Sinpar Plein Air Known Canadian Plein Airs: primarily as utility vehicles. By the turn of the new millennium, it had been years if not decades since one had last been sighted on Eastern Canadian roads. Car #434 owned by Tim Koster While this might have be the end of the Canadian Plein Air story. It’s not that there were not plenty of resources to repair and rebuild these cars, as tens if not hundreds of thousands of the durable and reliable Renault 4L were still on the road in other parts of the world, as well as numerous part suppliers offering nearly every major components. At that time, the chief concerns for Canadian Plein Air owners; were that nearly all of the remaining Canadian cars were in either poor to very bad condition, and Renault had left the Canadian market in the 1980s leaving little to no resources locally. But as the internet began to make the world a smaller place, these once forgotten cars started to resurface. In 2010, Tim Koster, of The Netherlands, started an online registry attempting to find as many of the remaining Plein Airs as he could. Little did Tim know at the time, as he was discovering these lost relics, he was also building a community. It was not long before the motoring press started to write about them. As this news began to spread, more and more cars began to turn up, particularly in Canada. Tim’s registry is now up over sixty cars, of which ten of these are original Canadian models. It is relatively easy to identify a Canadian model from a French spec car. The Terre des Hommes examples had sealed beam headlights, solid red tail lights and 1968 Dodge Charger / Plymouth Satellite side marker lights, as well as standard R4 front and rear bumpers. With Sinpar Serial Numbers: #426 #434 #435 #442 #467 #490 #491 #495 #509 #524 Canadian Registry Car #509 owned by Renault Classic, the heritage department of Renault SA
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