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R30 and his brother from Cognac Part two

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R30 and his brother from Cognac Part two

Postby Patbretagne » Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:40 am

Well folks, do you remember, Pat has decided to go into depression, there were only 475 built, it’s the vigneron, the owner hasn’t replied to the Email offering to continue bidding, the cause is lost!

‘Bonjour, est ce que je vais parler avec Mr Pat s’il vous plait?’ The telephone rings during dinner one evening.
‘Oui, mais c’est qui’ Noëlle.
‘It’s Daniel ici, he is free?’ Telephone.
‘Oui, but what is the subject, we don’t usually get calls at this time?’ NoNo.
‘Just tell him it’s about the tractor’
‘Oui, OK he is here, just a moment’
‘Hello, oui.’ Pat
‘Do you remember the Renault Vigneron that you were interested in and missed on e…, you wrote an Email to ask whether it is still for sale? Well I have just been so busy with family etc that I haven’t had time even to look at my mails, to save time I looked your name up on the electronic telephone book “Minitel” and you were the only listing in the whole of France with your strange surname, et voila, here I am.’

Readers you can imagine the instant opening of the adrenaline valves as Pat heard his correspondent utter these few plain and simple words, the feelings rushing through the brain, the emotion, is it for sale, no, he is just ringing out of politeness, will it be possible. Just the fact that the person, Daniel, has taken the trouble to find his number Pat has a feeling that things will go his way, if one can turn a somersault and dance a jig at the same time as being on the phone, I think Pat would have done so!

‘Well no it is still unsold, and in fact the other bidder was not really interested in the end and I wonder if you would still be?’ You have seen the photos, I will send you some more tonight if you like. It is genuine you know, you asked if the side panels that hide and protect the engine are with it, unfortunately no, but I have several photos from the maker’s at the time and if you are interested, I am sure that there are people who can produce such items. They were made in three versions you know, only 475 built, Standard agricultural, road equipped and vigneron, just 900mm wide (2.95 feet) to get between the rows of vignes, petrol, it turns over but doesn’t run, I What do you think?’

‘Sounds good.’ Said Pat not being able to think of anything more lyrical to say until the shock wears off a bit!

‘Well as you know it didn’t reach its reserve, you look at the photos, take my number and we will talk again, give me a ring if you like d’accord?’

‘Erm, yes, ok, d’accord, I’ll think about it and ring you perhaps tomorrow, ok, thanks, yes, au revoir, bye…..’ In his haze of almost delire, Pat toke the number down and rung off.

‘What was all that about, my love, you seem to be a little distant, was it bad news? Who is this Daniel? You sound as if you know him well, you’r going to ring him back, which tractor, are you going to sell one of ours to him?’

‘No.’ Pat ‘Nothing like that, it’s in fact the reverse, do you remember the Vigneron down in Cognac? It was him, you know the owner, he phoned specially, it’s not sold, he wants me to think about it.’

All this was delivered in a zombie monotone type voice that Noëlle didn’t really recognise. Where is my ebullient fun loving husband, what has this Daniel man said to him? She thought.

‘Well he’s sending some photos by Email, let’s go and see if they’ve arrived.’

So the photos arrived and our couple instantly fell deeper in love with this little tractor than before, here’s one of Daniel’s photos so that you, our favoured readers can share in their ecstasy.
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Of course, as ever you have guessed it, they decided to go for it and phoned back the next evening.

‘Allo, no there is no Daniel here, is this a joke or something?’ ‘No Madame, excuse me but I am looking for a Daniel who lives near to Cognac and has a tractor for sale. It’s not you?’ ‘Non, monsieur, you have the wrong number!’

‘Oh dear I must have misdialled, try again, oh five, eight six, nine….., Allo is Daniel there please?’ ‘Yes this is Danielle’ a female voice answered. ‘It is you who has a tractor for sale, an ancient Renault of 1936 without side covers…’ ‘Non messieur, dessolé, I live alone and have no interest in old machinery, you must have got the wrong number, sorry, au revoir.’
Can you imagine the panic? Pat tried the Minitel to find Daniel near Cognac, but without much result apart from a list of 162 people with the same surname in the Cognac area, but no Daniel.
So the only thing is to Email and hope that he picks it up quickly. Although Pat does really want the tractor; Daniel can almost name his price; he doesn’t want to seem too keen but at the same time not wanting Daniel to go off the boil and think that he is not interested.
In the mean time, Pat rings a fellow collector in UK and seeks his advice.
‘Snap it up Pat, don’t waste any time, get back to him, get down there with a wad of notes, landie and trailor and snatch it off him!’ ‘Ah, OK, it’s that rare then, would you be interested if I don’t get it?’ ‘You bet you’re a.., just get on with it boy!’
You can imagine how much higher that put the panic stakes, no telephone number to call, no reply from a panic Email, where does that leave Pat and Noëlle? Absolutely lost! But you must know the expression “rare as hen’s teeth’? It seems that this is the proof of the expression.

Well of course Daniel did ring back the night after, he was as keen to sell the tractor as Pat was to buy it. It seems that in fact the bidding on e… was almost to his reserve. The Finistèrians only had to add a hundred and something to the sum that the auction had stopped at to buy it, which of course they did.

Ten days later, much to Noëlle’s concern due to the deteriorating weather conditions, ice and perhaps snow, Pat set off on a Thursday morning at 8.15 with Landie and Trailer to attack the 550 km into France proper from Brittany, Quimper, Lorient, Vannes, Nantes, on the Péage, Niort, Saintes, back onto ordinary roads after 15.80€ toll, then Montils and Daniel’s collection at 3pm exactly, but that, dear readers is as they say “Another Story”
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There you are, Renault loaded on with their house behind. In the area the vast majority of houses are built in chalk under red tiles roofs, chalk is used for everything else as well, even the sides of the road are lined with it.

So happy readers, the next morning Pat arrived home absolutely shot, but both of them content to have a very rare and interesting tractor to add to their collection. “Vigneron” as it was immediately christened by NoNo, will join his brother D30, a 1958 diesel ‘modern’ tractor.

Signing off your Mid Finistère Reporter.

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Postby Kodiak » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:04 am

Excellent Pat, been wondering when the second installment was going to follow!
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I washed her and greased her and painted her red
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Postby Bigdog » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:05 am

Great story Pat! The tractor looks great too. I'm sure it will look great when you've finished with it.
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Postby John *.?-!.* cub owner » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:25 am

Great tale Pat, kep us updated on it. Being one of the few people in the US ot have owned a Renault car, I am very interested in the tractor. I didn't know until recently there was a Renault tractor.
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Postby Patbretagne » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:35 am

Hi John et al, It's a joy to be able to put down on paper my "happenings" in a form that is appreciated, hopefully it will continue, yes happenings and stories!

As a byline for you but John*àç especially, try this link, it takes a while for us steam net people bUt it's worth it.
http://www.renaultoloog.nl/landbouw-francais.htm
I am not sure if you get the same pictures if you click English, but try,
Pat
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE :lol:

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Postby DuxburyFarmall » Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:36 am

Great Story.

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