1973 Renault 15 - I've broken my own rules.

[4wheeledstool]

Just bought this Pile of quirky Frenchness.

A rod for my own backside if ever there was one. 

[HillmanImp]

WOW! MOAR INFO PLS! 

[Christine]

That chrome bit on the sill was 70 bloody quid in 1986..

[Popsicle]

Jaysus that brings back some memories.

A mate of mine swapped his lovely Mk1 Cavalier for one of these in the late 80's, we all thought he was mad, turned out to be a really nice car. Sadly for him it didn't last long as some scrote nicked it from near Swansea uni and left us with a 200 mile journey home with little money and no car.

Cracking find/buy that is though.

[Low ontime]

I’ve never seen one before! 

how quirky 

how  french

well bought! 

[BorniteIdentity]

Gadzooks! What a find, purchase, the lot. 

[wuvvum]

Fan-fucking-tastic!  I was watching this on eBay, so pleased that it has joined the AS fold.

[Nullzwei]

Canny odd that Renault made the 15 and 17 at the same time. Both fantastic looking coupes. Nice white 17 features in this 1972 French film...

 

[Spiny Norman]

Beautifully styled cars these, personally I prefer the cleaner long rear window to the louvres in the 17 but I wouldn't chase either off the driveway. What engine has it got?

[wesacosa]

fabulous 

[Shite Ron]

Fantastic, it could not have gone to a better home, I thought a mk3 Cavalier would be next in line, this is a very nice surprise. I am really looking forward to the restoration thread. 

[High Jetter]

OOF! Always liked the look of these. Hope it doesn't give you too much grief.

[Noel Tidybeard]

cool a renner 12 coop

[4wheeledstool]

1 hour ago, Spiny Norman said:

Beautifully styled cars these, personally I prefer the cleaner long rear window to the louvres in the 17 but I wouldn't chase either off the driveway. What engine has it got?

Its a 1600TS, pleasantly surprised by its sprightliness (and lack of structural car pox)

Interior is quality.

Not looking forward to finding 15 specific parts though. 🤔

[junkyarddog]

Ooooof!!!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

What a find. If your Cav restos are anything to go by, this one will also be a belter. 

[DSdriver]

The pod on the right looks very err... French 🙂

[4wheeledstool]

1 minute ago, DSdriver said:

The pod on the right looks very err... French 🙂

Temp gauge, fuel gauge, and several warning lights live in there - doesn't make much sense in the above pic though!

[wuvvum]

Glad to see the switches are just as ergonomically disastrous as they are in my 6...

[IronStar]

Oh my! 
I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these in person! 
What a purchase!

[Six-cylinder]

What a find, I always thought they were good looking cars.

Back a long time ago I had a friend who had a 15TS and I volunteered to change the front shock absorbers. A spring slipped off the coil spring compressors and flew past me to land 30m away, they were extraordinary long! 

[schonker]

Is the getting the full 4wheelstool treatment?I certainly hope so

[barefoot]

When I was at art college, I used to car share with a lad in a 1300cc, 15L in metallic blue. VAL50L. His father owned an RO80.

[Peter C]

Wow! Ten out of ten!

Or maybe even 15/15.

[Cavcraft]

Well bought, sir.

@retro80sboy and @shaun1706 's friend who used to run a car breakers near Wrexham may have some bits still if needed?

[brownnova]

[4wheeledstool]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Well bought, sir.

@retro80sboy and @shaun1706 's friend who used to run a car breakers near Wrexham may have some bits still if needed?

To make it nice, I'll need a fair few bits and pieces.

1 hour ago, schonker said:

Is the getting the full 4wheelstool treatment?I certainly hope so

If I can get the parts I need, it will.👍

It was originally white, so this will be the target.

[egg]

1 hour ago, 4wheeledstool said:

If I can get the parts I need, it will.👍

Amazing buy.

As it's a 'proper renner' you'll probably need 'something only fitted on Tuesday afternoons in April after tea break'!

[ETCHY]

Cooler than a Polar Bears jockstrap.

The interior on those is Mega.

[Datsuncog]