Vanderbilt at Pebble Beach 2017 !!!

Thanks for sharing Ray,

It doesn't matter what the marque is, it is just interesting to see things from the motoring past.

Cheers,

Dano
 
Thanks Ray, I should have thought of this place for a post!!

Here's a gem from the 2015 show, winner of the chairman's award. It just makes we weak at the knees. What a car!
 

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They certainly are a gorgeous thing. There is plenty to be read about the Renault connection with Vanderbilt. Essentially L Renault built 10 of these for Vanderbilt and his wealthy mates. Only five exist now and there is some doubt about the pedigree of the 5th. This red one sold recently for more than AUD$4million

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Dano said:
Thanks for sharing Ray,

It doesn't matter what the marque is, it is just interesting to see things from the motoring past.

Cheers,

Dano
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Quite agree. A classy motor is what it is. Saw an episode of "How cars are made" about Morgan cars, and am amazed to learn that they are still made entirely by hand, piece by piece, just like 100 years ago, with a timber frame and sheet aluminium. The only 'modern' component is the BMW engine. I would love to have one of those 'classics', in the real sense of the term.
 
Saw quite a few pre WW1 Renaults in various motor museums in France in 2015 and 2018 but never any of those beauties. What magnificent machines - truly works of art and they can go quick by the standards of the day.
 
bazzamac said:
Saw quite a few pre WW1 Renaults in various motor museums in France in 2015 and 2018 but never any of those beauties. What magnificent machines - truly works of art and they can go quick by the standards of the day.
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And here is one in Auto World in Brussels in 2011.... Just quietly gathering dust in a corner.

The eagle-eyed will see the rear/side of a big art deco Panhard too.

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Breitie said:
Quite agree. A classy motor is what it is. Saw an episode of "How cars are made" about Morgan cars, and am amazed to learn that they are still made entirely by hand, piece by piece, just like 100 years ago, with a timber frame and sheet aluminium. The only 'modern' component is the BMW engine. I would love to have one of those 'classics', in the real sense of the term.
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A curious niche, the one that Morgan have remained in. You'd need a tame orthopaedic specialist of course, adding further to the cost.
 
59 Floride said:
It's interesting that they placed the acetylene cylinder behind the hot exhaust..:unsure:

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Reinforced running board in case it exploded? .. Interesting that they didn't use an acetylene generator with water dripping on calcium carbide. To me, it looks a bit like a modern cylinder, so maybe they can't get carbide any more and that cylinder is an artefact of the restoration.....

It does look sensational, doesn't it?
 
Wow. What a great description. It clearly has a better and more usable gearbox than the Type A, of which Louis Renault said "it is brutal but it works" and believe me, that is accurate!! It is possible to go from first or second into top but impossible to change back without breaking it. Yet this car, just 6-7 years later, seems to have a very usable and smooth sequential gearbox.
 

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59 Floride (sold) said:
I really want one of these

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Wonderful, thanks.

Did you see my post #10 here? There were 4 or 5 of the Vanderbilt cars at Pebble Beach a couple of years ago, lined up together and just gorgeous. One was driven there down the Big Sur, a great road, what's more. Louis Renault sent quite a few cars for those races, all sold though, not his own money!! The only surviving original 1906 GP engine AFAIK is in the Science Museum in London in the aviation section - supposedly it once powered a French airship.
 
From what I can gather 4 of the 5 surviving Vanderbilts reside in USA while the 5th is based in Europe somewhere. The local Pebble beach crowd shun the 5th as a ring-in and have launched a conspiracy theory as to the pedigree of the 5th, trying to protect their investments one would conclude. Still way out of my reach :(.... Unless of course I could amass enough parts to build a reproduction just to fill in the period between now and the nursing home. :unsure:
 
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