I am in need of some parts for my 1984 F4 Van (ball joints, wheel bearings), no joy with our local motor factors and wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction of where to go in the UK?
You need a parts book (paper or online) in order to get the right parts numbers. Even if these are old numbers, they can give you a "trail" to the current ones. Without this information you will always be struggling, especially if your car is LHD.
Lifestyle Renault of Tunbridge Wells used to be pretty good at getting parts for me off the French distribution network.