Registration No: C403 ADL
Chassis No: VF121060000506225
MOT: Expired

• Imported from France in 2011 and UK registered with V5C document
• Believed but not warranted to have covered just 47,000km from new
• Part of Rae Davis racing team who won "Best Team" at Goodwood Revival 2013
• Backdated externally to 1960s look for Goodwood

It is hard to think of anything more French than a small, front-wheel drive boulangerie van and the Renault 4 Van is certainly hard to beat. Built in response to the Citroen 2CV "Fourgonette", the Renault 4 Van was more advanced and significantly cheaper upon launch. The 4 was launched at a time when several decades of economic stagnation were giving way to growing prosperity and surging car ownership in France. The first million cars were produced by 1st February of 1966, less than four and a half years after launch; eventually over eight million were built, making the Renault 4 a commercial success because of the timing of its introduction and the merits of its design. In early 2020, the 33-year production run of the Renault 4 was counted as the seventeenth most long-lived single generation car in history.

This particular example was imported to the UK in 2011 by the Rae Davis racing team (known for preparing some of the St Mary's Trophy greats) and was immediately treated to a bottom half respray and was decked out in the Gordini racing team colours you see it in today. At the 2013 Goodwood Revival, former Peugeot Le Mans driver Nicolas Minassian competed in a Rae Davis prepared Renault 8 Gordini in the St Mary’s Trophy. This little Renault 4 was parked in the paddocks and the whole team were clad in blue Gordini overalls complete with obligatory red neck scarves and black berets. A marvellous time was had by all and the team won Best-Dressed team. Our vendor bought the van from Rae Davis and has kept the car well-maintained and usable since then.

The vendor states that the whole van is in good condition for the age and appears to have only completed 47,000km from new which is believed genuine, due to how clean the engine bay looks and the significant lack of abuse the bodywork of the van has received. On inspection, the engine roared into life and appeared to idle smoothly. The vendor advised that he has not had time to put a new MOT on the van and it will need new tyres, but is offering it at 'No Reserve'.

For more information, please contact:
Lucas Gomersall
lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk
07484 082430