Re: New thread: First word, Desmodromic, sounds like....

[Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>]

Hey.......Perhaps I broke more than my hand ????? I'm sure "It" had a
handle.Was the name right? Elesse or Ellesee
 STEPHANE should know, hallo,,,,
I do believe it was named after a Street or Avenue in Paris ,France.
Yes??..............DK


David Massey wrote:
> 
> Message text written by Don Kerr
> >Simca Elesse Flash had a handle, at least before the front bumper rusted
> and fell off down the main road.
> <
> 
> What? A front engined Simca?  Shows what I know.
> 
> The Renault Dauphine was hand crank-able via a hole in the REAR bumper.
> But they stopped making those in the early 60's whereas the TR4 (not the
> 4A) was built until  1965.  Incidentally the 4A could have been hand
> crank-able except the hole in the radiator was eliminated.
> 
> Dave