[TR] What is This Car?

[Dave]

A friend of mine cobbled together a car from two.  I welded the front half of a car with rear end damage to the back half of a car with front end damage and drive it to Florida on winter.  On the return trip they hit an ice patch and ended up upside down in the median.Every window was broken.  They righted the car and drove home the remaining 90 miles bundled up against the cold.


He still has a couple and plans to consildate them into one runner for nostalgic reasons. 

 

Dave Massey


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Porter <mdporter at dfn.com>
To: Dave <dave1massey at cs.com>; spitlist <spitlist at cox.net>; billbrewer59 <billbrewer59 at yahoo.com>; triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, Apr 7, 2017 2:32 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] What is This Car?


    
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.
          
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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
  

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