New to forum from Boulder USA Past Owner of 74 & 76 Gordini

ANOTHER GREAT DAY!!

Today my friend surprised me. We have a heard day today, one good friend in the hospital, very ill, and another friends father is very sick also in the hospital, we are helping both.

My friend Charlie who has helped me with the repairs took this video, he wanted to surprise me with better than good news.

She lives to see another day!!

I again thank you all!!

She is far away from France, but very close to home and to the heart.

Steve

  good news Steve

An R17 in streets. Boulder isn't far from here infact  

beautifull car

Congratulations Steve ...    
And this Toy Célica, it's your car ?

Thank you.

The Celica is called a GTV it is a 1974, close to the age of my R17, it is a Japanese market car, RHD, with a Yamaha built 1.6l twin came that puts out about 120Hp

I hope to have the car home soon.

Steve

JPM a écrit:

Congratulations Steve ...    
And this Toy Célica, it's your car ?

       

Thank you, home soon!

MichBiz a écrit:

An R17 in streets. Boulder isn't far from here infact  

thank you to roll this renault 17

What did you feel behind the steering wheel for the first time since you have bought this car ?

Sadly I have not driven the car.

We have family and friends in the hospital so all my free time is there.

Tomorrow I travel to see my father.

Maybe tonight I see the car.

Very hard I am so glad to have the car running and yet I have so much stress with sick friends and family.  

Siorc a écrit:

What did you feel behind the steering wheel for the first time since you have bought this car ?

Today my first drive!! 40 years just disappeared.

I was laughing and smiling the whole time. I felt like I was 16 years old again, maybe younger   

Now tomorrow is hard I fly back to Florida my father is in the hospital, I hope when he gets out of surgery I am able to show him the video, bring this car back was meant as a present for him.

It is a happy day to start a hard week.

Thank you again my Amicale family,

Steve

On the road again ...  

That is happiness

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Merci pour la traduction.

elle est superbe cette 17    

il pourrait nous faire des photos avec en toile de fond des maison us pour les salons

les butoirs avant de pare choc ne sont ils pas plus long


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we could take pictures with a backdrop of the house us for salons

bumpers front bumper are they not longer

Comme dans la vidéo, les butoirs avant sont bien visibles ici :

effet d'optique , ils paraissent plus long  

en effet , ils sont longs !

Hi Friends,

I have been with my father in the hospital so no time to write.

Some small bumper information. Our 1972 R17's and 15's had the same bumpers as Europe. In 1973 the US bumper standard changed and our R15/17's got larger rubber bumper guards, about twice as long as the European, same width though, also you can see this year got the gas cap metal door cover.

Starting with 1974 the bumper standards changed again and we got what we often called the park bench bumpers

I always liked the clean original look of the pre 74 cars, when I had my 1976 car I had eventually found a wrecked 73 and refitted the bumpers from it.

I shared the video with my dad and this cheered him up.

All the best

Steve

Traduction message de Steve.

Salut les amis,

J'étais avec mon père à l'hôpital, ce qui explique que je n'ai pas eu le temps d'écrire.

Quelques petites informations concernant les pare-chocs. Les R15 R17  US de 1972 ont eu  les mêmes chocs qu'en Europe. En 1973, les normes américaines pour les pare-chocs ont changé et nos R15/17 ont eu des butoirs caoutchouc (bananes) nettement plus grands, environ deux fois plus long qu'en Europe, mais de même largeur sur toute leur longueur, comme vous pouvez aussi le voir, cette même année le bouchon d'essence est recouvert par une trappe peinte.

Au début de 1974 les normes des pare-chocs ont encore changé et nous avons obtenu ce que nous appelons souvent « le pare-chocs banc de square »  

J'ai toujours aimé le style épuré des R15 R17 fabriquées avant 74, Quand j'ai eu ma voiture en 1976, j'avais finalement trouvé une épave de 73 et j'ai modifié ses pare-chocs.

J'ai regardé la vidéo avec mon père et cela lui a bien remonté le moral.

All the best.

Steve

merci de ces precisions