Advertising Last completed movie pages 1974 Renault 17 Gordini Série 1 [R1326] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2011-05-02 00:31 |
R17? |
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◊ 2011-05-02 00:36 |
Seems so. |
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◊ 2011-05-02 01:30 |
It is a 17. I don't want to think about it being destroyed. He's a side-view of it: /vehicle_395537-MG-B-ADO23.html |
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◊ 2011-05-02 02:47 |
Sad.Very rare car in North America. One of only a few kinds of cars I have not actually seen in person. Lets hope a few others were spared this fate |
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◊ 2011-05-02 03:50 |
 I don't get why they end up smashing many rare and not so common European cars in this scene! |
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◊ 2011-05-02 04:06 |
Could have been a mock-up, using a basic model, and making it look like the real thing, thus allowing enthusiasts to feel less guilt about it being destroyed. |
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◊ 2011-05-02 04:11 |
I doubt it. |
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◊ 2011-05-02 04:21 |
It was probably a pretty worthless junkyard car at the time of filming  |
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Gomselmash11 ◊ 2011-05-02 04:26 |
Agree, the yankees don't respect the european (and other no japanese/korean) cars except some makes |
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◊ 2011-05-02 05:25 |
I'm sure it was, Renaults of that era were not known for their reliability or rust-proofing, however, even in 1991, these were quite rare, and a junker could yield many parts to someone who needed them. And this one had lots of rare parts intact. There were plenty of junky cars to destroy, made in the tens of thousands, even European ones. They only sold 3587 Renault 17s in the US over a 5-year period. I doubt they sold over 1000 of them in Canada. The Peugeot is also rare, as is the 1960s MGB. It's been years since I've seen a Renault 17 in the US. I've only seen 3 on E-bay in the last 6 or 7 years. |
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◊ 2011-05-02 11:14 |
Why Gordini? I think all 17s for North American market has four sealed beam headlights. |
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◊ 2011-05-02 17:09 |
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◊ 2011-05-02 17:11 |
All 17 had four headlights, even in Europe. Since 1975 the R17 was named "Renault Gordini" in USA... what year was this one? |
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◊ 2011-05-03 00:54 |
All the ones sent to the US with the cloth sunroof were Gordini models (which was most of them). |
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◊ 2012-09-10 07:58 |
Surprised to see this discussion! I'll confirm that this looks like a USA model R17 Gordini. It has the cloth roof and the ugly large USA chrome bumpers. The USA models had four round headlights. From 1976-79 the rear look was updated and the engine was very slightly larger but also choked down by emission controls. They were not a common car in the US. In the early 1980's, a working used car cost about US $500. I saw only one R15 ever in the US but there were some R17 Gordini's on the road for some time throughout the 1980's. They were not generally well-regarded cars. They rusted easily and developed holes in the body especially in front of the doors. The longitudinally-mounted engine was far forward and with front-wheel drive handling was nothing special. They also had only three bolts holding each wheel! Rear suspension was a beam but front was fully independent. The interior and particularly the front seats were good. You could get 40 miles-per-gallon driving at a constant 60 mph - almost exactly 3000 rpm in 5th gear. At least in the USA for the 1974 model, fuel injection was Bosch D-Jetronic and the analog "computer" was in the passenger compartment. It had a knob to fine-tune the mixture. The aluminum engine's notable features were its hemispherical-chamber cylinder head and large valves. 100+ net Horsepower from about 1.6L and only two-valves per cylinder was impressively efficient for the time. If I recall correctly it had a 4-2-1 exhaust from the factory. The engine was rev-happy and sounded good. In 1980's USA, European cars were considered unique. As a teen, an R17 Gordini was the most 'exotic' car I could afford .gif ":)") -- Last edit: 2012-09-10 08:13:09 |
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◊ 2012-09-10 10:50 |
@Malibu444 - nice info, and welcome to the strange world of imcdb - where unlikely enthusiasms for some very unexpected vehicles lurk and sometimes surface for a surprised audience. The more the merrier! |
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