Sinpar Plein Air One of the pre-production cars Early Publicity photo of the Manic Back in 1996 and Today SERIAL NUMBER: 524 PRODUCTION #: ? CHASSIS #: R1123 4541936 COLOR: White LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada CONDITION: Part N.A. Spec./ Part French Spec. Restored Owners Name: City of Montreal Identification: Registry of Canadian Cars and Owners Preciously kept in a warehouse, the car purchased by the Société du parc Jean Drapeau and owned by the city of Montreal bears the Sinpar #524 tag. With just over 15,000 km on the odometer, it was used to transport people and equipment when Terre des Hommes was still in operation. Restored in 2017, for the 50th anniversary of Expo 67. Gilles Lafond, owner of the East End workshop, was entrusted with the restoration. It took Gilles and his team countless hours of research to unearth as many original parts as they could find, but they could not find an original grille or headlights so replacements had to be imported from Europe. Since its major reconstruction and the Anniversary celebration, it has hardly been used. This is the last known Canadian car built and one of the last overall Plein Airs produced that are known to exist today. According to its Quebec registration certificate, the Terre des Hommes car is a 1970 model, which makes sense since Renault ceased production of them in March of that same year.
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