You asked for it... my 1971 Renault 8S

[rapido]

Love it! looks great, liking what you've done...



Just got back from the Alps and came across this (Dauphine?) riding into Morzine. Just sat there with the windows down as the keys in the ignition...

(photos are stills from my flip video, so not that great)





Thanks
Chris

Excellent For the R8 "S"....very nice....french car....it's just before the GORDINI....excellent alternative !
For the "DAUPHINE", it's a 1093 version, more rare than GORDINI !

JLC

[911hillclimber]

What a great car. There used to be one raced at Prescot hillclimb by a brummie, Sav Sacco I think in French Blue.

Will you keep it though?

[RobNelsoninBayVillageOhio]

Luv it! My dad bought an R4 which I drove from Pittsburgh to NYC with my lover (now wife of 41 years). We loved that little red Renault!

Your wheels look great. Well done!

[judgespeed]

Interestingly the rear engine renaults have a lot in common with porsche, ww2 louis renault studied the Beetle and concept of Ferdinand Porsche rear engine car, he forseen after the war a small cheap mass produced car will be needed and secretly built a prototype in Billancor under the Nazi at the time, I believed the two actualy met? both men having alot in common, Renault was inturned after the war as a collaborator and died the car company being nationalised the secret car was produced as a 750cc 4cv in uk it was known as a 750, the Dauphine and 8 are decentants of porsche thinking have owned a few of the above tin worm the biggest problem nice car

[rapido]

Luv it! My dad bought an R4 which I drove from Pittsburgh to NYC with my lover (now wife of 41 years). We loved that little red Renault!

Your wheels look great. Well done!

Funny our story, do we have a pics of that ?

JLC

[sladey]

Cool car Jamie

[911hillclimber]

Last saw Salv at Prescott hillclimb French Day a few years ago in his R8 Gordini, just great.

Your car struck me when you first sent the pics, really unusual and very good looking.

[Biancaneve]

This is a 1970 R8S I have shot yesterday at Zolder circuit.

[jamie]

Will you keep it though?

I sold it at the end of last year. It was quite fun, but I discovered I wasn't a French car person, and I never enjoyed driving it as much as I enjoyed looking at it. Whilst the rear-engined Renaults share some common concepts with Porsche, the two really couldn't be any more dissimilar in their execution.

Good to have owned, but I don't miss it one bit. It was an absolutely superb example - widely acknowledged as one of the best 8s in the UK (and rare too - one of only three 'S' models left on the road, and I think the only one with it's original 1108cc engine). Nice to know it went on to a good home.