Another Award.

I entered the G in the Bathurst Expo Show and shine today and picked up 1st place in the European car category.

Out for a spin.

Gordini's at Sydney Motor Sport Park.

My daughter and I attended the Shannons display day at Sydney Motor Sport Park on Sunday 13th August 2017 with other members of the Renault Car Club of Australia to celebrate the 50 anniversary of the R1135. Five R1135's were in attendance and one R1134. A run around the track in a flying wedge formation was held at 10am. A good day and it was nice to have been parked next to my old Gordini on the day.

I wonder if there has ever been 5 Gordinis together on a race track in Australia before?

A short video of the Gordini's on the track

Pretty maidens all in a row.

Drivers at the ready.

My daughter heads out in the G for the lap.

The flying wedge formation.

From the pit balcony.

My old R8G sold in 1989.

Mine.

It was difficult to get 5 Gordini's in the one place.

From the roof.

2017 All French Car Day Sydney.

We attended the All French Car day on Sunday 16 July at Silverwater Park. This is a combined club event including Renault, Peugeot, Citroen and Simca. I entered the little R8G in the Concours and picked up the Trifecta being Best 1960's Renault, Best Gordini and best overall Renault. It also placed 3rd overall out of all the makes. 1st was a Peugeot 504 Cabriolet which has had a "cheque book restoration" and 2nd was a beautiful 2007 Citroen which looked like it was brand new and the little G 3rd.

The trophy collection.

With a big windscreen banner celebrating 50 years of the R1135.

A Sydney Gordini.

R1132 R8.

R1134 R8G.

R1135 with an R5 1500 Engine.

Another R1132.

Another classic Renault in my shed.

I have always wanted an Alpine A110 but for 2 reasons I don't have one.
1 I can't afford one.
2 I don't fit in one.
I thought about a A310 but they are scarce on the ground in Australia and the prices have gone up close to the A110 prices so there out as well.
I have been looking at the Alpine Renault GTA for some time but not keen on them being imported from the UK in RHD form. Earlier in 2017 I found a non turbo New Zealand delivered GTA for sale in Brisbane. It had been off the road for 7 years and needed a bit of love. We drove to Brisbane and bought the GTA. I then drove it home to Bathurst on a NSW unregistered permit. I was expecting problems on the trip home but it went faultlessly over the 2 day 1,200km trip. Its now in my shed undergoing a tidy up which includes a good clean up, new suspension bushes and gearbox seals. Once this is completed its off to the Auto Electrician for an electrical health check and then in 2018 I can put it on historic rego.

Club run to Neville, NSW.

Had a club run to Neville today. Visited the piano museum and had lunch at the pub. A good day to drive the Gordini.

The G parked with an Italian friend.

A little drive.

Now that the G is going properly I decided to go for a little test drive. About 70km, from Bathurst through O'Connell to the Ben Chifley Dam then back to Bathurst where I got caught in the biggest down pour I have seen for some time, the wipers and demister could not keep up. The little G went great and returned 10.5L/100km which is around 27mpg.

The G will be finally attending its first All French Car Day on 16 July in Sydney, then at the 50th anniversary of the Gordini at the Shannons display day at Sydney Motorsport Park. Looking forward to getting it out there.

The G at the Ben Chifley Dam near Bathurst, NSW.

Its fixed!!!

Well the hunting problem is finally fixed. After all the so called mechanics and dyno tuning which all came to nothing I decided it must be something simple. So I had another play with idle jets and mixtures which again came to nothing. Again I thought "simple"
There is supposed to be a hose from the air cleaner manifold to the radiator panel which I have never fitted. I found a length of heater hose and put it in place and now the G goes so well and no more hunting. Think simple!

I never dreamed it would be so simple!

2017 Renault 4CV Muster at Griffith NSW.

Spent 4 days at Griffith at the 4CV muster. The G is still running like a hairy goat despite the so called experts fixing it. Where to go now? Not sure.

Morning tea at Grenfell.

Comfort stop at West Wyalong.

Ready to tour Griffith.

Parked with a couple of R8 Friends.

A couple of admirers.

With a couple of Alpine friends.

Attempting to get into the A110.

And out!

Karin fits well.

More old photos

Photos from Ben Emmelkamp.
Some time in the 1980's under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Finally got the G home (again).

Well the G has been away for 2 months being tuned and to rid it of the engine hunting. The hunting was caused by the 4 venturi's being loose. The 40 DCOE venturi's are held in place by a small clip and with 50 years of use they wear out. The air cleaner base did not hold them in place either so they were able to move back and forward as they pleased.
The 45 DCOE venturi's are held in place with a grub screw and lock nut so they don't suffer the same problems. Anyway the G is now running 99% better then before so that is a big plus.
A bit disappointed the Carburetor service did not pick this up when being rebuilt.

CARnival

I was to attend the CARnival Australia Day celebrations at Parramatta Park today 26/01/17 however not surprisingly the G is still sitting in a mechanics workshop trying to sort out the Weber issues. So instead we took our Jaguar XJC to Carcoar.
I really hope its right for the AFCD at Silverwater Park later in the year. Its been 12 months of frustration as the modern mechanic cannot fix anything without a computer port and computer to tell them what to do.

I borrowed the following photo's from Dominic Roberts RCCA FB post on CARnival.

Weber tune.

Today I took the Gordini 65km to Orange to an old time mechanic in Orange to have the Webers tuned and the car put on the dyno. Hoping this time the hunting can be finally fixed.