Name this car....

[stuny]

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Your global clues suggest a FIAT 128 or so based car, though I don't recall any with that taillight.

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[Lelmer]

Ahah...R4 sumptuous curves and engine revving up sound 😂

[pippy]

1 hour ago, Lelmer said:

Ahah...R4 sumptuous curves and engine revving up sound 😂

Well Done. Alain, but Don't Mock! Remember the 'Power-Bulge' seen on the bonnet in the first crop? This is the 'Sporting' GTL version which produces all the bodice-ripping power a 1,108cc engine might be expected to deliver; i.e. 49hp!......😸......

The owner has also seen fit to shod it with a set of alloys although, annoyingly, I can't remember where I've seen this particular style previously. I don't think they are Alpine but could well be mistaken.

A few shots of the whole;

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Years ago there was a Deli in our neighbourhood which used one of the Fourgonnette commercial vehicle-type versions as goods-delivery transport. It was painted scarlet and had it's name emblazoned proudly on the rear-side panels; "Van Rouge"......😸......

Thanks for playing, folks, and over to Alain for the next Puzzle Car.

Philip.

EDIT : I forgot to add one curious detail which I only learned after reading through the Wiki entry and that is to do with the wheelbase. Due to the unusual rear torsion-bar design employed the wheelbase on the Right is longer than that on the Left. See here - about half-way down the page;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_4

Edited April 10, 2024 by pippy

[wlaidlaw]

Renault 4 - sorry did not turn to the next page to see already guessed. Tail lights immediately recognisable. There are three or four still trundling round my village in France. 

Wilson

Edited April 10, 2024 by wlaidlaw

[Lelmer]

4 hours ago, pippy said:

Well Done. Alain, but Don't Mock! Remember the 'Power-Bulge' seen on the bonnet in the first crop? This is the 'Sporting' GTL version which produces all the bodice-ripping power a 1,108cc engine might be expected to deliver; i.e. 49hp!......😸......

The owner has also seen fit to shod it with a set of alloys although, annoyingly, I can't remember where I've seen this particular style previously. I don't think they are Alpine but could well be mistaken.

A few shots of the whole;

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Years ago there was a Deli in our neighbourhood which used one of the Fourgonnette commercial vehicle-type versions as goods-delivery transport. It was painted scarlet and had it's name emblazoned proudly on the rear-side panels; "Van Rouge"......😸......

Thanks for playing, folks, and over to Alain for the next Puzzle Car.

Philip.

EDIT : I forgot to add one curious detail which I only learned after reading through the Wiki entry and that is to do with the wheelbase. Due to the unusual rear torsion-bar design employed the wheelbase on the Right is longer than that on the Left. See here - about half-way down the page;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_4

Thank you Philip.

I am only mocking the ones I love 🙂

A friend of mine had exactly the same (blue was a little darker) a few decades ago. This car was indestructible.

I'll dig into my old photos, but not sure I'll find something interesting...keep posted.

 

[Graham (G4FUJ)]

Recognised the rear end photo, but I'm way too late.  There is one seen occasionally seen on the hill climb circuit,  The last one i saw was around 20 years ago on the Network Q Rally GB.  Can't remember the team name, but "We're not fast and We're not in control" was their byline.  I might still have the sticker somewhere  

Meanwhile I'm late here due to officiating at Prescott Drivers' School today.  We had an original (allegedly) Lancia Stratos taking part.  A photo or two from lunchtime parked up will be forthcoming in a day or two.(but not in this thread). 

[NigelG]

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9 hours ago, pippy said:

Years ago there was a Deli in our neighbourhood which used one of the Fourgonnette commercial vehicle-type versions as goods-delivery transport. It was painted scarlet and had it's name emblazoned proudly on the rear-side panels; "Van Rouge"......😸......

I used to run a 2CV Fourgonnette resplendent in “Ton Pierre” in the Tarn while working on a chateau near Gaillac as a young Architect (many years ago)

I assume the R4 version was as woefully lacking in grunt or comfort as the 2CV (which had the original removeable sling-type “picnic” chairs and which were frankly better-suited to picnicking than cornering)

Most annoying was the fact that my American client kept a tasty 323i idle at the site…

The R4s were still in use by the Gendarmerie locally I think - a Gallic Ford Anglia perhaps?

