1969 Renault R10

Awesome Vintage Race Car! Goats & Chickens Extra Uni

4cyl

Present

10987654321

Clear

The flammable kind

I know, I know. Shhh. Shhh. Shhhhhh. It's going to be ok. Shh. Shh. Shhhhhh. Everything's gonna be alright; Mama's got you. Shhh Shhh Shhh Shhhhhhh. Shhhhhhhhh Ok now, take a deep breath. One more. Now blow your nose. Here, take a sip of this. There, now don't you feel better? It'll be ok. It's just some pictures. It can't hurt you. See? It's a screen. Go ahead and touch it. Go ahead. See? It's just a screen, just like I said-- a screen. You can scroll and look at the pictures. They're just pictures. Just pictures on a screen... But you don't have to live your life that way. You know-- looking at pictures on a screen. I mean, you know, ANYONE can do that. You don't even have to get dressed to do that; you can be, like, naked looking at pictures on a screen. Heck, probably a good percentage of you are darned close to naked right now. Sitting there, looking at pictures on a screen. Pictures that show there's fun to be had out there in the world. You know-- out there in that natural sunlight. Do something. Be somebody.Buy this. What exactly is this? It's a pretty typical example of French engineering. But beyond that, it's your key to life! Life in the Fast Lane! Ok, maybe not exactly the Fast Lane, per se, but one of those lanes right next to it. And by right next to it I mean, like, not immediately next to it, but a distant cousin to the lane right next to it. Kinda like that cousin that you thought was hot but before you knew it was your cousin. Hold up, wait. <...> Ok, so its fast, kinda like your cousin is hot, but since they're your cousin then they're NOT hot. Unless of course nobody finds out you think they're hot, then its OK to to think they're hot; So this car is fast so long as nobody finds out that you think it's fast. 'Cause if anyone finds out that you think it's fast you'll probably, like, get arrested for incest or something. Like Gerard Depardieu in that movie, My Father the Hero. Hey, he's French, right? Wow, So is this car! There, so it all makes sense now, right? Ok, so now we've established that the car is incestually fast. With a car that may or may not be so fast, it's going to need the proper safety equipment. This car has none of that. What it does have, however, is a rollcage made of 1.75" x .095 DOM tubing with ginormous spreader plates. The Sparco race seat is mounted to a frame made of 1-1/2 " square tubing of .095 wall thickness and 1"x2" rectangular .120" wall tubing. That frame is then welded to the cage and intermittently on additional plates on the floor and serves as a complete skeleton tub that the driver rides inside of. Conveniently, it is also a pretty good chicken coop. There's an electrical kill switch installed that, when triggered, cuts all power to the car in the event of d'urgence. It also has brakes. Four-wheel disc brakes, in fact. I even rebuilt the calipers. Myself! I also installed new brake lines, brake pads, a new Tilton master cylinder, and modified the rear proportioning valve according to what I read on the interwebz because of the otherwise alleged screwy brake bias on the stock factory setup, What that means is it's probably wise the winning bidder redo all of that. Why do you need bitchingly awesome 4-wheel disc brakes? You don't. Which is good. Because this car doesn't. But a spare set of pads are included, so there's that. High tech performance 145-15 race tires were out of stock (wink wink) when I needed to get ready for the last race. Oh drat. Maybe they're back in stock now?? Until you can find some, the tires that are on it should last, based on previous results, longer than about anything else on the car will last. Because they're Continentals and made in Germany. Deutschland, unter, sondern über alles was Französisch. The engine? Oh man, it's not just a 1108 cubic Cléon-Fonte engine: Does the name GORDINI mean anything to you? Me neither, because the motor in this thing is not just a Cléon-Fonte engine, it's just a completely stock Cléon-Fonte 1108 cc engine. That's nearly 68 cubic inches of displacement to you and me. And it starts up and runs. Carb had been cleaned out and reassembled. Oh, and a latex condom may or may not have been used in an attempt to repair the broken diaphragm in the vacuum-actuated secondary of the 28x32 Solex downdraft carb. The plus side to it possibly running on only 1 barrel is that it gets a measured 19 mph while racing flat out on a racetrack. Oh, and I can indeed confirm that there is a transmission. At one point it seems it may have been one of those "pixie dust" electromagnetic transmissions. But someone probably long ago put in a manual transmission. And it looks like it was done a very very long time ago. If there weren't a Jaeger push-button dealio on the dash, I'd never have known this was an automatic when it rolled off the assembly line. I can't say whether or not the lights, wipers or any other electrical stuff works. Assume they don't. Oh wait, the brake lights do work: That was required to pass tech inspection. The starter and charging system also show evidence of working. But if the starter fails, have no fear-- you can crank-start it. The stock hand-crank handle is included. I could go on and on and on and on, much like one of the drivers did when he nearly drove all of Sunday himself at this car's last race, but the car is only ONE part of the awesomeness that is this fully caged Renault R10 racecar (which, btw, has a CA title and could be put back on the road. All of the stock glass and door mechanisms as well as stock seats, radiator and radiator cowling, and a whole assortment of take-offs are all included in the sale. The paint is tempera paints and what hasn't already flaked off will pressure-wash off). There's more. If you're brave. Remember that whole "Do Something Be Somebody Buy This" nonsense up there near the top? Ok, it should have read Buy This first followed by Do Something and culminated with Be Somebody. Because, above anything else, I want you to just buy