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Louis Renault’s Amazing Type A – Reviewed

March 31, 2020 By pete

Review by Pete Vack

In a colorful, imaginative and creative manner, author and historian Graeme Cocks brings to life the story of Renault’s Type A – the first car to feature a direct drive with the engine, clutch, transmission and differential in line. (read Two Old Renaults). It all began in that perhaps not so humble woodshed in the Renault family’s back yard, as you probably ‘heard tell about’ many times. (Renault’s family owned a button-making factory and were well-off.) [Read more…] about Louis Renault’s Amazing Type A – Reviewed

Tagged With: Driving a vintage renault, First Renault, Graeme Cocks, Louis Renault's Amazing Type A, renault history, Renault in Australia, Renault Type A, Vintage Renaults

Two Early Renaults in Western Australia

March 24, 2020 By pete

The Australian Renault Type A on a pilgrimage to the Renault factory. Credit Graeme Cocks.

By John Waterhouse

Perth, the capital city of the state of Western Australia, seems an unlikely location for two very early examples of Renault production cars. Nonetheless, it is the home for a 1899-1900 production version of Louis Renault’s first car, the single-cylinder, De Dion-Bouton-powered Type A, and a 1903 Type N, a car that used Renault’s first four-cylinder engine. 1 [Read more…] about Two Early Renaults in Western Australia

Tagged With: Early Renaults, First Renault, Historic Renaults, Renault Freres, Renault Type A, Renault Type N, Renaults in Australia

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