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face=Arial><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date:
Fri, 7 Apr 2017 13:32:42 -0600<BR>From: Michael Porter
<mdporter@dfn.com><BR>To: Dave <dave1massey@cs.com>,
spitlist@cox.net,<BR> billbrewer59@yahoo.com,
triumphs@autox.team.net<BR>Subject: Re: [TR] What is This Car?<BR>Message-ID:
<a91e41b6-8e58-5f94-edf7-f6b6445b4915@dfn.com><BR>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed"<BR><BR>On 4/7/2017 6:02 AM,
Dave wrote:<BR>> Indeed. It was Renault's response to the VW
beetle. Rear engine <BR>> (water cooled), 36 HP. the later
"sports" models had four-wheel disc <BR>> brakes, 5 speed and an Abarth tuned
engine with 45 HP!<BR>><BR>><BR>> Dave Massey<BR>><BR><BR>And if I
recall correctly, the only tire available for it was a Michelin <BR>X, because
the geniuses at Renault specified a 13-1/2", three-bolt wheel <BR>for it.
(I also vaguely remember that the car had a severe problem with <BR>door
hinges--they wore out at a prodigious rate, the end result being <BR>the doors
fell off when one least expected it.)<BR><BR><BR>Cheers.<BR><BR>--
<BR><BR><BR>Michael Porter<BR>Roswell, NM<BR><BR>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.<BR>
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Ford<BR>Brick, NJ<BR>TR 4A irs<BR>TR 7
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