Unparallel Renault 16 Happenings
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:08 pm
I can't really remember why I suddenly wanted an R16. I guess it has a lot to do with the 6 year ordeal of P6 V8s I went through.
As always when you start looking for something, the black hole mantra set in and there simply were no Renault 16s available, or they were so heavily scene taxed that I almost gave up on the idea because of boat sailing hasage. However, it was clear from the onset that I would only ever settle on an LHD anyway, because I just find that more authentic. After months of digging around on Leboncoin (a French site exclusively listing stuff that isn't for sale anyway), I found one. In Northern Germany. The price was right, it looked shonky enough for my taste in the pictures, the seller appeared and later also turned out to be a superb bloke, so the GGG inner core set out on a collection mission to retrieve it from Loxstedt, which is near Bremerhaven. We expected a drive home riddled with minor and major disasters, but to our dismay we hardly had anything entertaining to report. This changed upon arrival, since at the then still necessary MoT test, it turned out that the car suffered from the cheapest performance enhancement known to man, rust holes where floors are supposed to be.Subsequently there has been weldage, but other than that the car has hitherto provided sterling service over meanwhile 22,000 km with merely minor niggles and no FTPs to speak of.
I don't want to bore you with endless waffle now, so let's photoz.
Collection phase.
Declutter phase.
Despair phase.
Resurrection phase.
As always when you start looking for something, the black hole mantra set in and there simply were no Renault 16s available, or they were so heavily scene taxed that I almost gave up on the idea because of boat sailing hasage. However, it was clear from the onset that I would only ever settle on an LHD anyway, because I just find that more authentic. After months of digging around on Leboncoin (a French site exclusively listing stuff that isn't for sale anyway), I found one. In Northern Germany. The price was right, it looked shonky enough for my taste in the pictures, the seller appeared and later also turned out to be a superb bloke, so the GGG inner core set out on a collection mission to retrieve it from Loxstedt, which is near Bremerhaven. We expected a drive home riddled with minor and major disasters, but to our dismay we hardly had anything entertaining to report. This changed upon arrival, since at the then still necessary MoT test, it turned out that the car suffered from the cheapest performance enhancement known to man, rust holes where floors are supposed to be.Subsequently there has been weldage, but other than that the car has hitherto provided sterling service over meanwhile 22,000 km with merely minor niggles and no FTPs to speak of.
I don't want to bore you with endless waffle now, so let's photoz.
Collection phase.
Declutter phase.
Despair phase.
Resurrection phase.