Rusty old 1968 Renault R8

[Adey.]

Some of you may know me from some of my "rustier" Renault escapades. Had this one for just over a year. a 1968 Renault R8. Ill link to a build thread as its a lot to port over. I love old Renaults and like them wearing their age. It isn't to everyone's taste but has ended up as a great usable retro, easy to work on and tinker with and it my "go-to" relaxation and wind down exercise. This little project came to me after being off the road for about 35 years.

Here are some of my previous rusty tinker toys, campus with a turbo swap, 1957 dauphine with no suspension travel and a r8 1108cc engine swap and the frog dog r12 again with it suspension revised for lows but a super smooth cruiser.



here is the current Renault R8 when I first collected it

 

[Adey.]

And this is how its sitting now. After many hours of wiring, rebuild work and an engine swap to a 1397cc. Next up im converting it to electronic mapable ignition using a Motorsport Electronics Nodiz Gen-X

build thread can be found HERE if you fancy a long read or if watching in the background on YouTube is easier



Can carry on posting updates here if people would like to see it?

 

[Mr Underhill]

I follow it on Instagram. Looks really cool.

 

[Willo40]

That looks cool, me dad had a Renault 12 for a a little while when i was younger, from memory it wasn't one of the worst cars he had.

 

[Adey.]

That looks cool, me dad had a Renault 12 for a a little while when i was younger, from memory it wasn't one of the worst cars he had.

quite possibly one of the comfiest retro Renaults I've owned, for a small car it wafted around and the seats were super comfy, but more akin to an old broken in leather sofa than something to drive from.

 

[Matt Cup]

Love it. f**king awesome little machine 👍

 

[Iain C]

That's brilliant! Great work

 

[Cub.]

Sub f**king scribed.

I doff my cap to you good Sir. Looks awesome. Off to watch the video and read the thread with a drink on the sofa 👍

 

[Adey.]

Once the ecu stuff is wrapped ill try and get some actual fun vids done. They aren't as entertaining as the pro YouTube stuff but putting them together gives me some fun

Wonder if it'll skid..... 🤔

 

[Adey.]

Dyno after the initial engine swap vid

 

[Racky]

I love to see these rust buckets still alive. Seen a few of these last year at French Fest, Brookland museum.

Coming from the land of Dacia, my grandad had one of these under the name of Dacia 1100, and a few R12, under the name of Dacia 1300 and 1310. If I dig though stuff at his place, I am sure I can still find the 1100 'trunk bonnet'. 😆

 

[Adey.]

 

[MarkCup]

That is impossibly cool 😁

 

[Adey.]