Renault 4cv Based Specials Additional Specifications: the improved R1062. Models included the R1062 Luxe: Produced from 1950 to 1951, this was the base version of the R1062. R1062 Grand Luxe: Produced only for 1950 and 1951, this was the premium version of the R1062. Grand Luxe Découvrable: Produced from 1950 to 1956, this was the version featuring a factory convertible top. R1062 Affaires was the base version produced from 1951-1961, however an even more stripped down version was sold as the R1062 Service in 1953, but it was built only from January to August of that year, while the R1062 Sport was the premium model offered from1951-1961. Also starting in 1950 for the 1951 model year the R1063 was introduced. This was the most desirable version, built specifically for competition. Only 80 examples were built between 1950-1954 of which fourteen were retained by Renault for their own racing efforts. Though Renault produced more than one thousand, R1063 spec engines, and an unknown number of R1063 ‘punts’ which were a complete chassis with floor pan and drivetrain but no bodies, which were used for either one-off creations or limited production concepts and prototype racers. Following the war, France's forty million citizens collectively owned around 100,000 cars. The few cars at the time were owned mostly by the wealthy, but rather than target consumers with new models, most manufactures continued to slowly and expensively hand build pre-war models. So the French automotive industry needed to change. A number of factors, had led to the Renault 4cv being used as a base for countless one–off or limited production creations. With the factory body being made of monocoque construction, this made its installation and even its removal, easy. Along with having its own frame, the engine being placed in the rear, made the floor almost completely flat, this in turn provided a nearly perfect base to mount almost any type of body to. This unique construction was appealing to traditional coachbuilders, working primarily in steel, competition constructors whose chosen medium was aluminum, as well as new breed of builders molding bodies using a new product generally referred to as fiberglass. Production Expands Unique Construction Drive Type: Rear Wheel Drive Suspension: Four-wheel ind. Steering: 2.25 turns from L2L Brakes: Four-wheel drum MPG: 35 city 42 Hwy Acceleration 0-60 Mph 33 Seconds Tires: 135 R 15 Front/rear Track: 47.5/47.5 inches Ground Clearance: 5.5 inches Electrical: 6 volt Body: Steel R2070 Commerciale R1063 Competition Engine
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