Oh damn! I might do something stupid tomorrow!

[Niels Svane]

So, in the primary Danish classic car/motorcycle journal, I stumbled upon this quite lowkey advert.
It was about a Renault R4 F6...raised roof, rear windows, with towbar, rust is fixed, aaand only thing to do is fix the brakes that are stuck in storage and get it mot'ed and registered!

I'm seeing it first thing tomorrow and if all goes well my little Fidel 845cc berline gets a 1100 Fasa campervan sister!!!
I'm friggin' stoked!

 

[Jurjenz]

Exiting!

 

[Niels Svane]

Renault R4 F6...handles på www.VeteranPosten.dk

veteranposten.dk

 

[laxeian]

Surely can’t really be a £1.4million price tag can iit?!!

 

[laxeian]

Sunday discounts, now a more realistic sub £3000...but do suppose the £1.4 mil price would put other perspective buyers off Neils
Thats not too far off what an equivalent looking F6 are going for here in Spain on wallapop etc. right now

 

[Niels Svane]

Surely can’t really be a £1.4million price tag can iit?!!

Haha, no he just wants people to come by before talking price

 

[Niels Svane]

Okay, so the car is quite tidy, just ugly and dented. It needs service on the brakes and the lighting, but seems doable.
What is not that good, is the rear right suspension mount need welding. Does any of you know if this is a task that can be done somewhat easily or if it is a multi thousand kind of job?
My local R4 guy says the body needs to be lifted to do the job properly, which seems quite an ordeal (I wont weld anything myself).
Any advice is good!

 

[laxeian]

Have a look on this site here in Spain Niels, search cars/Renault 4f6, realise there obviously not local to you but if the starting point to your ad is @€3500 plus welding repairs, and looking at condition of load floor and wheel tubs etc plus other work to get roadworthy it looks quite a project, great if you want to take it on but as your see in these classifieds is it work that is really economically viable when you can get a good original or restored for what you would have to put into the example you looked at today

Venta de coches de segunda mano | WALLAPOP

Compra y vende coches de segunda mano, km 0 y de ocasión. También puedes publicar tu anuncio gratis y ganar dinero.

es.wallapop.com

If link doesn’t work heres a few classifieds from site:-

Renault 4 1982 second hand for 2,500 EUR in Emisora Radio Elect Campillo in WALLAPOP

Car Renault 4 in Emisora Radio Elect Campillo. Used second hand car 1982 with the following features: Se vende Renault F-6 Funcionando y en muy buen estado. Se puede ver sin compromiso

wallapop.com

Renault 4f6 1985

Abandono de proyecto por falta de tiempo.pasa ITV anual. tiene nuevos los axiales de dirección, fuelles de dirección, radiador de calefacción, radiador de motor, bomba de freno y latiguillos y los suelos ya saneados a falta de rematar con brea. se da el kit de reparación de la caja de cambios y...

wallapop.com

Renault 4 F6 del año 1987, Itv en vigor, 125.000km second hand for 1,500 EUR in Alginet in WALLAPOP

Car Renault 4 F6 in Alginet. Used second hand car 1987 with the following features: El coche esta en buenas condiciones, y funciona correctamente está en perfecto estado de mecánica y chapa, nada de óxido, los cambios de aceite y filtros se han hecho periodicamente. Siempre ha do

wallapop.com

Renault 4 F6 1983

Renault 4 F6 Repasada toda de mecánica y recién pintada. Tapizado nuevo , neumáticos nuevos y recién pasada la itv. Funciona perfectamente.

wallapop.com

There are higher priced ones (€3500+) but in reality just shinier paint...

 

[Niels Svane]

Thanks, I'll look into importing one instead! I still have my current daily 4 that also needs to be kept running

 

[petak]

I know that Slovenian R4 guru (Jan and Andrej Mlinar) doing this kind of repairs without removing body from chassis.
I do not know how they manage withot touching body whit grinder when removing chassis part and welding all back together.
Or they cut body as well but weld it back in such way you can not notice it was cut out

But definitly rear axle must be took away.

 

[tim1casa]

I have an identical one in Spain, but much more beaten up. Has the best designed front passenger seat that not only tips forward to get access into the rear (has a removeable rear bench seat, thus a true estate/van), but can also fold up into the footwell allowing even more access. I am afraid it used very much on dirt tracks, so I am forever re-building the front suspension. Saying that it is the very best vehicle for those roads. I just shouldn't drive it so fast over them. My advice is import one from Spain. They are very likely to have been well looked after by some old boy, and have little or no rust on them at all. Many of this variety were built in Spain, as they could carry four people.

 

[Niels Svane]

I have an identical one in Spain, but much more beaten up. Has the best designed front passenger seat that not only tips forward to get access into the rear (has a removeable rear bench seat, thus a true estate/van), but can also fold up into the footwell allowing even more access. I am afraid it used very much on dirt tracks, so I am forever re-building the front suspension. Saying that it is the very best vehicle for those roads. I just shouldn't drive it so fast over them. My advice is import one from Spain. They are very likely to have been well looked after by some old boy, and have little or no rust on them at all. Many of this variety were built in Spain, as they could carry four people.

I'll either do that, grab one from BE or DE, OR get a dirt cheap Goelette from France Me and my buddy both love the Goelette and importing those to Denmark will never be a bad idea, as they are incredibly rare here.

 

[petak]

I vote for Goelette