Renault 4CV

This car was displayed on the Renault Owners Club's stand at the Northern Classic Car Show at the Belle Vue Exhibition Halls, Manchester in September 1986.

It's a 748cc 1955 Renault 4CV, and a note in the brochure of the show said this about it:

The Renault 4CV - built beween 1947 and 1961. This car offered people cheap motoring in a 4-seater, 4-door, rear engine saloon and proved to be a rugged reliable car to many. The car on show, PGD 444 is a 1955 Grandlux example.

Most of the Renault 4CVs were built in the Renault factory at Billancourt on the outskirts of Paris, but some were also produced in the British Renault factory at Acton, and this is possibly one of those cars. The 4CV was marketed as the Renault 750 in Britain.

I've shown photographs of the Renault 4CV twice before, on 21 June 2015 and 10 November 2016.

Renault 750

This car was on the stand of the Renault Owners Club at the Northern Classic Car Show at G-Mex, Manchester in August 1994.

It's a 1954 Renault 750, known in France as a 4CV, but the one manufactured at the British Renault factory in Acton was marketed as a '750'.

Renault Floride

This is a car on the stand of the Renault Owners Club at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester, in August 1993.

It's a 1962 Renault Floride, a car that was produced from 1958 to 1968, and until 1962 marketed in the USA and the United Kingdom as a Caravelle, There's no mention of it in the brochure of the show, but the Renault Owners Club is described as follows:

'The Renault Owners Club caters for people who own or have an interest in Renault cars, particularly from 1946 until the present day. We try to cater for the serious restoration persons to simply the family owners of a modern car. Models span the classic 4CV right through the thoroughbred rear engined models right up till the Clio and Safrane. Sporting Renault owners are also catered for with track days. A professional quarterly magazine is published, supplemented by a newsletter. Spares and technical advice are also provided. 1993 is the club's 41st year and currently has about 800 members.

Unlike many car makes, the club enjoys close links with the manufacturer. The display at Manchester tries to portray but a few milestones in the history of Renault in Great Britain.'

Renault 750 4CV

This is another car seen at the Northern Classic Car show at the G-Mex centre in Manchester in August 1991.

It's a 1950 Renault 750 4CV on the stand of the Renault Owners Club and the brochure of the event says that the car was built at Renault's factory in Acton, London.

Renault 8 Gordini

When I was much younger, probably in the late 1950s, one of the cars I coveted was the little-known Gordini-tuned Renault Dauphine. The photograph below shows its successor, the Renault 8 Gordini, produced between 1964 and 1970.

The photograph was taken at the Renault Owners Club stand at the G-Mex Exhibition Centre, Manchester, at the Northern Classic Car Show in August 1994.