- Walled in for nearly 65 years!

- 18,405 km from new, exceptional original condition

- Considerable documentation and recommissioning expenses

- No reserve

When the estate of a lady living in the Loire was settled in the early 2000s, an anomaly was found in one of the barns on her property: the surface area inside the building did not tally with the exterior. When the dividing wall to blame was knocked down, the Vivaquatre presented here was revealed, together with other valuables stored inside it. This treasure trove was most likely hidden at the start of the Second World War to escape covetous glances. The story, told by her heirs, is consistent with the exceptionally well preserved condition of the car, which had just over 16,000 km on the odometer when it was discovered. As its factory production card confirms, the car was delivered new on 22 April 1938. The car still has its original registration from new, assigned in the Somme in 1938, and comes with a certificate of authenticity from Renault as well as some genuine period documents – service instructions and advertising brochures – found inside it. Since being found, it has undergone significant recommissioning work, as can be seen from a large file of invoices (for a total of more than 8500 €), whilst preserving its original condition as much as possible. Apart from the rear wings, the car does not appear to have been repainted. Among the surviving examples, this Vivaquatre is undoubtedly the best preserved and has the lowest mileage; the troubled times it knew at the start of its life have helped make it a genuine ‘time capsule’, a concept moreover that was revived at the end of the 1930s.