.
JohnW
Renault 4CV 1951
Renault R8 1965
Renault Scenic 2005 (wife's)
Renault Scenic 2007 (mine)
Peugeot 306 XT 1995 (daughter's)
Citroën CX Pallas 1980
National Co-ordinator, Renault 4CV Register of Australia
JohnW
Renault 4CV 1951
Renault R8 1965
Renault Scenic 2005 (wife's)
Renault Scenic 2007 (mine)
Peugeot 306 XT 1995 (daughter's)
Citroën CX Pallas 1980
National Co-ordinator, Renault 4CV Register of Australia
Another one, they seem to grow on you don't they...?
Checkout the extended side mirrors.
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Amazing mirrors! Well placed actually!
Thanks for that.
JohnW
Renault 4CV 1951
Renault R8 1965
Renault Scenic 2005 (wife's)
Renault Scenic 2007 (mine)
Peugeot 306 XT 1995 (daughter's)
Citroën CX Pallas 1980
National Co-ordinator, Renault 4CV Register of Australia
And the Presidential model...
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JohnW
Renault 4CV 1951
Renault R8 1965
Renault Scenic 2005 (wife's)
Renault Scenic 2007 (mine)
Peugeot 306 XT 1995 (daughter's)
Citroën CX Pallas 1980
National Co-ordinator, Renault 4CV Register of Australia
I was the proud owner of a 1956 R1101 Fregate as my first car. It lived around Drouin in Victoria on a farm before I bought it from my uncle for $25.00 in 1970. I kept the car for over 10 years before it was sold through Shannon's in Melbourne so it is likely to be around still, probably more or less as I sold it. The R1101 was a pretty car for its size and mine was light blue (solitaire blue according to Renault) with bright red upholstery. The R1101 had the bigger 2141cc engine, up from just under 2000cc for the R1100. The car was underpowered even for its day but the big drum brakes did a good job and the high top gear meant that she would really move downhill with a tail wind. The car as it aged had some issues. Firstly the differential was hung from the chassis on a steel leaf spring and that broke after a few years so when the clutch was released the differential used to hit the fuel tank. The gear linkage wore so much that the gear stick wobbled everywhere and geat selection became an art. The seals at the bottom of the sleeves used to deteriorate quite quickly and oil used to mix with water in the sump to produce mayonnaise. Road holding was very good and the suspension absorbed the bumps on even the roughest roads. Needless to say I would like my Fregate back and I still have the workshop manual if that ever happens!
I really want this...
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Well it's all up to you. You know you've got the capability. Although have you tried making wire wheels yet? There is plenty of info. A car up near Gatton. You will need big spanners. Some nuts are 36mm!! Well at least one is. You are a fast worker. Done in 18 months. The car club in France has some spares. Many, like universals etc, are standard sizes. The rubber dough nuts on the drive shafts can be rebuilt, they were standard off the shelf in the day may still be used in industrial equipment. Go for it!!!
Not even I would be crazy enough to attempt such a thing as making wire spoke wheels, but if I was I'd get the guy at Gatton to roll some new rims, have some centers made up by a machinist and then get them spoked by a motorbike restorer and hey presto, a set of wire wheels. Not that hard really.![]()
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I knew you could meet the challenge one way or another if you really wanted to. Actually they look very much like pre WW 2 Ford wheels.
By gove, is that a fregate in the back ground...?
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Noooh. Love BB though.
A coupla lads fixing one up...
Here's a pleasant way to spend 14:05 minutes, if you don't like the music just turn it off...enjoy
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More likely a Simca, but what REALLY surprises me is that your depth of field got that far!![]()
KB
Interestingly, it looks more like an MGA than her usual Floride/caravelle (I can never tell the two apart!)
KB
Gees you coves are observant, I didn't even notice there was a car there...must be the old grainy photo that threw me off............
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How to make wire wheels...simple when you see how someone does it.
P.J.HALLEWELL -- Phil Hallewell- Engineering- Wire Wheel Manufacturers and Repairing
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