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Hero

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Is there any online resource that shows the chassis or underside view of the Renault AG types?

Looking for some references related to the Retrokit kit...

Thanks a lot in advance!

D.



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Hi,

Not very much but already something from:

http://www.renaultoloog.nl/stamboom.htm 

DJ

stamboom prise direct Renault.jpg



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Thanks! This seems to be some sort of transmission scheme... I'm still trying to determine if the side beams of the chassis should be paralell, have some sort of angle towards the front, if they are "broken" and are wider behind the radiator, etc. Other common feature of the cars of the era seem to be some sort of diagonal rods connecting the rear axle ends to the chassis. On the pictures I've gathered these underside details appear always obscured!
Also I would like to know the use of the three pedals and two levers at the side of the car... I suspect that they don't work as a modern shift geat and hand brake, nor the pedals were arranged like a modern car.
Thanks in advance!
D.

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Here's an interesting picture from the early 1910s of the "Porte de Lyon" which shows a lot of fiacres (horse drawn and Renaults) and also some buses. I got the pic from a Facebook profile of a real estate agent(!!) which from time to time also posts many albums of Paris in the 1910s and 1920s. Here's the link, if it's of interest of some of you that need diorama inspiration! https://www.facebook.com/johndorbigny



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There has been a Renault AG for sale in the U.K. for some months. Classic Cars , 1910, I believe, (and about Ł29,000)hmm. Some photographs showing what may be an authentic interior. As there would appear to be several extant, it is possible that there may be some photographs of one during restoration



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This one?
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C334586

D.



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I have two sheds! confuse



-- Edited by d_fernetti on Thursday 30th of May 2013 04:01:48 PM

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That is the one now available, but there have been others. This suggests that there may be more than expected still in private collections. There has also been a superb Vauxhall staff car...



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One of the areas less detailed of the Retrokit 1/72 kit (how silly sounds a phrase that has "kit" twice in it) is the interior of the passenger cab, and if you chose to build it in the "open top" configuration, the interior looks bare and incomplete. This picture I posted before shows a glimpse of the basic shapes of the interior window frames. There are some pictures that sent me once my Norwegian friend Knut, from Les Invalides, that also show some details of the cab meter, much like that English version.

 



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There are contemporary film references. The silent film series concerning the activities of "Fantomas" has various characters arriving by taxi. Some AG1s were exported to New York. Good grief! How could I not have noticed the cab rank nearest to the City Hall, Hull?

Also, have a look in your shed.



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Here's some  about Renault NYC cabs
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_279773-Renault-9CV-Type-AG-1910.html

http://www.shorpy.com/node/7593

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4786749491/

 



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d_fernetti wrote:

I have two sheds! confuse



-- Edited by d_fernetti on Thursday 30th of May 2013 04:01:48 PM


 That explains it! You've been looking in the wrong one...wink



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Maybe Renault can help with the info that you need for the details of AG Taxicab, unusually they actually have a page on their site about it... contact link at the bottom

http://www.renault.com/en/vehicules/hier/pages/renault-type-ag.aspx

just a thought

On the Gearbox clutch etc theres a few Patents on Espace put in Renault into the Inventor field and a date say 1902, 1903 or 1904 in the publication date field, should get you something...

Best Regardswink



-- Edited by Ironsides on Friday 4th of October 2013 07:45:41 PM

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Here is another picture of Marne taxis that appeared on a Facebok profile (about Paris history) which I find interesting because the cars have installed foul weather covers on the driver's cab, something not often seen on preserved Renaults and which probably might have been unsed on the trip to the battle on 1914.



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I'm aware most contributors here model in 1/72,  however I am of the few who work in 1/32 -54mm.

Some years ago, decades actually, the French firm of Historex marketed a 1/32 scale kit of this famous vehicle.   Unfortunately, Historex disappeared before I was able to obtain the kit.   Historex produced a series of Great War kits; some of which I was able to find, but this Renault taxi remains elusive.  Does anyone recall Historex Great War offerings?



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I think, Renault de Mane is a mthos and legends - many-many Paris-taxi was CHARRON.

 

Charron is "dead" and Renault make PR. Here is 100% Charron. 



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Here's a few pictures of other Renaults that can serve as reference

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