Recent strong winds pulled off the cover sheets from this lot recently, & I find myself faced with the necessity of actually contemplating its future. Sad to recall long journeys across France in this car in its heyday. I think I will give up on the idea of restoring it, & mend some punctured bicycle tubes instead. Re. the body, this comprises a W reg. front half welded to an N reg. rear half. Didnt have welding facilities at the time, so drove the car to the welder with G cramps holding things in place. Front half of car red, rear half black ( hand painted ). Sensation in the town ! Reason for the work was that, at 7 years old & 66 thousand miles, the bodywork was so rotten, I could drive along & view 3 road wheels turning from inside the car. The local Renault Dealer, from whom I had bought the car new, wrung his hands in anguish but refused to issue a test cert, hence the body splicing. I felt like daubing " Renault build a better car " ( the current advertising slogan ) on my red/black hybrid but didnt dare do it. Interestingly, it has covered about 122,375 miles & has never needed new front brake linings, still quite good ( drum brakes, needless to say ). I shall have to attempt the laborious process of advertising the various parts for sale, along with a lot of other Renault 4 stuff,much of which is new old stock. Aaagh, what a hassle !