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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