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1989 Renault Express 1.6 diesel thread - DAILY EXPRESS - UK registered, house prices rise wherever this is parked


Lacquer Peel

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28 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

Are the windows for tax reasons? I thought they were a visibility aid. 

It doesn't have a rear bench or any extras really. 

Used to be a UK thing. Dunno about France.

If you put rear windows in a van you had to pay purchase tax, which vans had exemption from.

Some used to stick a small window in and say it was for safety reasons.

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Interesting* fact (that may be incorrect):

The mk2 Renault 5 had two types of dashboard, but the more basic type (as fitted to this van) was never converted to rhd, so all UK Extras and base-spec R5s had a marginally posher dashboard than their continental counterparts.

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1 hour ago, worldofceri said:

Interesting* fact (that may be incorrect):

The mk2 Renault 5 had two types of dashboard, but the more basic type (as fitted to this van) was never converted to rhd, so all UK Extras and base-spec R5s had a marginally posher dashboard than their continental counterparts.

I think you are right but I didn't know about the base dash not being converted to RHD. 

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Somehow I ended up with this.  

 

It's great.

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a steering rack is here, a wax stat on its way from Germany and it also needs a wheelbearing.

 

And some rustproofing and the drums fettling.

I love it.  

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