Renault 1929 RY1 Monasix

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You are all quite correct although it is a matter of personal preference. While my recent restorations may seem to point in a different direction, from an early age I have been a "light car" enthusiast. While the Rover has a more advanced engine and is marginally larger capacity, it is also much lighter weight and is essentially an open two seater while in its original form the Renault was a (heavy, 3,400 lbs) four door sedan. It has been pointed out to me that in the past I suffered a great deal of critism for changing the Packard from a fixed head coupe to a converible. 

With the Renault, the original sedan body is so far gone that it would absolute (financial)madness to even think about restoring it. The timber body frame is entirely gone as has all the upholstery and interior trim.

The only way I would comtemplate restoring it would be either as a replica Labourdette Skif tailed roadster or as a Drop Head Coupe.

The Rover still has its original two seater roadster body, fenders etc and would be a straight forward restoration.

Added to all this while the Renault has a good spares availability (Depanoto), this is in France so there is both a language and distance problem.

Bj.

Rovers were populat during the early 1920s in England competing in most of the long distance reliabiliry trials.

There is an extensive collection of period photographs on the Austin Harris web-site : http://www.austinharris.co.uk/photo/1923-colmore-cup-trial/856.\

Go to the web page then select Rover from the table on the left side. There is a never ending supply of fascinating photographs from the late teens to the 1930s available. This is ofcourse if you happen to be interested in pre WW2 English cars.

Bj