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   Called in to see a friend of mine who's into vintage cars on Friday. As usual, after not seeing him for a while, another vehicle had been acquired. 1925 Renault pickup. He took me out for a little ride. LH drive and iffy brakes made traveling the lanes quite interesting.  

 

  This is not my photo but it is the same vehicle.

 

Renault NN Commerciale

 

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Was that converted from a 4 seat tourer?
Reminds me of the car I learned to drive in when I was about ten years old, my father swapped a trailer for a 1935 Austin Seven Ruby saloon that he thought would help my older sister and brother to learn the basics in but my sister wasn't interested and my brother learnt on a tractor while helping out on a farm.
He cut off the back of the car from the doors back and closed it off behind the front seats to make a cab and made a pick up platform supported from the rear bumper brackets.
He used to cut firewood on a huge bench saw driven by a belt from a Bamford SD1 stationary engine and I transported the logs round to a log store at the back door.
I certainly learned clutch control on that old car, it was all or nothing.
Can't find any old photos of it at the moment.

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17 hours ago, Aiberdonian said:

Was that converted from a 4 seat tourer?

 

  Factory  built and original paint work. Would have been bright yellow.

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4 hours ago, Wristpin said:

Looks to me as though it should be left just as it is. Would hate to see it “ restored”.

 

  Paul isn't into restorations. He just does what is needed to get them up and running and road worthy.

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