The Renault R8 (later just called the 8) was a small sedan for the common man launched in 1962 with boxy styling and a chassis based on the curvy Dauphine platform. The R8 used a Beetle style rear engine / rear drive setup and was slow in stock trim, but Renault released a Gordini version […]
The Renault R8 (later simply called the 8) was a rear-engine rear-drive small people carrier produced in France from 1962 through 1973. It shared its architecture and many components with the Dauphine (the successor to the 4CV), but featured radical boxy styling penned by Philippe Charbonneaux. You won’t see one on the road anytime soon, […]
There is an interesting phenomenon in the custom car industry, where everybody wants to be/build something different but ends up with the same collection of parts. It is the analogous situation to those goth kids, who paint their faces black, and perforate their external organs willy-nilly and scream that they just want to be different…just […]
Another 3500 smackeroo feature fell into our lap this week, a tip from Gregg who wrote simply have fun with this one. What else would you expect? So, I’m going to put this out here: this next feature is the perfect family hauler. Find this 1970 Custom Renault Trike with Opel trailer offered here on […]
You’ve seen this 1963 Renault 8 1100 before…it was featured as a seller submission back in January of this year. The buyer is apparently a small time dealer located in Lawndale, CA and is now offering it for $8,750. Find it here on hemmings. The same reason we liked it before still apply; it is […]