I sold my 444 to buy my TR-3A! And it was a roller
blind radiator shroud, rolled up from the bottom --
great for Lapland winters!
Jerry
Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
rouler!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
To: "David Rowney" <daver@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: LIVE WITH THE ACE REPORTER
> The 444 was a fine car. I took a 444 and $250 in trade for my TR-4A when I
> got out of the Army and went to Berkeley. I made the deal about two days
> before the $212.50 first quarter tuition was due. The guy paid me the
first
> half, $125, which was enough to put me over the top. Some months later
(and
> when he hadn't paid the last $125) some one came by and burned his other 4
> (not an A) right there in the street during the night. It absolutely was
not
> me, but he came by the next day to square the debt. Honest, it really was
> not me. I rarely moved it in four years because I had a street parking
> space in Berkeley, and they are not easy to come by and not easily
> replaceable when lost. It had one of those neat little venetian blind
> radiator shrouds with a little pull chain to a knob on the dash, the
right
> door latch did not work so you had to reach over and hold it during left
> turns, and it was the car I met my wife in.
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Rowney" <daver@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
> To: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
> Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:14 PM
> Subject: Re: LIVE WITH THE ACE REPORTER
>
>
> > Hey, wait a minute, this was my first autocross car, and I have fond
> > memories of it. A fine car (for the time...1965), even if the driver
was
> > terrible. 444's had great success road racing also.
> >
> > Dave
> > At 03:26 PM 11/29/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> > >444 Volvo, so that no one could doubt
> > >your heart is in the right place. This is the acknowledged staff car
for
> > >committed anti-car folks
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