The original was from a Renault. We found one for P 4/5 C Modifacato. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
It's a Renault 8. My dad had one in the 60's. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
why from a renault? i'm sure there's a very interesting and funny story behind this. anyone know the details?
Thats a great little detail and interesting bit of trivia I would have never known! Thats just great research.
It's not that surprising that they recycle parts from one production car onto another production car since you don't really want to custom manufacture every single piece. However, this is different for a race car, so it's a bit surprising that they used a production car vent on P4. It's not quite in the same league, but you'd be amazed at how many Fiat 850 parts a Lamborghini Miura has (door pulls, rear lights, headlight buckets, hell, even the original light bulbs were Fiat). The Miura also has Renault vents, but not the same as P4.
In the late 80s, I was working for an OEM supplier to Chrysler. And at the time, Chrysler owned Lamborghini. Dr. Marmiroli was Chief Engineer. He said that he welcomed any Chrysler supplier to come and work with Lamborghini as they didn't have time or resources to engineer into their cars components available in the marketplace. Bottom line, many of these small car producers were "kit" car makers. Lambo then only made its transmissions and engines in house. Everything else was bought on the outside.
Watch is, all of this talk about Renault 8 and 10 vents being used for other cars will drive the price of Renaults through the roof! (although I'm kidding, this has happened with the Fiat 850 Spiders and read not that long ago a thread on a Fiat site complaining/lamenting about 850 parts are now very expensive and that they are going to the "rich" Miura owners)
Yes and most of those Miura/ Fiat parts are also used on the Iso Grifo, locks lights handles, vents......
Hi Jim, Any idea where I might be able to source one of the Renault R8 Air vents shown in the picture? Working on a P4 recreation and it's one of the last detail parts I'm searching for. Thanks, John [email protected]
Jim is no longer around on this site. You might have luck finding him on facebook through one of his car projects. Best of luck with your build.
Reach out to him through the SCG facebook page - as far as I recall, he 3D printed a few for the SCG 003 race cars, he might be able to hook you up with one.
