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Hi Duncan. I live down the road in Worthing and popped in to see Bill's van the morning after you saw it. He told me that you'd beaten me to it but we then arranged that if that fell through, I would collect it by this morning. Annoyingly it didn't fall through! . Oh well. Congratulations. It's...

It's at 14950 BEAUMONT EN AUGE.

I can't see any photos Bill.

Spotted in Normandy last week

Is the original plastic or metal pipe? 2CVs have 6mm external diameter plastic pipe: Is this any use?: 3 metre length for £8.20: https://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/petrol-pipe-clear-nylon-black-45mmx6mmx3mtr-goes-along-chassis-rail-from-front-rear-p-71.html

I use FE-123. It came top in a comparison test in a classic car magazine a couple of years ago. I think it was Practical Classics. It's not cheap but the way I look at it is that you only want to do it once, so using ineffective cheap stuff is a false economy. I can't remember the name of the...

Who would have thought that you could get 9 moths to do that! Are butterflies as easy to train?

This is why I sell replacement surrounds made from silicone rubber, so they are flexible and can easily be removed if you need to fit a new (convex) glass. They are light grey: the same colour as the original hard plastic surrounds, which you simply cut out (if they haven't crumbled away due to...

As well as having convex glasses and surrounds for 6 types of Cipa mirrors, I have them (& some other parts) for at least 6 types of Geco mirrors too, covering most Renaults, Peugeots, Citroëns, etc, (cars and vans), from the mid 1960s and into the 1980s. If you put your address/details in my...

The original mirrors were made by Cipa and were of good quality. Later 'after-market' ones of lower quality were sold, still made Cipa. Over the last decade some very low quality copies of Cipa mirrors have become commonly sold by many of the parts specialists, (sometimes describing them as...

"It passed the MOT summer 2017 with good readings (0.12% CO; 111ppm HC)" These figures are at idle (and the CO is too low). Above idle, the jetting in the carb will determine the mixture and emission/smell level.

The condition of your seat (as shown in your photo) should not be an Mot issue at all. There are set guidelines that mot testers must follow. Split seat material has nothing to do with an mot.

Surely all Renault 4 owners have agreed value classic policies, many of which include European breakdown cover. A few years ago the clutch centre plate disintegrated on my Citroën H-van while I was in France. My insurance company said that they could repatriate it and supply me with a 'similar...

The new mot rules in the UK have a similar system, with the 3 categories. If they are trying to standardise across the EU, it's strange that they've failed your car on slow indicators: It has been a requirement of the UK mot for years that they must flash at between 60 & 120 times per minute but...

Matt's Soft Tops wouldn't charge anything like that. He specialises in Citroëns but has done other classics. He's done the seats in my Dyane and my AK350 (plus I have one of his roofs on my 2cv) and I've seen his work on Amis, 2CVs, a DS, Fiat 500 and others. The trouble is, he's a long way from...

Did they say that having seen the wheels or the tyres? If the wheels are of the type that are designed for tubes, they must have tubes. This is because the area of the wheel where the edge of the tyre sidewall sits, is a different shape: On a tube-type wheel, the tube pushes against the tyre to...

I'm pretty sure you don't need a certificate of conformity for an eu vehicle of this age.

I don't know whether the laws have changed in recent years but it used to be that it was illegal to sell a car unless either it had at least 6 months CT left or it was being sold for parts.

I've used the locate stuff too. It's good.

Advertise it free on my website if you like.