Renault 1929 RY1 Monasix

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Still more progress

Thank you both, as I said in my earlier post "little steps". I still have a long way to go at least with it on four wheels I can move it around a little more easily. One thing that is apparent is that Depanoto's "Enjoliveurs" (hub caps) were a good investment. The addition of the runningboard tool boxes will make a big difference too.

Bj.

9-21-2015

Oh! Oh! It seems as though I am getting into a bad habit of never finishing things. Looking back, not all that long ago I abandoned the project I was working on http://forums.aaca.org/topic/219228-my-next-project-la-petite-chanteuse/page-8?hl=%20petite%20%20chanteuse.  This little 1928 Singer Junior was at almost exactly the same stage as the Renault is right now. Some how I don't cope with frustrating situations very well and the Renault seems to be able to dish out frustration in spades. Having attended two clearing sales run by the widows of two gentlemen whom had died recently and having seen the mountains of "stuff' that both had left for their poor wives to clean up I promised myself that I would never leave such a task for my wife. After taking stock of my own situation I have decided rightly or wrongly that the Renault project would have to go. The way it is going I can see that I may never finish it. The body is the easy bit but I can see that the mechanical side is potentially both frustrating and expensive. If I had unlimited cash available it may be different but that is something I do not have. So that you are not hearing this second hand I can tell you that I have started to advertise it for sale. Aust $14,000 represents the money I have actually spent on the project to date. This is near enought to US$ 10,000.

Bernie j.

9-22-2015

Hello Dale and John

Of course you are quite correct John. It will probably take some time to find a buyer for the Renault in the meanwhile I finished the spare wheeel mounting and fitted it to the drivers side of the scuttle yesterday. I am now waiting for Depanoto in France to find the time to frais Fixes d'expedition (parcel up) the fifth enjoliveur (hubcap) and four ecrou de roue DROIT (right hand thread wheel nuts) and send them to me Colissimo Suivi International. The last item (Colissimo), the French budget air mail will probably be the most expensive item on the invoice.

Coping with the constant need for translation, into and out of French, and the cost of freight has been the two most difficult parts of the restoration of the Renault. The attached invoice for wheel nuts, hubcaps, two reproduction tail lamps and a second-hand clutch fork will give you some idea 605 euros translates into almost Aust $1.000.

Packing and postage is just on 70 euro (Aust $ 135.)

The fourchette d'occasion (clutch fork) was the wrong one but being d'occasion (second-hand) (and rusty) was ne sont ni reprises ni echangees (not returnable) 35 euros (Aust $ 50) down the drain. No wonder I become grumpy and depressed.

Bj