[NigelG]

I think the IMHO “reel-to-reel tape deck” alloys are from the original non-turbo R5 Alpine.
They got much wider and more “spokey” once they added the turbo…

[pippy]

On 4/10/2024 at 12:59 PM, pippy said:

...The owner has also seen fit to shod it with a set of alloys although, annoyingly, I can't remember where I've seen this particular style previously. I don't think they are Alpine but could well be mistaken...

 

20 hours ago, NigelG said:

I think the IMHO “reel-to-reel tape deck” alloys are from the original non-turbo R5 Alpine......They got much wider and more “spokey” once they added the turbo…

I really should think about 'stuff' with a little bit more clarity...

As far as the alloys are concerned simply having had a good look at my own snaps might have been a good idea!...

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Philip.

[wlaidlaw]

I often wonder why France was the only country to consider three wheel lugs sufficient. 

Wilson

[stuny]

Alain?

[ramarren]

Fizziks is simply different in France.

Pardon a small digression.. After my Cataclysm car hit of last October, I'm finally feeling almost up to par enough to enjoy making photographs again. And to enjoy my cars again. So, of course, I sent the Fulvia to the shop once more: the silencer blew a medium-sized hole out its end and cracked halfway around its body so it needed a new exhaust system, and I'd long since been determined to upgrade the ancient generator to a modern alternator and retrofit an electric cooling fan in place of the equally antediluvian mechanical fan that the series 1 cars came with. The good folks at Abarth Exhaust in The Netherlands supplied a complete exhaust system, and the good folks at pieces-fulvia.com in France supplied a complete cooling fan/alternator upgrade kit. 

As usual, no project undertaken on the Fulvia is without its entertaining hiccup. With the original exhaust system removed, the front down-pipe, main silencer, and resonator hung into the car without a hitch... And then the middle pipe which connects the two ends together proved to not have the correct bend or length to finish the installation. Sigh. The solution (about to be commenced on today) is that the car will go to a custom/performance exhaust system shop to fabricate a middle pipe of the correct length and bend to complete the job. A conversation with the vendor led to reimbursement of the added costs and profuse apologies for the inconvenience. Such it is. 

The cooling system/electrical system upgrade kit, on the other hand, was perfect! Complete in all particulars, all parts of great quality, it fitted without a hitch needing only one small blanking plate (I equipped my car with an electric fuel pump, so there's a non-stock blanking plate where the mechanical fuel pump used to be) to be slightly modified (the blanking plate had a protrusion to supply an anchor point for the generator tensioning arm which is normally a part of the fuel pump). The system passed all tests yesterday and proves a clean, simple, neat upgrade. The generator/voltage light flashes off instantly as soon as the engine fires up, and the new alternator supplies balanced charge even at 950rpm idle, where the OEM generator didn't get anywhere near charging voltage until about 2200rpm. The cooling fan is far quieter than the old mechanical fan, and moves probably twice as much air through the radiator more efficiently than the mechanical fan ever could. A huge improvement in running function all around! 

I expect the exhaust system's middle pipe construction and installation will go without any further problems today and should have the Fulvia back to enjoy driving either late this afternoon or Monday morning. And either today or tomorrow, I'll go out to test and explore the capabilities of the Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens that arrived a day early...

Life is Good, and certainly offers more options than the alternative.  Now back to normal programming...

G

[Indeepthought]

1 hour ago, ramarren said:

Fizziks is simply different in France.

Pardon a small digression.. After my Cataclysm car hit of last October, I'm finally feeling almost up to par enough to enjoy making photographs again. And to enjoy my cars again. So, of course, I sent the Fulvia to the shop once more: the silencer blew a medium-sized hole out its end and cracked halfway around its body so it needed a new exhaust system, and I'd long since been determined to upgrade the ancient generator to a modern alternator and retrofit an electric cooling fan in place of the equally antediluvian mechanical fan that the series 1 cars came with. The good folks at Abarth Exhaust in The Netherlands supplied a complete exhaust system, and the good folks at pieces-fulvia.com in France supplied a complete cooling fan/alternator upgrade kit. 

