1934 Renault Monaquatre
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Weary but unmolested. Nice. A small 'four' I presume.
Yep it'd be a 4 cylinder and they did well to fit in four seats (or 6 if your petite enough). These cars have quite a short wheel base compared to the 6 and 8 cylinder cars.
I wonder if the Monasix was the same chassis. That was a 1-litre six if I recall.
According to Wicki the Monaquatre and the Monasix wheelbase is identical at 2650mm. The Six cylinder engine seems to be 1476 cc
Ah, a 1500 cc. I probably knew that once... Here's one in Gay Paris a few years ago. Shows the start of radiator shifting to the front but elements of alligator bonnet.
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Any idea what year that is? It still has friction shockies I'd note.
I saw the 4 and 6 cylinder wheelbases were stated as being the same on Wikipedia as well (at 104 point odd inches), but then this Classic and Sports Car article puts the 4 cylinder wheelbase at 96 inches. Who knows.
According to my books, the front radiator and the small 6 first happened in 1930. So, no earlier than that. But I don't know the exact year. It would have been pretty smooth for the time and about then they adopted security glass too.
That'd be synchro on 2nd and 3rd only too, I'd say.
Surely not a two-bearing 6-cylinder? This would be a four I think. Antiquated running gear is certainly fair even if they gave it a middle engine bearing. I think the bigger cars with dynostarts were all 12V, so this thing presumably had a generator and a starter motor.I saw the 4 and 6 cylinder wheelbases were stated as being the same on Wikipedia as well (at 104 point odd inches), but then this Classic and Sports Car article puts the 4 cylinder wheelbase at 96 inches. Who knows.
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That'd be synchro on 2nd and 3rd only too, I'd say.
Yes the article was on the Monaquatre.
It says it's a sidevalve 4 cylinder in the brief specs.