Only mid-1969 onwards.
Could you list all of them that were in 1969, showing town, suburb by state.
Thanks in advance.
Only mid-1969 onwards.
Interesting, Simon; thanks. You sought input on possible errors. I think that the below 750 info is wrong.
"1956
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750: A revised “safety” plastic dashboard with a crushable rubber cushion along its lower edge is introduced. An externally accessible fuel filler cap is included on Australian assembled vehicles."
My 1958 750 is of this type, I think, & the dash is metal & the cushion is plastic (it also has plastic, not metal, door handles & a padded roll in the panel above the windscreen).
cheers! Peter
I have a couple of minor changes: the 1954 "Mk 54" version of the 750 didn't get a thermostat.
Our 1964/5 R1130 has seat belt mountings, so they didn't come in with the R1132.
1 July 1974 saw the introduction of the metric system to Australian roads. The road network being the final frontier crossed in Australia's change from the Imperial system to the Metric system.
Renault Australia's change from MPH to KPH speedos occurred in May 1974, when the 1974 model year upgrade was introduced. Featuring in addition to metric speedos, new colours and extra frills, tombstone seats for the 12GL and 16TS. However the fully imported 15/17 vehicles were still fitted with MPH speedos unless the purchaser noticed, and requested replacement to metric instruments at time of delivery until 1975.
For the oldies, there were either stick on numbers supplied by your friendly local service station, to remind you of the new speeds, or Renault Australia commissioned DeNeefe signs in Eltham Victoria to print stickers to be attached to the face of the MPH speedometer.
The stickers supplied for the 10 and 16TL strip speedo (see pics attached below) were a bizzare creation featuring what could be interpreted as random numbers, with no real indication of 60/100/110 kph. In reality I'd say they would have been of less use than a chinagraph pencil blob on the face of the MPH speedo to remind one of where 60/80/100 etc would approximate.
TV ad from the period, introducing metric motoring:
Metric Motoring (1974) clip 1 on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online
Also a sticker to convert round dial 16TS's to kph. Even had it's own part number 7702063176.
Perhaps a sticky, so it doesn't get lost so easily, admin?
what do you mean you can't guess the date?! Sheesh!
Another picture of Renault Australia at Heidelberg. The Renault 16 is apparently the first Australian assembled prototype. I wonder if it is the evaluation car later registered as JZA 930, featuring in the Modern Motor road test?
I think JZA930 went to Sydney as it appears in the Sydney office based Magazines, where as JZA931 stayed in Melbourne and was reviewed by Motor Manual and Wheels.