1968 Renault R8. Rusty, Low and Slow (more power loading)

really like your youtube channel! nice to see the car in the metal and hearing it. All the luck!!

Fitting turned up for the oil filter. Gave it a trim, filled up a filter with oil and fired it on 👍🏼

Then using the new insta start starter motor I gave it a quick drive to the shops. Its pretty cool 😎 worn out sloping seat is a little odd to drive on so I may look at that very soon.

Took it out for a little drive again today, I think I'm going to try and get it out for the commute over the next week. I will chuck in a hot water bottle for the early morning start, not even sure where my coffee will go either, and there's no stereo... I'm sure it'll be fun either way. It'll be roughly a 40 mile round trip so wish me luck.....

did it make 100..... this one struggles at 65 currently

And we are home. 32 miles complete and its super cool to use. Saw 65 when pushed on the gps but its super happy from 0-50ish and take it in its stride. Started to stutter on initial throttle press just as i got home so will give it a once over in the next few days, I suspect its the points but ill have a look into it.



Here have some more pics. The filtered ones are from people at work who spotted the car, grabbed pics and sent them over in the day. Great conversation starter

As a lover of Imps this really rattles my " I want one " cage .Different just like Imps . what a cool motor

Don't normally like yellow headlights - must be cultural ! - BUT it just seems right on a French car oddly !

I've been tinkering some more though I've not documented it with pictures as much as I should have. So lets have a quick run down of where I am. Wishbones were dropped and the subframe redrilled to take out the factory positive camber and to add a little negative. I also added some spacers to the bottom shock mount so that the shock had a little more usable length. Looks good now, and still clears getting on and off my drive ( I need to get some decent pictures of it)



I have got a horn fitted, now initially I was stumped by this, more so than I should have been tbh. I was reading a switching 12v on the wiring though when adding any load the voltage would drop off to 0v and nothing would work. I tried a few different bulbs and horns to test it and always got the same result. After a few days of thinking I decided to start chopping the wiring back to find black instead of copper.... high resistance. Chopped nearly a foot of the wiring out and bingo it works. Fresh cable laid back in and we are onto a winner.



New pump has turned up also (the correct one with the heater take off on it) so first up was to test the pipework to the heater matrix. Popped the hose onto it to flush it all out, some rusty water flushed through but no where near as much as I was expecting tbh. Ran it through at varying pressures for a good 5 min. The valve under the dash works fine, the control cable has come out of its clip though so didn't actually actuate it from the dash, that part is still on my list of things to fix (hopefully tomorrow) The old pump has been whipped out after about 50 miles so came off nicely and its been replaced with the correct one. New pipes have been connected to the old heater hoses too. Tomorrow I will hopefully refit the rad and test the system for leaks. Fingers crossed all is well and we have another creature comfort that will make using it more comfortable.



Whilst its apart I have also whipped the rocker cover off. I have given it a few coats of wrinkle finish black, just to hide the crustiness and to make it a little more presentable when it goes back together.



Thanks for taking the time to read, here's some pics

Fitted a new rocker cover gasket this afternoon along with setting the tappets. Doesn't sound it in the video but it's loads quieter and smoother.