this. And if you Buy This, and by "Buy This" I mean Buy It Now by using the Buy It Now feature of the auction, (and meet a simple deadline requirement for full payment and registration by midnight Sept 3rd) you can be part of a world record attempt! How? If you use the Buy It Now feature, you will be given the opportunity to enter this car AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE into an automobile road race to be held September 13-14, 2014 at Thunderhill Raceway Park in lovely Willows California. Info on the race itself can be found by googling "Vodden-the-hell-are-we-doing" Yes, of course it's a 24 Hours of LeMons race. What, did you think I'd be putting you in like a a NASA or SCCA race? Are you out of your mind? While this car probably isn't too far off from meeting the safety requirements of most other racing organizations, including like VARA, HSR, SVRA and VSCCA, that's not the deal here I mean, those organizations have standards. LeMons (as many like to call it) doesn't require you to have much but a valid driver's license and a car that meets their safety criteria. If you haven't heard of them, you totally need to check them out. This car has already run in LeMons and even won the top prize of the whole darned event. So I know what she's capable of. Which is precisely why I'm now trying to get-the-hell rid of it. What I will include with full payment using the BIN (Buy It Now) feature is the car you see in the listing PLUS paid entry for the car and up to 6-drivers. Heck, I'll even deliver the car to the track on Friday, Sept 12 and I will also ensure the car passes the required technical inspection prior to the green flag on Saturday! That includes me bribing as necessary (I've found American blue jeans and American cigarettes will get me pretty far). Does this mean the car will be fully race-worthy when I bring it to you? No, not necessarily. But what it DOES mean is the car will meet at least all of the minimum safety requirements as required by the event organizers and inspected by event personnel prior to them permitting the car to attempt to circle the track. Full technical requirements are listed at the 24 Hours of LeMons website. The good news is the hard part is already done-- the car is built and is, as the tech sticker will pronounce, "Good Enough." Good enough for what remains pretty damned vague. But ask anyone who's ever done or thought of doing LeMons and they'll tell you that the average cost to build a tech-ready car pushes about $5,000, or L 16,644.91 (Romanian Leu) with the cost of the roll cage and other "budget exempt" safety equipment. Throw in the expense to tow the car to a racetrack and then also pay for the car entry and the driver entry for 6 drivers and you're now well into $7k. Look at that Buy It Now option and split it 6 ways. That's like two 3-ways which, I'm not gonna lie, sounds like a pretty good weekend if you ask me. What the hell do you do with the car after the race? Why, you put it on eBay of course! Is racing dangerous? Yes. Yes it is. And in this car it is maybe doubly so. You do not have to actually take me up on the offer to race it. I'll give you a note to excuse you if you'd like. If you just want the car, go ahead and bid on the car. At some point regular bidding will make the BIN option go away and when that goes away from the auction page so does the offer of a free race with purchase. But if you and 5 future enemies want to try and RACE the car (with the operative word being "try"), make sure you read over the rules at the LeMons website first and then go ahead and hit the BIN button and settle up with me! We'll need to get you and your cohorts registered with LeMons (which will require each person to buy his or her own annual racing license which is like $50) before midnight Sept 3rd and then you'll need to come up with a team name. I've (cough) raced this a few times so I'll totally hold your hand through that process if you need. I'll also take the car through tech inspection on Friday Sept 12th. But after that, she's solely your responsibility. Fuel? All on you. Beer at night after the track goes cold? That's all yours, but often times there are other teams giving away free beer so you may luck out. Any needed repairs? "Uh, who are you again?" That covers the Buy This and Do Something part of this. What's this about a world record? That's the Be Somebody part. Thunderhill Raceway Park, a totally awesome facility with a WalMart as its neighbor up in Willows, CA just expanded their facility to have over 5 miles of paved racing surface! That's like, double what they previously had. However, there is still likely only 2 showers on the grounds. The maximum number of teams LeMons previously accepted to race was like 160-180 cars but that's when the track was much smaller. With the larger track, LeMons is pretty much accepting any team of yahoos who wants to participate in this event. There are upwards of 300 teams looking to take the start at the upcoming race. Sound like it could be a huge fustercluck? Absolutely. But it could be a World Record fustercluck. The wheels are in motion to have the event certified by the Guinness World Record folks, but whether or not it meets their criteria won't be known until after the event. At minimum you would be able to consider yourself a member of an official Guiness World Record attempt at the "Largest Auto Race." Of course you could also be known as that dude who died in a crappy Renault he bought off ebay. Did I mention that I'll also deliver it for FREE to the track if you use the Buy-It-Now option price?!Free entry. Free tow to the track. Guaranteed to pass through tech prior to Saturday morning green flag. Participate in a World Record Attempt. AND get a super-awesome French car. So. Full. Of. Win. Of course, all of that bonus stuff only comes with the Buy-It-Now. If you just want the car and actually, you know, want to do something legitimate with it then by all means bid away. Bonne Chance! (oh, and by-the-way, the ToyoHog is still available. What the hell is a ToyoHog? Google it and you'll see).