early R4 owners manual

[Ron from sa]

Hello,
I have a couple or 1963 (or thereabouts) R4's. I was wondering if anyone knows, or has a .pdf Owners Manual for this year of car? I have a manual for a later model (sans cover), but would rather have one that goes with the year of the car. Any pointers much appreciated.
Ron from South Australia

 

[Andy McGhee]

Ron
There's a French version of the manual here:

https://www.la4ldesylvie.fr/images/stories/doc/manuel-entretien/1963-notice-entretien-n.e.912.pdf

I have a paper version of the 1963 M.R.61 (in English):

https://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/threads/early-workshop-manual-mr61-for-sale.9881/

 

[jcarruthers2]

Hi Ron

I have some early hard copies of manuals. If interested contact me at: christianebeyer@yahoo.co.uk

 

[Ron from sa]

Ron
There's a French version of the manual here:

https://www.la4ldesylvie.fr/images/stories/doc/manuel-entretien/1963-notice-entretien-n.e.912.pdf

I have a paper version of the 1963 M.R.61 (in English):

https://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/threads/early-workshop-manual-mr61-for-sale.9881/

Thanks Andy, I have downloaded the Entretien you linked to. Hopefully, my high school French will get me through it. I have a couple of editions of the MR61 manual that came with the cars. I thought it would be good to have the Owner's Booklet to carry with the car itself. My wife has never driven an R4, although I did have an R6 for a couple of years before we got married (I don't know if that was a plus for courting or whether it made her think long and hard about getting together with a guy that drove a car with a wacky gear shift!).

Also thanks J, I have sent you a reply to the email you provided.

Ron

 

[Eccles60]

Ron
There's a French version of the manual here:

https://www.la4ldesylvie.fr/images/stories/doc/manuel-entretien/1963-notice-entretien-n.e.912.pdf

I have a paper version of the 1963 M.R.61 (in English):

https://www.renault4.co.uk/forum/threads/early-workshop-manual-mr61-for-sale.9881/

I'm thinking of taking the plunge with a 1962 R4 to share the garage with my '86 but I'd love to know what the dash layout is. Eventually I'll buy a full English handbook of course, but please could someone post a scan of a couple of pages of the English owner handbook with details of what the switches and so on do? My schoolboy French kind of helps but not really well enough and these being images, I can't copy and Google without dropping the images into Google Docs or similar (which maybe I should!). Merci beaucoup mon amis.

Mark Bradbury

 

[Andy McGhee]

Mark
These might help - the manual's in very poor condition, though.

 

[Andy McGhee]

 

[Eccles60]

Mark
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Andy, that's fantastic! I can't thank you enough. Making much more sense now. I'll keep the forum posted about my possible new year (I'm afraid) purchase...

 

[Andy McGhee]

Andy, that's fantastic! I can't thank you enough. Making much more sense now. I'll keep the forum posted about my possible new year (I'm afraid) purchase...

You're welcome - look forward to seeing some photos of the new car!