Renault 1929 RY1 Monasix

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Friday afternoon and a courrier's van pulled up into our drive way and the driver got out carring a cardboard carton. Inside some precious bits of metal, a 1926-9 Renault 6CV NN clutch consigned just on a week ago in South-Eastern France. Along with the clutch mechanism there was a SEV Magneto and two little front brake perrot shaft pivot points. A quick test showed the magneto was in fine form throwing a healthy spark. This afternoon has been spent repairing some of the sheet metal bits from the bulkhead and the associated throttle cross shaft and levers. It is amazing how far 90 year old dirt can penetrate into your hair, nose and ears.

12-4-2014

It is amazing how much time can be spent cleaning little pieces and giving then a coat of paint Just to keep my mind on the job I have found this delightful little advertisement from the 1920s Hope you like it. As my "car" is a slightly longer wheelbase chassis it will be a slightly stretched 2/4 seater version.

Bj

12-13-2014

This week has been devoted in working on the front axle and suspension. In doing so I made another discovery. It is impossible that the front axle and the two springs have ever been put together before! Meaning that they simply cannot have been originally fitted to the same car. Before I could bolt them together I had to enlargen the holes in the spring pads on the axle to accept the spring centre bolts. 

Bj

12-27-2014

First things first. Starting at the front and working back, I now have the front axle mounted on the springs and have started to put the front brakes together. While my relationship with the Renault could at times be describes as a love-hate affair the further I go, the more my admiration for the engineers working with Louis Renault grows. For instance the contact between the ends of the brake shoes and the operating cam more often than not with 1920s cars is a sliding joint. Not so with the Renault, Louis' engineers knowing a little about these things mounted a generous sized roller or perhaps more correctly given its size, a wheel in the end of each shoe.These together with the cam are made from some incredably hard steel and despite their age (90/100 years) there is absolutely no sign of wear any where.

Bj.