Robin
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That silver MK1 espace they had was mine... Obviously.
The maroon one belongs to a friend called Michael.
The producer was very keen to have the espace and for it to "do well" in the series but ultimately Tinie had more of a say in the end result and that meant it didn't get chosen at the end. It won the ebay vote by a country mile though so it had the last laugh.
They were very cautious with my car and I was happy to let them loose on it on the promise it was returned as close to original as possible. They painted the top and bottom halves and wrapped the middle bit. All of the tint and wrap came off at the end of the shoot, and I sold the car to a collector in Swindon the very next morning where it will quietly gather dust and occasionally go for a run to school with the kids or to the pub once in a while amongst 160 other cars and alongside another espace of mine he owns.
Program was tolerable.
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On 12/31/2022 at 2:13 PM, coachie said:
I would like to think this post of mine last month helped that plate find it's rightful owner.
Weirdly, I spent most of yesterday looking for early Espaces after hearing a recent Gordon Murray interview on The Intercooler Last Blast podcast. It was one of his 6 favourite cars, and he has had 3 of them. Perhaps you have one of his old cars!
I know of a chap that works at my local Volvo dealer (Abergavenny), has had several MK1 Espaces in the past. I will look him up in the new year to see if he still has any spares or old cars. I believe he has a farming background, so they could still be in existence.
That would be brilliant if you could put me in touch if he's got some bits.
Would be amazing to try and see what ones Mr Murray had and if they were still around.
Glad someone else noticed the plate in the auction, I'd requested it specifically around 6 months ago and I was absolutely dead set on having it.
Also a slight update on the thread, the most recently acquired espace is back on the road and in the hands of a shiter. A chap called Tom. I don't know his username though!
So I'm down to 6 now.
Due to alarmingly low numbers in stock I have another arriving this week. And leads on another 5, hopefully this year I'll hit double figures and have a well deserved trip to the loony bin.
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On 12/30/2022 at 11:03 AM, Hertz said:
I do know of one Espace Quadra, saw it about 10 years ago near Edinburgh and was owned by a chap into Renault Alpines who is now sadly deceased. If any of his cars come up for sale I will ask for you and if it's still about pass on the details.
I believe this may be one of the leads I already have! Someone else has it now I think. Keep me informed if you hear anything though.
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4 hours ago, Out Run said:
Nothing goes cheaply on the DVLA BSA plate auctions, eh?
A35 GTE cost me £1040 after fees, IIRC.
How much was ESP 4C?
With fees it was about £1300 😢
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Been a while! The funny red and silver car has passed an MOT with minimal fuss and is due to be rehomed very soon.
I have two more on the hit list that I am organising to view, which no joke are almost 800 miles apart. That'll be a very busy day for my maroon espace running me about.
In the meantime, number plate acquired. What a pillock.
Deciding which car to put it on but if my 800 mile day proves fruitful then this one might have to wait a while...
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Still on the hunt for a quadra. Becoming desperate.
As a means of coping, I've bought another. I'm now up to 6. I also bought a multipla for a bit of variety, but that's not for this thread.
This espace has some strange things about it. The chap I got it from had a heart attack and never finished it. Bought it from a market trader in 2017. It appears it may have been a taxi or maybe airport transport? Or a runway vehicle? It's very odd. The paint job is peculiar.
It has one cream seat belt, others are all grey. It has lots of screw holes in the dash. It has some sort of aerial hole in the front window. It's also got some giant pre-cut carpet lining cover thing which seems to have been there since brand new. The carpet still has plastic on it mostly. So bizarre!
Enjoy some dark photos when it arrived at 2.45am Tuesday morning (Monday night)
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14 hours ago, barrett said:
This was the car park of an Asda in Brighton, I didn't think it was that long ago but probably five years or something now!
Blimey that's a while ago! That was indeed his local shop. Amazing find!
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On 8/15/2022 at 3:40 PM, barrett said:
I thought I'd dig out the pic of the last Mk1 Espace I had spotted in the wild, and it turns out you now own it. I guess there's a law of averages thing at work there.
So I went to find the pic of the previous Mk1 Espace I'd spotted. This thing was an absolute minter but sadly it appears not to have been taxed or MoT'd since I took this photo in 2013 - the tax ran out just a few days later and that was that. I suppose it's not been scrapped, at least.
Haha, where and when did you take that picture? I have had it for a while now, previous owner had it for around 9 years and lived near Brighton.
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7 hours ago, TheIsleofShite said:
Was that you parked in the car park down Southsea last Sunday?
It wasn't me, it was the previous owner. I sold it to him a few months ago, he took it out for some photos at the weekend as a final goodbye, dropped it off to me on Monday! Funnily enough he's also called Robin...
