RENAULT Juvaquatre Dauphinoise - 1958...Oh no!

I've already been there and I still can't see them.

I remember they were so friendly there, they even gave me a hair cut. Thought that was weird for an optometrist but hey, I wasn't going to complain :D

Ah ha! I've worked it out. It's the AF app! I can see all the photos if I use the web browser.

Better still, I've got the app working properly too now. Just logged out and back in again and hey presto - photos all work!
Any way, back to Renault's now ;)
 
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FIVEDOOR said:
Space, I thought you'd have space to burn in the country and line of sheds.
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Yeah well, I also have a long list of excuses. I've been tabulating all the lame excuses I see on Aussiefrogs as to why a project can't go ahead.

Hows your project going anyway Fivedoor..?
 
I was away for most of May and June/July I have spent in hospital with my Mum. Nearly lost her, but looks like she has turned a corner over the weekend and they are talking of discharge plans. Now into filling mountains of paperwork for centerlink and retirement care facility.

How's that, best one I have come up with so far.

Sitting at hospital in these circumstances is not hard work, but is still Strangely tiring.
56 Fregate said:
Yeah well, I also have a long list of excuses. I've been tabulating all the lame excuses I see on Aussiefrogs as to why a project can't go ahead.

Hows your project going anyway Fivedoor..?
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David Cavanagh said:
Did they do a pickup? This one looks original.
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Bit late to this conversation. Yes - built four for a NZ contract - sent to Australia for assembly and were requisitioned by the government when the war broke out. To my understanding, one still exists - in my shed. Have all the paperwork proving providence. Not a modified car.
 

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Mark Borchard said:
Bit late to this conversation. Yes - built four for a NZ contract - sent to Australia for assembly and were requisitioned by the government when the war broke out. To my understanding, one still exists - in my shed. Have all the paperwork proving providence. Not a modified car.
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Hi Mark,

That's remarkable. Is it under restoration. Such a rare vehicle!
 
JohnW said:
Hi Mark,

That's remarkable. Is it under restoration. Such a rare vehicle!
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Only recently acquired the old girl. Have another project before I get serious. Previous owner (Kev) rebuilt the engine and gearbox (at considerable expense), brakes and suspension done along with wire loom, instruments and upholstery. Still some wood structure needing attention, rest is just bodywork. Hope to be on it by the end of this year. Will be painted in the original grey.
 
Mark Borchard said:
Only recently acquired the old girl. Have another project before I get serious. Previous owner (Kev) rebuilt the engine and gearbox (at considerable expense), brakes and suspension done along with wire loom, instruments and upholstery. Still some wood structure needing attention, rest is just bodywork. Hope to be on it by the end of this year. Will be painted in the original grey.
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That's great Mark. Good luck with it. I've never heard of another of these utes, personally. Given its vintage, it is the old sidevalve engine. Perfectly fine. It'll have lever-action shock absorbers I expect - just recently we've had a burst of activity on the related ones on Renault 4CVs and the only man in Oz to have rebushed one is in Adelaide. They don't wear out if they don't drain full so the seals matter. Shout if you need help there!
 
JohnW said:
That's great Mark. Good luck with it. I've never heard of another of these utes, personally. Given its vintage, it is the old sidevalve engine. Perfectly fine. It'll have lever-action shock absorbers I expect - just recently we've had a burst of activity on the related ones on Renault 4CVs and the only man in Oz to have rebushed one is in Adelaide. They don't wear out if they don't drain full so the seals matter. Shout if you need help there!
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Good to know - I am in SA so that's handy.
Thanks John.
 
Many years ago I worked with a Dave Borchard in the SA Dept of Mines. One of yours?
 
JohnW said:
Many years ago I worked with a Dave Borchard in the SA Dept of Mines. One of yours?
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Not to my knowledge. Family immigrated to SA from Germany in the 1800's and went everywhere from there within a generation. My father (also a David, was born in NSW as was I). I now live in SA.
 
Mark Borchard said:
Not to my knowledge. Family immigrated to SA from Germany in the 1800's and went everywhere from there within a generation. My father (also a David, was born in NSW as was I). I now live in SA.
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Just one of those coincidences I guess. Haven't seen the name for years! Thanks. You've quite a rare car there!
 
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