R1132 Renault 8 de 1968 (Adey)

I thought i would show you briefly my latest r8. Not seen the road since 1989. In 4 weeks we have gone from unused, non running to its first test drive yesterday

from this

to this


i have a build thread on turborenault.co.uk, and some videos on youtube
i plan to put the car back into use a lot more especially through the summer.

Using information from this site i have converted the car to use a 12v alternator and added a modern flasher unit for the indicators. I needed a newer headlight but it came without a sidelight so I modified the housing to accept a sidelight bulb.

Ive also replaced all the flexi brake hoses with braided items, replaced a good chunk of the original hard lines and fitted a new master cylinder with refurbished callipers all round. The brakes are still suggestive though i hope with some miles they will get better.

good job

Starting to add the miles onto this now. Need to adjust the front camber and then I can settle on the ride height. Retro and modern together.

Beautiful rims in 15

sympa
l'ancienne et la récente ensemble
nos autos ont bien changées
"pascal"

R113521 à dit:

Beautiful rims in 15

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thank you, also they have been made staggard, 0.5 inch wider at the rear than the front

Pascal 44 à dit:

nice
the old and the new together
our cars have changed a lot
"pascal"

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indeed, worlds apart but still familiar. The 8 has about 40bhp and the Clio is near 310bhp