| A real Meccano
game ! Indeed, this car is build without any machine or robot but by very
skilled technicians of Alpine factory at Dieppe. Spider is build as Alpine
Berlinette fourty years ago. Renault Sport uses here totally this skilled
team.
Proof with 12 pics for 90 hours of work :
Assembly of the 3 aluminium parts of the chassis and of the steering
column
 
Assembly of front suspension and radiators
Asembly of rear suspension, installation of engine and final ajustment
of the front suspension
 
 
Painting and preparation of the bodywork
 
Assembly of the bodywork
 
Final ajustments of the hinged panels and road tests
 
Production :
Like Alpine A110, perharps because Spider is made at Dieppe, several
production numbers are known. An easy readikng of official Renault documentation,
we can announce the true numbers
- 524 in 1996
- 675 in 1997
- 380 in 1998
- 61 in 1999
But no precisions about the repartition between the aeroscreen and
the windscreen models. yyy models are more common.
Around 80 Spider Trophy are been produced.
Identification :
A little panel is screwed on the chassis, behind the right seat, on
the right side. It indicates the date of production, the chassis number
and the color code.
Colors :
Spider haas been painted in just 4 differents colors. Yellow, blue,
red, and grey are official Renault Sport colors. Titan Grey has been
choose at the end of the production. Coulors numbers are :
- Sport Yellow Pearl 535
- Sport Blue Pearl 250
- Sport Red Pearl 273
- Titan Grey 647
Options :
Few options for this very exclusive sport car. But we find :
- Airbag only for the windscreen models
- Hood for windscreen models
- Radio
- Car cover
- Carpet
- Luggage-rack
- Special rims
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