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.

More photos from the 1980's.

I was given a few more photos of my car from the 1980's when it was owned by Andrew Kubienski then Ara Vartoukian.

Amaroo Dirt circuit.

Amaroo dirt again with Ara.

My car left with Andrew Kubienski, John Kitchen's R1134 in the
 middleand Ara with his earlier 1135 which was raced in the
 Hardi ferodo in 1972.This car was written off at 
Catalina Park in the 80's, rebuilt, sold and never seen again.

John Kitchen's car left, mine in the middle and Bruce Colliers
red R8G on the right.Bruce's car was destroyed in a bush fire
 a couple of years after Bruce sold it.

Road trip.

Distributor rebuild update.

With the 1/2 worn weight post needing replacing I sent a second distributor to David to be used for parts. It is an R10 Ducellier unit which is basically the same however with a shorter shaft length. One of the good posts from the spares distributor is removed and will be tig welded into the Gordini distributor.

Gordini Distributor shaft on left and parts shaft on right
showing the posts are the same size.

Drilling out the new post.

Post removed.

Removing the worn post in the Gordini shaft.

Replacement post.

Replacement post ready to be tig welded in position.