[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 10, Issue 96

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Message: 2
Date:  Fri, 7 Apr 2017 13:32:42 -0600
From: Michael Porter  <mdporter at dfn.com>
To: Dave <dave1massey at cs.com>,  spitlist at cox.net,
billbrewer59 at yahoo.com,  triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] What is This Car?
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On 4/7/2017 6:02 AM,  Dave wrote:
> Indeed.  It was Renault's response to the VW  beetle.  Rear engine 
> (water cooled), 36 HP.  the later  "sports" models had four-wheel disc 
> brakes, 5 speed and an Abarth tuned  engine with 45 HP!
>
>
> Dave Massey
>

And if I  recall correctly, the only tire available for it was a Michelin 
X, because  the geniuses at Renault specified a 13-1/2", three-bolt wheel 
for it.   (I also vaguely remember that the car had a severe problem with 
door  hinges--they wore out at a prodigious rate, the end result being 
the doors  fell off when one least expected it.)


Cheers.

--  


Michael Porter
Roswell, NM

I had one of those so many  years ago. It was called a Renault Gordini. 
Gordini was the tuner not Abarth. I  don't remember it as a 5 speed. It did 
have a tuned header and a very vague  shifter.

Rodney  Ford
Brick, NJ
TR 4A irs
TR 7  Spider
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