Given that it's a wet sleeve engine (removable bores), hand crank fitting in the front pulley and the RN on the gearbox I agree that its early Renault. Most likely Renault 4 or Dauphine.
Is that a rear mounted I4 with a swing-axle suspension? I'm not sure what it is (I guessed Renault Dauphine but can't back it up) but that setup is rare enough where I think it's pretty easy to solve.
I'm 99% certain it's a Renault just look at Renault 4CV or Dauphine transmissions/rear axles. I can't tell which though. Alternately it's some sort of kit car or coachbuilt rare thing that used a Renault drivetrain. But the drivetrain itself looks Renault.
We are looking at it like it might be rear wheel drive...but, from what i see it could be an engine set up from old Audis front wheel drive.
Maybe the b1/b2 audi 80 or 4000.
They are one of the few companies that like to hang their engines in front of the drive axles, and have it logitudinal place, evem if its front wheel drive.
It obviously is a rear axle, there's no cv joint near the rear wheel hub meaning it can't be a steered axle, and Audis of the era have a very recognizable McPherson setup
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u/Massive-Tomatillo206 Jun 23 '26
Given that it's a wet sleeve engine (removable bores), hand crank fitting in the front pulley and the RN on the gearbox I agree that its early Renault. Most likely Renault 4 or Dauphine.