Best french car manual illustrations

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Post your favorite french car manual illustrations pics here. Must be french and be by hand only. Not CAD and the like. Scan it or take a pic on your phone and post. Mention what you like about it. Could also be informative to models for AF members.
 
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There's an idea!
Here's an original cutaway drawing of a "pre-serie" Renault 4CV of 1947. They made a small batch ahead of real production to show dealers the new post-war economy car. It is very similar to a production R1060 Renault 4CV (sold in Oz as the Renault 760) but different in some body details. Not a manual perhaps but there isn't one for this model!
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The no-CAD rule will make it pre-1970s Auto makers were among the first adopters. Even I had CAD in the 80s.
 
Last for now - here's one of Renault's lovely drawings, annoted and showing the Aerostable system on a Dauphine.
Aerostable rear suspension diagram 2.jpg
 
The no-CAD rule will make it pre-1970s Auto makers were among the first adopters. Even I had CAD in the 80s.
That's true Seasink. I was thinking of it as displaying how artistic these drawings are. Engineer/artist as apposed to engineer/CAD is the difference I suppose.
 
JohnW, Great drawings and the rendering used well.
There's an idea!
Here's an original cutaway drawing of a "pre-serie" Renault 4CV of 1947. They made a small batch ahead of real production to show dealers the new post-war economy car. It is very similar to a production R1060 Renault 4CV (sold in Oz as the Renault 760) but different in some body details. Not a manual perhaps but there isn't one for this model!
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Look at the detail. Even has a signature - RICHE. That one is worth a frame.
 
There are plenty of drawings in the old 2CV manuals. Here are two:
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JohnW, Great drawings and the rendering used well.

Look at the detail. Even has a signature - RICHE. That one is worth a frame.
It's in one. :) It was used in advertisements to - how I've ended up with the original amazes me.
 
It’s been a hell of a thread but unfortunately has outlived several photo-hosting sites .... let me know if you can’t see something interesting as there is a chance I’ve saved it to my hoard ...
 
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The following are out of a 1949, 203 manual. The part numbering system predates the current 4 digit, 2 digit (1022.11) method. The images are excellent examples of open and inline drafting. As mentioned earlier, the drawing/drafting techniques are a lost art.

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maybe due to my taste for what's called a ligne claire style of illustration, a la Herge or Moebius, as much as the accuracy;
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if we can deem this a kind of 'mode d'emploi';
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because i think it's where this appeared
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i found it interesting to compare and contrast with
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which obviously is from some journal so off-topic, otherwise.
 
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