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I believe it did say Renault which in the US, are rarities in general
I convinced my parents to buy a Renault 12 wagon back in the '70s. Man, was I wrong. Total piece of junk -- unreliable (electrical especially) and idiosyncratic controls, switches, etc. Our mechanic did heroic efforts to keep it going. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming....
 
Is that a Renault? ^^

It's a Renault R10.

I had one. It was a great little car! It ran great; it was fun to drive; and it had 4-wheel disc brakes!

I later had a Renault R16, which was a completely different vehicle, but I loved it too. It had a suspension that soaked up bumps like you wouldn't believe. It rode like a much larger car. The long torsion bars in the rear were staggered, resulting in a different wheelbase on each side.

Among all the cars I have owned, these stand out as favorites.

- Murray
 
They would have blocked vision so I fabricated the manifold to get them low and to the sides. Throttle mechanism was aircraft fittings and cable, which worked quite well. Solid linkage would have been a nightmare.
 
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