Linda,
Yep, that's the one. . .
Thanks,
Kirk
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com>wrote:
> OMG they are so cool ; )
>
>
> http://www.moby302.co.za/photo/gocs_2008/renault_dauphine_gordini_64_ra08.JPG
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Kirk Hargreaves
><khargreaves2@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> In the late 60's when I was in my teens my step mother drove a Dauphine .
>> .
>> the round upside down bathtub type. . the originals of sort that came
>> over
>> here.
>>
>> She traded it in at around 80,000 miles and bought another Renault . . the
>> next model, more of a square bodied example.
>>
>> She only traded it in due to the mileage. That car never gave her any
>> problems, which was the same with the latter one she bought. It was the
>> manual four speed model.
>>
>> My high school surfer buddy friend (I grew up in San Diego) parents had
>> the
>> same early Dauphine with an automatic tranny. We would load 4 long boards
>> on the top and take it to the beach. That car took a lot of abuse from
>> us,
>> and it also never gave it up. I still remember having to get out and push
>> it up a steep hill in the Sunset Cliffs area as it was unable to climb the
>> incline with 4 guys inside and 4 boards on top. But it kept running with
>> no
>> issues. (As long as you kept it off steep hills with 4 large guys inside
>> and the weight of 4 long boards on top).
>>
>> My dad later bought a mid 1980's Renault that ate alternators . . could
>> never find the problem. After that he bought a crazy looking Renault
>> called
>> the Fuego. . a piece of work that car was. Lot's of problems and very
>> weak
>> in the power department (weak for it's supposed power rating). But for
>> some
>> reason the Dauphine's which I read once were not designed for American
>> freeways (the design focus was geared to the French roads) held up very
>> well.
>>
>> These must have been lucky examples of the marque. . no doubt the rare
>> exception.
>>
>> Kirk
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