Meet Wojo, The Slovenian French Air Force Fighter

[Baron von Zach]

 

[AdamWilkes]

You fitted a cupboard handle to your bonnet ?

 

[Baron von Zach]

Thankfully somebody has already done that for me.

 

[jjad]

You fitted a bonnet to your cupboard handle?!

 

[Baron von Zach]

I fitted an entire R4, or rather, what's left of it, to my cupboard handle.
Now I have to somehow work out how I retrieve it despite lockdown.

 

[JdeW]

"I just did something incredibly stupid"....
Your car looks like the way the French drive?

 

[Lobster]

This does not appear at all stupid to me. Happy New R4!

 

[Baron von Zach]

There has been a collection.

 

[Baron von Zach]

"I just did something incredibly stupid"....
Your car looks like the way the French drive?

The French™ may indeed have done with it what they consider driving.
There may be a twist to this car, more after I did some research.

 

[Sage103]

Nice 405! There are surely less of them on U.K. roads than R4s?

 

[jjad]

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?page=1&q=Peugeot+405

 

[Baron von Zach]

Right.

I think I found the explanation for the cold moulding applied to the factory stampings.



No sniggering back there! I bet it means something entirely different in French.


There are some genuine Renault spares.




This is what it is supposed to be.





Is this from a novelty shop, or could it be true?




What is this bracket for?

 

[harbourseal]

Wow, a late French airforce Renault 4
The bracket must be something military.
Aren't there any ground wires connected to the inside of the doors? Or at least the remaining bolts?
They were on my Armee de L‘ air Sinpar.

 

[Baron von Zach]

So it is indeed an Air Force? Odd, since it's apparently built in Novo Mesto.
I assume the bracket is for a fire extinguisher. There is a corresponding rubber band still in the car.

No earthing straps on the doors, but there is one on the bonnet, riveted at both ends.
There is other bracketry riveted to the supports inside the engine bay that certainly isn't factory.
The rivets all look pretty aircraft grade.

 

[benchseat]

A P405 Executive! I’ve been looking for one of those for years! All I have so far is the alloy wheels and the gearstick knob! Plus two LXTDs one of which is believed to be the last one ever registered new in the UK . . . .

 

[Baron von Zach]

I have currently a 405 GLI saloon for sale: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303754804399

 

[Baron von Zach]

Right.

We had a bit of a poke around today and the car is actually not entirely rubbish.
There is a bit of welding required and here is my question - who within a reasonable radius around Stockport could you recommend for this kind of work?

 

[reidalpine]

Right.

I think I found the explanation for the cold moulding applied to the factory stampings.



No sniggering back there! I bet it means something entirely different in French.


There are some genuine Renault spares.




This is what it is supposed to be.





Is this from a novelty shop, or could it be true?




What is this bracket for?

bracket likely for an Exorcet or poss Penguin missile.....(you can see slight burnmark from previous launch)

 

[Baron von Zach]

There has been some tinkerage.

 

[Baron von Zach]

You've been doing it RONG!