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1914 Renault Type EF Body by Earl 
Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2009-01-10 05:22 |
I'll bet there were still a lot of cars with bicycle-spoked wheels when this car was made. |
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◊ 2009-01-12 08:43 |
There have always been cars with wire wheels. These are possibly Houks. |
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◊ 2009-01-15 15:20 |
This looks like an expensive car. Is the bonnet sloping down like in Franklin's ? |
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◊ 2011-10-09 00:15 |
This may be a Renault that belonged to Fatty. Here's why I think that may be the case but can't say for certain: In 1973 I maintained the cars used in RI for the filming of The Great Gatsby. When the movie company left for New York I thought my gig was over but the night before shooting was to start in NYC I got a call from producer Hank Moonjean: They couldn't start the Auburn. Could I come over? It turns out the Auburn's problem was nothing: Nobody (but me!) knew where the ignition switch was. But one of the most fascinating cars in the underground parking garage that Paramount Pictures had hired was a Renault with that old, shovel-nose hood (bonnet) the company had been using for some time. From the front the car looked older than 1920, but its roadster bodywork was much more up-to-date - appropriate for the 1920s, the Gatsby era. The guard told me the Renault had been Fatty Arbuckle's car. I don't know where he got the info, but I never forgot he said it. And when I saw "The Garage" I jumped as this car came into view; it could be the same one. If it is, it was used in (at least) two movies, 50+ years apart. Because here it is in "The Garage" and one much like it (perhaps the very same car) was used in the background (NYC traffic) in Gatsby. Too bad I haven't been able to find it when watching the movie. (I can't swear it came up from the underground garage for the shoot. I hope it did!) |
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◊ 2015-01-02 08:34 |
A long time mystery finally solved. Rioldcarguy was right, it is Fatty Arbuckle's Renault - http://theoldmotor.com/?p=135425 |
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◊ 2018-12-09 07:09 |
Type EF.![[Image: renault-type-ef.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/renault-type-ef.jpg) https://www.petersen.org/1914-renault-type-ef/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZrKwd33bE |
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