Renault 1929 RY1 Monasix

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Certain members of the RAG Forum will tell you "Louis" is a synonym for God.

Bj

For those who have missed the point "Louis" is M.Renault's first name.

RAG is the innitial letters of Renault d'Avant Guerre:- Renault Before the War. (Pre-1939)

4-17-2015

He certainly had his own ideas and at best could be described as a non-conformist. This shows up all to plainly in his motorcars. 

Love them or hate them they are certainly DIFFERENT. It is their very uniqueness that makes them so apealing.

Louis Renault died in jail, imprissoned as a Nazi colaborator in 1946. His claim was that by doing work for the Germans he was providing employment for his workers who otherwise would have been deported to work in German factories as slave labour. 70 years later there are still people who say he was right and just as many who say he was wrong. At least he is not forgotten and his name still lives on in cars that even today are considered by many people to be just that little bit too quirky. I do not know about the USA but here in Australia, after an absence from the market for many years, they are making quite an impression, selling in larger numbers than ever before!

Bj.

4-20-2015

Thank you Richard, quite a bit earlier than mine but can you tell me anything more about it. My friends at Renault Freres in the UK mainly have early cars and I am sure that they would be interested if they do not already know it. There are just a few early Renaults that are known in the USA.

My good news is that a clutch shaft and outer tube arrived from Depanoto yesterday. Not excatly the correct one but one that can be modified to suit.

Louis Renault must have had supreme confidence in his engineering staff. The drive shaft linking the clutch with the gearbox is 334 mm long and just 14mm diameter over its length. Obviously not expected to transmit 500 hp.

Bj.

4-24-2015

No problem Richard, it is easy to make mistakes with rare and unusual vehicles.

No mistaking the truck shown in this photograph. It belongs to the son of one of my correspondents Ian Hinks who lives in Mildrua on the Murray River in Northern Victoria, Australia. They have known of the truck's existence for almost 50 years but have only recently been able to purchase it. The engine has now been reconditioned and the truck is drivable. It could easily be the only known early 1920s Renault truck in the world. Anyone know of any in the USA etc.

4-28-2015

A good friend and fellow VSCC of Aust member Graeme Steinfort has just sent me a copy of this Renault advertisement from the English Motor Sports magazine of October 1925. It is a pity that it is two years too early to show the Monasix which would have fitted in between the two bottom rungs of the ladder.

Louis Renault would have never tolerated the present day "one size fits all" policy

Bj