<font color='black' size='3' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><font size="3">Gordini was what I was thinking when I said Abarth. Senior moment. A friend of mine has a collection of non-running Dauphines, one of which is a late-model Gordini with four wheel disc and a five-speed. He also has an early four-speed model with four wheel drum. They have been lying dormant for a couple decades. He has plans of consolidating them into one running car but he spends all his time rebuilding old wooden boats.<br>
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From: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com><br>
To: Keith Stewart <keithstewart@bell.net>; FordneyNJ <FordneyNJ@aol.com>; triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Sun, Apr 9, 2017 8:54 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] What is This Car?<br>
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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
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Ford<br>
Brick, NJ<br>
TR 4A irs<br>
TR 7 Spider</span></div>
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and one of my mechanics back in the 60s drove a Renault
Gordini in major North American rallies. If I remember
correctly, he won the Shell 4000 in that car.</span></div>
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Um, there might be some confusion here. There was a Gordini version
of the Dauphine, but the rally cars began with, I believe, the
Gordini version of the Renault 8, which was a boxier-looking
rear-engined sedan. Here's an R8 Gordini circa 1964:<br>
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During the `60s and `70s, there were other Gordinis, based on the
R5, R12 and the R17. For a while, Gordini was a separate tuner, and
produced cars in the same way Carroll Shelby produced Shelby
Mustangs, or AMG did with Mercedes. Like AMG and Mercedes, Gordini
was eventually folded into Renault's Sport division. <br>
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Cheers.<br>
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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM
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