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Lightly go over with heat gun or hair drier and they should peel off. "Tardis" is the best stuff to remove any glue left over.

The passenger airbag is savage weight if you still have it.

A few proper pictures of the van at last.

Welcome, what part of the island are you from?

Not a swallowtail sadly, just short light.

Nuff Said.

Tidy looking Mk1, is it an 8v or ABF? I have a '79 Mk1 with modded 2l 16v on twin 45's And a VW Motorsport 'box.

197 vans are awesome. I knew it would catch on :sunglasses:

Why do you feel you need to future proof a box with no more than 4k mile on it? No need to rolling road it. The gear ratios make no difference to Your engine tune. Any top spec race engine is tuned on an engine Dyno with no gearbox attached at all.

They are just cut off a big roll from my motorsport supplier. I buy 2m at a time.

It was too white without the graphics. Needed something to Break it up and what better than graphics factory designed For the car.

Thank you Jimmy. It has to be white when going for a Motorsport look.

So I finally got some time at the Van to get it all sorted. I had the airbag lights fixed after removing the rear belts & wheel, I then put it through a DOE (Department of Environment) which is an MOT for commercials over here. It did get some serious attention in the test center :laughing...

A lot of fires are started at battery or main power cables. If your extinguisher is in the boot and the power is killed your boot won't open. Also, an I correct in saying a 197 boot can't be opened if car is running? Bolt it to the floor in the passenger footwell, half tucked under front of...

I have often googled for rare car parts (106 Maxi etc) and it will bring up old Ebay adds from long ago. His add on Donedeal looks honest enough and in one pic you can see his work van with his name and number on it.

Cheers, ordered from the dealer this morning. Strange the auto factor/Febi book lists them for a 197 even though they are wrong.

Just out of interest as this comes up often, Did Renault change the design of the turrets on the shell or Is it just the strut top mounts, springs etc. Everyone mentions the top mounts are different but I never Heard anyone say the turrets/shell is different.

Edit. 95% of "carbon" you buy on the net is 1 layer of light carbon Backed up with 2-3 layers of fiberglass.