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Shirley Knott Rank: Renault 16

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Excellent progression of the original thread, all shites in one basket makes things much easier to keep track of.

 

RE the 19, I like the seats. They remind me of something you might have seen in an early nineties airport lounge which is a good thing obviously.

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bramz7 Rank: Renault 16

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Glad to see it has remained on the forum, and I did enjoy driving it 300 miles to you.

 

The strut brace is original, although I believe it was reserved for sporty 19s at this stage. All of the preface lift cars had it though....

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Jim Bell Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Lifted the shitty old universal thick rubber mats up and was amazed at how fresh the carpets actually are.

 

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Also noted that the thick rubber mat was robbing the throttle pedal of its last portion of travel.

We can't have that.

 

Out the old thick universal mats came, and some old SLK ones are in there till I can find something more period and in keeping. And rubber.

 

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I know I probably go on a bit much about floor mats, and for that I do apologize.

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Passed my test in a 19 Chamade 2.0D, non-turbo naturally. Impossible to stall, about the engine's only redeeming quality. Had leccy windows and central locking long before they became the norm though. Possibly why I've been attracted to Frenchies since.

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Jim Bell Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Ran the 19 up to the Chollerford AS meet today, via Morpeth and Bellingham. It had some hooning and a long stretch on the dual carriageway. Drove great all the way and I don't think it's even been that heavy on the juice.

 

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Hypermarket Warrior.

 

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I topped it before I set off and we've had that many miles on that much pez. Not doing too badly. Be interesting to see what the maths are on a full tank.

 

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Nyc 2 dive.

 

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Speed filth.

 

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Jim Bell Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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what does the gauge that isn't the speedo, tacho, temperature or fuel do?

 

measures rectangles on an arbitrary scale by the looks of it?

 

Theres a video of it further up the thread. Its an Oil Level gauge. It tells you your oil level at position 2 on the ignition, then turns off when you start it, as there wont be a measurable level of oil in the sump with the motor running.

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Jim Bell Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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bit of a curiosity but saves wear and tear on the dipstick i suppose.

Yeah, I'd never seem one in real life so thought it was worth mentioning. A useless french feature that never caught on.

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Jim Bell Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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So I'll be off collectineering this week. Cheers to you pricks for putting links to tempting old toilet in the eBay tat thread.

 

Probably a totally I'll advised purchase for about a thousand reasons, but the masochist in me would not be held back.

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The Moog Rank: Talbot Tagora

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Whoop .... Back in the game... Old shit peas is here....

 

£58 ... That's less than a couple of private dances in some lapdancing establishments.

 

So as long as you spend more than ten minutes and get stuff you are on to a winner!

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