As usual, no project undertaken on the Fulvia is without its entertaining hiccup. With the original exhaust system removed, the front down-pipe, main silencer, and resonator hung into the car without a hitch... And then the middle pipe which connects the two ends together proved to not have the correct bend or length to finish the installation. Sigh. The solution (about to be commenced on today) is that the car will go to a custom/performance exhaust system shop to fabricate a middle pipe of the correct length and bend to complete the job. A conversation with the vendor led to reimbursement of the added costs and profuse apologies for the inconvenience. Such it is. 

The cooling system/electrical system upgrade kit, on the other hand, was perfect! Complete in all particulars, all parts of great quality, it fitted without a hitch needing only one small blanking plate (I equipped my car with an electric fuel pump, so there's a non-stock blanking plate where the mechanical fuel pump used to be) to be slightly modified (the blanking plate had a protrusion to supply an anchor point for the generator tensioning arm which is normally a part of the fuel pump). The system passed all tests yesterday and proves a clean, simple, neat upgrade. The generator/voltage light flashes off instantly as soon as the engine fires up, and the new alternator supplies balanced charge even at 950rpm idle, where the OEM generator didn't get anywhere near charging voltage until about 2200rpm. The cooling fan is far quieter than the old mechanical fan, and moves probably twice as much air through the radiator more efficiently than the mechanical fan ever could. A huge improvement in running function all around! 

I expect the exhaust system's middle pipe construction and installation will go without any further problems today and should have the Fulvia back to enjoy driving either late this afternoon or Monday morning. And either today or tomorrow, I'll go out to test and explore the capabilities of the Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 lens that arrived a day early...

Life is Good, and certainly offers more options than the alternative.  Now back to normal programming...

G

A great read and very happy you are getting back into it’ as they say. I’m definitely a little jealous that I will never have the chance to once again drive a classic Alfa. The Summaron is a beautiful lens, I’m considering getting another CL body to give the lens a permanent home.. 
Enjoy every day.. Regards 🍷

[ramarren]

10 hours ago, Indeepthought said:

A great read and very happy you are getting back into it’ as they say. I’m definitely a little jealous that I will never have the chance to once again drive a classic Alfa. The Summaron is a beautiful lens, I’m considering getting another CL body to give the lens a permanent home.. 
Enjoy every day.. Regards 🍷

Thank you!
The exhaust shop completed the job in two hours time, so I've had the afternoon to run the Fulvia through its paces, re-trim the idle mixtures and idle speed for the new pipes, and enjoy the now-rorty new exhaust note. It is one delightful little machine!  

Tomorrow I'll put some time into shooting with the 28 Summaron. 
G

[ramarren]

12 hours ago, ramarren said:

Thank you!
The exhaust shop completed the job in two hours time, so I've had the afternoon to run the Fulvia through its paces, re-trim the idle mixtures and idle speed for the new pipes, and enjoy the now-rorty new exhaust note. It is one delightful little machine!   ...

Oh yeah: 

enjoy! G

 

[Lelmer]

On 4/12/2024 at 3:48 PM, stuny said:

Alain?

I haven't found anything interesting enough and shot with Leica gear...

Help requested 🙂

[Lelmer]

On 4/13/2024 at 5:40 PM, ramarren said:

Oh yeah: 

enjoy! G

 

Nice, missing a few seconds with engine start..🙂

[ramarren]

2 hours ago, Lelmer said:

Nice, missing a few seconds with engine start..🙂

Heh ... I need a better recording!

Perhaps today when I'm out tooling around in La Signora Fulvia... 

G

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[stuny]

Who wants to step in for Alain and post the next mystery car?

[Ivan Goriup]

 Allow me to take a crack at this one. It's possible that I've posted this car before in this thread, in which case I apologize, but if indeed I did it was quite some time ago.. The usual info, please.

JZG

I have no idea why the image is so large, I used Lightroom to export at 2480 pixels for the long edge, as instructed.

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