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identify this car? (bank holiday special) - bell boy
might be easy but i didnt recognise it

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ive hopefully blanked the badge
its the model rather than make i am hoping someone identifies
ps i know it but a virtual pint for the winner

when i photo-ed it a chap came out of the flat and started telling me in half spanish to move the heap thinking i owned it :-(
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - TimOrridge
Renault 7
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Rattle
I knew it was a Renault but I had no idea what model it was, it looks like a larger version of the 5.
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - JH
From Wikipedia "The Renault 7 (or "R7") is a 4-door saloon version of the Renault 5 supermini, produced and sold in Spain by Renault's subsidiary, FASA-Renault from 1974 to 1984." for those of you who, like me, know the 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 but not the 7.

There's also a 3, described as a cheap version of the 4 (!), but 2 and 1 appear to unused.

JH
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Lud
Renault 5 and a half?
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Old Navy
Renault 5 sedan?
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - bell boy
tim got it but can you identify the trim level from the picture
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - bell boy
thanks JH an interesting link,ive never seen one before

next one
and in the jimmy savile best tradition i want make and full model
and can anyone tell me the engine it used
no cheating mind because im working from memory
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identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Old Navy
Matra rancho, based on the simca 1100.
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - 1400ted
It's a Renault 7, a mark 1 five with a boot. Made in Spain, I've seen a few in Majorca and one over here in Blighty.

Always wanted one, had loads of Mk 1 fives...and sixes....great, comfy little cars.
Renault 3 was a smaller engined 4...built for cheaper tax purposes in France. One running over here in Renault Club.

I have a 1972 Renault 4 van fitted with a sierra 1100 engine.. very rare now in UK, most rusted away.

Ted....Renault Classic Car Club.
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - JH
Rats! beaten to it, though it is a Matra Simca Rancho to be pedantic. And I believe Lulu had one. Not many people know that. Fewer still care!
JH
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - bell boy
im pretty certain the engine was bigger than 1100
im sure they only did 1300 or was it 1500 only
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Bagpuss
I think the engine was the notoriously rattly 1442cc OHV unit also used in the Chrysler/ Talbot Alpine and Horizon.
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Old Navy
You are right, the Rancho was powered by the 1442 cc, 80 bhp version of the Simca Type 315 straight-4 engine. Many other components came from the Simca 1100 parts bin.
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - bell boy
I scrapped my car last week and have just remembered i left the wifes ear rings in the door pocket -\:-(
do you think if i go back to the yard i can retrieve them?

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identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Another John H
>>I scrapped my car last week and have just remembered....

probably not, under current 'elf and safety rules :-(

BTW - there are/were some pretty big cars run in your part of the world.
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - L'escargot
.......... it is a Matra Simca Rancho to be pedantic.


Matra-Simca Rancho if it was 1977-1979, or Talbot Matro Rancho if it was 1980-1984.

Edited by L'escargot on 04/05/2009 at 10:30

identify this car? (bank holiday special) - bell boy
Very good,hope that was from memory.
My overiding memory of them was they had a chassis of tin foil and were very difficult to weld up for the mot due to all the glass fibre
i always thought they looked like a mini range rover till they were started up and you heard the distinctive french tappet rattle
Anyone remember the sweety jar radiator expansion bottles under the hood?
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - George Porge
What was the Matra three abreast sports car called?
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Bagpuss
What was the Matra three abreast sports car called?


There were 2. The Bagheera in the 70s, which was made of paper, and the Murena in the 80s which was made of slightly thicker paper. I think they also used the rattly 1442cc engine. Nice styling though.
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Westpig
What was the Matra three abreast sports car called?

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identify this car? (bank holiday special) - George Porge
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I don't recall the Murena, I used to see 3 Bagheeras parked at the same address in the late 80s / early 90s
identify this car? (bank holiday special) - Bagpuss
Some lovely rose tinted reporting in that link.

A mate of mine had one for a while in the late 80s. To be really honest I can't remember if it was a Bagheera or a Murena, but I do remember the really dire build quality, the bits of trim falling off, the cracks in the bodywork, the starting problems and the MOT failure due to a rusted chassis at which point he got rid of it.