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Roy Smith at the NEC: An Old Friend Returns

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The A220 Apine 3 Liter Chassis 1731 at this year's NEC.

By Roy P. Smith
Color photos by Roy P. Smith
B&W photos courtesy Roy P. Smith and Veloce Publishing from Volume 1 of Alpine Renault- The Sports Prototypes.

November 14-16, 2014 was the scene of the now-enormous NEC Classic Motorshow in the UK. I was there of course and having been tipped off was not disappointed to see the Alpine A220 Chassis number 1731 on display, fully restored and in fully working order with Alpine specialist historian Tim Moores in attendance. Of course having written a book about these cars I knew well the vehicle in question and Tim had kept me informed of the recent happenings. As with all Alpine Sports Prototypes there is a story to tell, so here is a little bit about this one. [Read more…] about Roy Smith at the NEC: An Old Friend Returns

The Renault Alpine A220 Part 2

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Le Mans, 1969. Number 29 is getting a lot of attention.

Part 2 of the A220 Saga

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By Roberto Motta
Color images by Roberto Motta

The 1969 season

In February 1969 the cars and all the necessary equipment were transferred to the Renault workshops in Gordini Viry -Châtillon, a suburb south of Paris. In view of the changes, Geoges Sauva was appointed technical director.

At the same time, Gordini began the construction of the new T64 engine which used a 4 valves per cylinder and was powered by mechanical injection. The T64 never got beyond the stage of experimentation due to frequent breakdowns. [Read more…] about The Renault Alpine A220 Part 2

The Renault Alpine A220

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Le Mans 1969, from left:#31 Alpine A220-1731(1968)for Jean-Pierre Nicolas- Jean-Luc Thérier, #29 Alpine A220-1736(1969) for Patrick Depailler-Jean-Pierre Jabouille, #30 Alpine A220-1734 (1969) for Henri Grandsire- Jean-Claude Andruet

Story by Roberto Motta
Historic images courtesy Renault Communications

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In the 1960s, thanks to the financial support of Renault, Alpine created several cars with which it managed to win the class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Alpine M63, M64, M65 and A210 were particularly competitive and reliable enough to obtain class victories numerous times as well as do well in the energy performance and index performance awards. [Read more…] about The Renault Alpine A220

Retro Alpine Exhibition by Roy P. Smith

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One photo captures the excitement of the Alpine Display. Photo by Jonathan Sharp.

Roy Smith on Retro’s fabulous Alpine Renault exhibition
Photos by Roy P. Smith and Jonathan Sharp

One of the best qualified persons to write about this year’s Alpine Renault Exhibition at Retro is Roy P. Smith, author of four books on the complete history of the Alpine saga, from the 4CV to the F1 Turbo cars. We asked Roy to do a bit about this remarkable display while he was at the show and from Retro, Smith turned in this equally remarkable story.

How great to see part of the private collection of rare Alpine Renaults of Jean-Charles Rédélé, son of Alpine’s founder Jean Rédélé, on display at this year’s Retro! Rarely seen in public all together, this was a show coup, ably organized by Hervé Charbonneaux under his Rally Story banner.
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