About tough to crack puzzle #103: 1969 Renault 8TS Coupe "Duck Prototype"

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This was a truly tough one! Still we have been surprised by one of our readers, who has sent us very short and specific lines, more or less correct. Jury Member Robbie Marenzi told "The story about this car and plenty more pictures can be found here". And yes, in that link there are more photos, but not too much is explained about the true origins of the car, which was born as a normal Renault 8 TS at the factory of Valladolid (Spain) but soon suffered a serious accident. Then it was bought by its present owner -then aged only 19- , who in two years created the new body at his metal workshop. The design was also by this guy called Jose Alvarez, and due to the form of the tail and the yellow colour the car was soon baptized as "The Duck". By the mid 1970´s it was used in many rallyes -also driven by its creator-, and  now  the Renault has been restored and returned to civil specifications, but with a powerful Alpine 1800 engine. So congratulations to Robbie, who at least was able to find more pictures of this unique... prototype?   

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