Gavclassic Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Always thought these little Renault R10's were a bit unique, so when this one appeared on Ebay i thought what the heck lets give it a go. This car has had only 2 previous owners, the first 1970-1992, second 1992 till now. Its only done 59,000miles and apart from some minor paint touch ups early in the 90's by the second owner it all original. I've spent the last 2 days pulling it apart to clean, not as easy as a KE10, but i enjoyed the challenge. There was no rust to be found and most of the paint has held up well. These Renaults are rear engine 1100cc, 4 on the floor with 4 wheel disc brakes with an IRS rear end. The car is actually quite fun to drive with a great little exhaust note. Plans are to get another set of 15" steelies widened to 6" and fit some 175/55 x 15 tyres, the original cheese cutters are 135SR 15's on 4" wide rims, fit some CIBIE driving lights to the front bar and lower the front a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy-Yoda[RL] Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 That is all sorts of ridiculously cool, do very very like. Nice find. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 The French have never heard of the term "shoulder room", have they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7shades Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 (edited) The French have never heard of the term "shoulder room", have they? Â Have you seen the average Frenchie? They're so waif-like they're almost two dimensional. :) Â Â I approve of this vehicle. Its hideously ugly, mis-proportioned, backwards, and being French (but not a DS) its more than likely hopelessly unreliable and has diabolically unsafe handling at speeds above 3kph. Â Ergo: I love it. :D Â PS. Needs yellow foglights with mesh covers, and a luggage rack on the bootlid. Wicker picnic basket optional. Edited January 31, 2010 by 7shades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitephyre Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Haha f@$k me, Gav pulls out another weiner... erm I mean winner :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73KE20 Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 all i can say is its so ugly its cool lol, nice find man so overrated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RA28GT Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Hell, its freaking ugly. Â But its also freaking cool. I would rock a roof rack and picnic accessories if it was up to me! Â Good idea with the wheels, walls wouldn't hurt thats for sure. Â Very nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratiara Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Wow....that is just plain beautiful! Defo Gordini Rallye style if it were me. Some Mille Miglia decals and gumballs on the doors.mmmmmmyeah! Â Awesome vehicle sir, awesome vehicle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottKE1X Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Nice Gav, something different. I know where a few of these are just "resting" in front yards and have considered doing a door knock... I never got the balls to give it a go. Â Tidy stuff. Â Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Very nice. We used to have a Renault-ski 10-ski, a Skoda 110L when I was growing up. The front and rear windows on that were identical. Seemed to have a touch more width than the real 10. Â I know a few people in the Renault club who would love this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeAE71 Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Nice Gav, something different. I know where a few of these are just "resting" in front yards and haveconsidered doing a door knock... I never got the balls to give it a go. Â Tidy stuff. Â Scott. Â I think I know where you have seen them. Give it a go, just leave a note in the letter box :jamie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 So where's the spare tire? Maybe a roof rack with a tire on it? :jamie: That'd look cool lOl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz_Rx Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 So where's the spare tire? Maybe a roof rack with a tire on it? :jamie: That'd look cool lOl  Maybe under the "Boot"? It doesn't look real deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Am I seeing this correctly? Wheres the foot space and peddles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 I take it the spare must be under the front like this Fiat I once spotted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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