5 hours ago, MJK 24 said:Did the Quadra have a carbon fibre prop shaft or is that one of my more crazy dreams?!
They did indeed. The quadra system was good but unsure how strong it is. The viscous coupling in the middle is the achilles heel unfortunately. They cost about £1500 to have re-made, as the parts aren't available at all
This weekend I fettled a lot:
FIXED THE HEADLIGHT WASHERS OH GOD YES (video below)
Fitted a head unit that works
Changed cambelt and tensioner
Changed power steering belt - Renault in their infinite wisdom decided to put it BEHIND the cambelt on a separate pulley. Incroyable.
Changed alternator belt
Changed dizzy cap and rotor arm
Changed drivers brake caliper and carrier
Skinned 3 knuckles changing the crank position sensor
Changed air temp sensor
Changed air filter, oil, oil filter
Adjusted ticking valves
Not all of it was necessary, mostly preventative
I think it might need a clutch before next summer but that's a problem for another time. The blower motor is also seized and I'll need that for winter. But unfortunately to get at that I have to dismantle the entire dash and fascia, drop the steering column, then hope I have one's of 3 types of blower that were seemingly fitted at random throughout different years. Pray for me.
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7 minutes ago, ProgRocker said:
We're there many Quadra spec models sold? I theorize that these were well into Mitsubishi Shogun / Isuzu Trooper territory price wise.
They did sell quite well but less so over here, I have been thinking of finding one in Eastern Europe as a last resort
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1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:
There’s a maroon mk1 still in use round here. I see it out and about fairly often, but I’m yet to see where it lives or find out who owns it. It’s not in the best of condition but still seems to keep going and keeping getting MOT’s so someone loves it.
Ill keep an eye out!
Here's some bonus maroon espace p0rn
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59 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:
There’s a maroon mk1 still in use round here. I see it out and about fairly often, but I’m yet to see where it lives or find out who owns it. It’s not in the best of condition but still seems to keep going and keeping getting MOT’s so someone loves it.
Ill keep an eye out!
Oh that could well be my maroon one. I live in Romsey and work in Salisbury, was previously living in Portsmouth. H752GRX is mine but if there's another then I think I'll be on the hunt!
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1 hour ago, Skizzer said:
I have one (which currently lives with @RobT) but it’s not for sale. As seen here at FOTU.
Do you ever sell any of the parts or do you just collect them? In fact, are you the bloke we met and chatted to?
Ah yes that's me! I do indeed sell some but mostly hoarding.
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1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:
Ah oui, tu as un probléme there.
Vraiment, you have my sympathies. I once had 6 Rover 800s at once. Maintenant, I now have 4, and une modèle de Rover Sterling (1/25 scale) that cost me nearly as much as what I paid for the real ones.
Malheureusement, I do not connais anyone who has une Renault Espace Quadre. Mais I do wish du bonne chance.
As tu des modèle 1.43 du Renault Espace?
Oui I do have un modele! I need to put it together and paint it...
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Hello.
I have a lot of Renault espaces. Consider this thread as an admission of guilt, but I also need your help.
I have a lot of these cars, but never enough. I'm on the hunt for a quadra especially but I'm actually just looking to save more in general more than anything. If you know of any owners, please put me in touch.
I actually posted a hand written letter to a house I saw on street view with one on the drive last week, and even contacted a water company through Facebook to find the owner of one that someone else on Facebook spotted on their travels.
It's a drug problème but I'm going with it and sticking with it. I've met some wonderful people whilst collecting these cars, parts, and breakers. Here are a few photos of mine.
Edit: bought another one. Red and silver weird looking one.
Edit: bought a broken silver one with 3/4 million miles in LHD flavour
Numbers 1 through 6
Number 7
Number 8...
My plea to you is to please put me in touch if you know owners who may be persuaded to sell, a quadra is next on the list be it from the UK or whether I just end up finding one in Europe later in the year. I am absolutely serious about saving as many as I can both as a financial investment to myself but also as just excellent cars I know inside and out that are slowly becoming nonexistent.
Likewise I have a very very large stock of parts, almost three full MK1 facelift injection cars in bits, so if you know someone in need please point them in the direction of "musee de l'espace" (me barn)
My reward to you is a sunset photo of one that I sold. Then I bought it back because I'm *definitely okay.
*definitely not okay
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Found this. It runs, drives, etc. Sills are solid. It's pink, 300k miles and runs like it's only done 290k. Cambelt roulette. Failed mot in '18 and hasn't moved. Boot won't close. He'll take 200 notes.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/745928686298876/?d=m
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Bangers. Mad for cars. Channel 4 now.
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Never heard of them so I couldn't say, I was dealing with plum pictures though who were great throughout