Renault 1929 RY1 Monasix

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1-15-2015

It is not that I am not doing anything that I am not doing updates it is just that it is all boring stuff and there is enought of that already. I am also spending a great deal of time searching the French RAG forum looking for more information albeit all in French.

I have now been quoted between $2,500 and $3,000 to re-wind and rebuild the Paris Rhone Dynastart. I can probably buy a secondhand one in Europe for less but who is to say that it too is not going to require a rebuild even before it goes onto the car.

I can probably buy a complete car in France for not much more but I really do not want another Renault.

Bj.

1-26-2015

Finally I have been able to discover exactly what I have or at least what the remains of the saloon body came from. It is apparently a 1929 RY1 Monasix. Quite by chance I discovered the secret of the little diamond shaped Renault plate on the dash. This was the one remaining ID plate that the vandals who had done a very thorough job of removing anything of interest or value from the car had been unable to lever off. As you will readily appreciate this comes in two parts with the details cleaverly concealed until you slide the cover off. Because it had been damaged in the attempt to lever it off the dash it was virtually impossible to see the details until after I had undone the nuts from behind the dash and straighened it out again. The RY1 was the last of the Renaults with the twin radiators mounted on each side and at the rear of the engine. After 1930 all Renaults had their radiators in the conventional position at the front of the car. That is until the 1950s Rear engined cars. This too is the reason why the pre 1930 Renaults had the so called "coal scuttle" hoods with louvers towards the rear on each side. Cooling was aided by a large fan cast into the flywheel drawing the air in through the side mounded radiators and expelling it out under the car.

Bj.