Delivered new by Renault dealer Old Oak Motor Co of Enfield, Middlesex on the 13 th of August 1968 to its first owner, a Mr Charles Vick.

According to the original sales invoice contained within the history file with many period brochures and literature, Mr Vick traded in his 1960 Singer Gazelle for the new Renault and was charged £1,139 with a deduction of £175 for the Singer.

Having had the car registered in his wife’s name, Mr Vick kept the 16TS until his death in 1984 after which it passed into the hands of his daughter.

With the doors still covered in the protective plastic sheeting and the mats carefully protected by overmats, the car, which up till then had only covered 35,495 miles with fully stamped service booklet, even came with a handwritten log of all the servicing, fuel stops and journeys undertaken.

In 2000, the Renault was put into storage after which it was sold in 2005.

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