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In Reply to: RE: Renault autos. Anyone own one, or did? posted by free.ranger on November 19, 2015 at 10:11:38
...at 13 years old in 1960, the Renault Dauphine was popular - its horn had two tones, one for city and one for country.
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I think he bought it on impulse. Worst car he ever had - always in the repair shop with something going wrong or breaking down. We were all glad to see it go after a couple of years.
...to the VW beetle.
That Dauphine is so cute!
The Renault-Alpine A110 has a permanent place in my dream garage.
...from the rear.
That center headlight is a little weird.
A good friend in college had a Sunbeam Alpine.
One of the cars pictured has a big additional white covered light down low.
The Sunbeam Alpine was IIRC a British Rootes Corp. car. Later they stuck a Ford V* in it and called it the Sunbeam Tiger.
'Alpine' refers to the Alpine Rally. Lots of mfrs used it, to identify sportier cars - or cars which had won it.
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Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
...there are 4 - it was the angle of the photo.
As George Carlin's Spanish priest said, in his Harlem story.
It's still only late spring but it will get to 94F at least today!
How's CA doing?
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
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