A truly unusual car. Sorry it's not British, but I know of a couple
of people on this list who might be interested:
>Hi, I've got a 1973 DAF model 30 for sale. It is similar to the earlier
>'Daffodil' made in the 1960's. It is registered and easy to insure.
>It was made in Holland. Volvo bought most of the DAF company around
>1975 because they wanted to begin using the variomatic transmission,
>which the owner of DAF created. Volvo still uses it in their 343, which
>is sold all over the world (but not here.)
>
>Thus, essential parts are available
>through Volvo, and there is a dealer (no kidding) who stocks parts here
>in Northern California during the Spring and Summer. He's very kind
>and helpful and always has at least two DAFs around himself.
>
>It is about the size of an MG midget, though it looks nothing like one.
>On the contrary, it is very proletarian looking. The Variomatic trans-
>mission is not an automatic, nor is it a manual type transmission. It
>has no discrete gears. Instead it (put simply) slides two belts over
>two pulleys to vary the speed. Practically, the engine almost idles
>when you are on a downhill slope and revs up when you are going uphill.
>It tends to get between 25 and 50 miles per gallon of gasoline, depending
>on what kind of driving you do.
>
>The car can comfortably drive on the freeways, and zips up hills like you
>wouldn't believe in San Francisco. There are reportedly only ten or
>fifteen in California, Oregon and Washington combined, several of them
>being in this area (Sonoma County, California). At least one of them
>is in a museum somewhere near San Jose.
>
>Anyway, if you are interested in the car, I am asking $1000 for it.
>Please e-mail inquiries to:
>
>Thomas Poff
>poff@vax.sonoma.edu
>
>or call:
>(707)795-3758
>
>thanks.
>
steve valin steve@sgi.com
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