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Smiffy
Firing on two.
Joined: October 23rd, 2009, 10:41 pm
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Location: Worcestershire
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 Re: Leboncoin/eBay finds ken wrote: Smiffy,
not to worry, with any luck there's a cliff just the other side of that stone wall and a long drop ought to sort things out nicely...
p.s. It's been a bit frantic here, but haven't forgotten about that carburettor part. Yes, a long drop would do it good! It's the "epic fail" attention to detail that I like: that windscreen in particular! Thanks re. the carb part. Things have taken an unexpected turn here, so I'm not able to do much of the big stuff on the van at the moment, but if and when you could sort that out for me that'd be great. Unless I'm very lucky, kitchen-workshop jobs such as fixing carburettors and fettling valves etc are likely to be all I'm going to get done for the foreseeable future. C'est la bloody vie!
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am
Posts: 1927
Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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PatrickMason
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Joined: July 22nd, 2010, 10:22 pm
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Location: Loughborough
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Re: Leboncoin/eBay finds I hope you bought this...?
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Max Wyer
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Joined: March 21st, 2015, 11:39 am
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Location: Derbyshire England
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am
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Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Re: Leboncoin/eBay finds PatrickMason wrote: I hope you bought this...? No, sadly not. I watched it finish, with my finger hovering over the "bid now" button, but in the end I've got no money and would have even less if I took on an elderly Renault van. I was extremely tempted though!
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Tripyrenees
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Joined: December 17th, 2012, 10:03 pm
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Location: Luscan, Pyrenees, FRANCE
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Re: Leboncoin/eBay finds It looked pretty rough underneath and whatever is showing is even worse what you can't see. They do make new chassis for them at €2000 painted.
But I think you missed a bullet with this one.
Just got this months Gazoline magazine and it shows the Renault 4GTL rising in price at 16% a year. I will be keeping our little grey one (wife wouldn't let m sell it anyway)
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Jonathan
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Joined: January 1st, 2009, 7:37 pm
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Location: Disunited Kingdom
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AZL57
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Joined: October 22nd, 2014, 10:59 pm
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Location: South-Limburg
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Re: Leboncoin/eBay finds Nice cars but a very bad chassis design. All dirt is sprayed in the suspension arm fixtures and they rot off.... shame... And i helped to take one apart from it's chassis....i can tell you 10 times hurrah for the 2cv construction.... 
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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am
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Re: Leboncoin/eBay finds Exactly so... A friend owned one and didn't realise that one of the rear radius arm mountings had become detached, until the motorist chasing him and flashing his headlights eventually managed to overtake and block any further (slightly wobbly) progress.  We've owned two R4s, a 1967 750cc LHD ( KKO279P) and a 1973? 850cc (WTP531L) and my wife still reminds me that she preferred an R4 to a Dyane.  AZL57 wrote: Nice cars but a very bad chassis design. All dirt is sprayed in the suspension arm fixtures and they rot off.... shame... And i helped to take one apart from it's chassis....i can tell you 10 times hurrah for the 2cv construction....
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Tripyrenees
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Joined: December 17th, 2012, 10:03 pm
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Location: Luscan, Pyrenees, FRANCE
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Re: Leboncoin/eBay finds Must admit that the R4 is a 'proper' car compared to the Dyane I am selling a 1984 R4TL (850cc) and I am selling the Dyane Turbo '79 due to the recent acquisition of the 4CV and traction...... not enough stables 
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