My project car is this 1970 Renault 10.  It was purchased new by my mom, who drove it for about 18 years, after which I used it as a commuter car for about six more years. On retiring in 1993, I took the Renault off the road and commenced what has become an extended rehabilitation project (of the car, that is). This photo was taken just prior to that time.

The Renault 10 was the last of a line of rear-engined, water cooled, four door sedans, being derived from the earlier Renault 4CV, the Renault Dauphine, and Renault R8. In these pictures, the radiator and some of the engine accessories have already been removed, prior to pulling the 1,289cc engine.

These cars had everything the VW beetle had and then some - twice the fuel mileage or better (in this case, 33mpg), a real heater that really heated the car, four wheel disc brakes, four doors, and the most comfortable seats to be found.

At the Carlisle, Pennsylvania import car show and swap meet in the Spring of '99, I came across this set of original, unused dealer's display window banners from 1968.

I have no more recent pictures of my Renault to display, since it's slowly being reduced to piles of pieces.

I try to refurbish each piece as it's removed. This not only reduces the risk of losing little bits, but provides incentive to put it all back together again.

In 1965, I purchased my first brand new car - a black Renault R8.   Unfortunately, it hugged a utility pole when only a few weeks old, before I'd had a chance to take any pictures of it. But I'd had it long enough to be impressed and, less than a year later, suggested to my mother that she make her first new car a Renault.   She did, and bought herself this '66 R8.

While I moved on to Triumph, Chevy, Plymouth, etc., Mom drove this R8 for four years, putting about 65,000 miles on it before passing it along to one of my brothers, and buying the '70 Renault 10 that I have today.

On June 26th and 27th, 1999, a handful of Renault enthusiasts in North America got together in the beautiful countryside south of Lancaster, Ohio.   Click here to see a few pictures taken on that occasion.