(E-zee Automotive) Renault 4 Malibu *(1975) Engine 845cc S4
Registration Number LTA 461 P (Exeter) - 1975 donor car
RENAULT SET
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This is a very rare one.

The Renault 4, also known as the 4L was the first front-wheel drive family car produced by Renault and was in production in France 1961-92 and to 1994 in Slovenia.eventually over eight million were built. There were many different 'special edition' Renault 4s. One the Plein Air was a doorless with only a chain protecting the passenger and roofless version originally developed to meet a 1964 request by the French Army. A military contract did not materialize but Renault and Sinpar attempted to ride the late sixties/early seventies buggy wave in marketing it as a fun beach car Being more expensive and less capable than the Citroën Méhari it did not catch on and was discontinued in March 1970, after only 563 had been built.

In around 1990 Jim Daughtry founded E-zee Automotive based in Exeter with the idea of filling this perceived gap in the market under the brand name Malibu, only one model was offered based on Renault 4 with an open, doorless body was mounted on it, which was partly made of metal and partly made of fiberglass .supplied as a DIY project the donor car is chopped with 27 and the roof removed. The vehicle was inexpensive but few were supplied with production ending in 1993. This car is actuall the prototype

Many thanks for a fantabulous
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Shot at the NEC Classic Car Show 13:11:2015 Ref. 112-450

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