Landships II

Thanks! This seems to be some sort of transmission scheme... I'm still trying to determine if the side beams of the chassis should be paralell, have some sort of angle towards the front, if they are "broken" and are wider behind the radiator, etc. Other common feature of the cars of the era seem to be some sort of diagonal rods connecting the rear axle ends to the chassis. On the pictures I've gathered these underside details appear always obscured!
Also I would like to know the use of the three pedals and two levers at the side of the car... I suspect that they don't work as a modern shift geat and hand brake, nor the pedals were arranged like a modern car.
Thanks in advance!
D.

There has been a Renault AG for sale in the U.K. for some months. Classic Cars , 1910, I believe, (and about £29,000). Some photographs showing what may be an authentic interior. As there would appear to be several extant, it is possible that there may be some photographs of one during restoration

I have two sheds!

-- Edited by d_fernetti on Thursday 30th of May 2013 04:01:48 PM

One of the areas less detailed of the Retrokit 1/72 kit (how silly sounds a phrase that has "kit" twice in it) is the interior of the passenger cab, and if you chose to build it in the "open top" configuration, the interior looks bare and incomplete. This picture I posted before shows a glimpse of the basic shapes of the interior window frames. There are some pictures that sent me once my Norwegian friend Knut, from Les Invalides, that also show some details of the cab meter, much like that English version.

 

Here's some  about Renault NYC cabs
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_279773-Renault-9CV-Type-AG-1910.html

http://www.shorpy.com/node/7593

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4786749491/

 

Maybe Renault can help with the info that you need for the details of AG Taxicab, unusually they actually have a page on their site about it... contact link at the bottom

http://www.renault.com/en/vehicules/hier/pages/renault-type-ag.aspx

just a thought

On the Gearbox clutch etc theres a few Patents on Espace put in Renault into the Inventor field and a date say 1902, 1903 or 1904 in the publication date field, should get you something...

Best Regards

-- Edited by Ironsides on Friday 4th of October 2013 07:45:41 PM

I'm aware most contributors here model in 1/72,  however I am of the few who work in 1/32 -54mm.

Some years ago, decades actually, the French firm of Historex marketed a 1/32 scale kit of this famous vehicle.   Unfortunately, Historex disappeared before I was able to obtain the kit.   Historex produced a series of Great War kits; some of which I was able to find, but this Renault taxi remains elusive.  Does anyone recall Historex Great War offerings?