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In Reply to: RE: Coolest/weirdest cars you ever drove/owned? posted by tinear on April 08, 2021 at 08:33:05
1951 Henry J
1952 Kaiser Deluxe 4-door
1965 and 1966 Renault R8 (yeah, 2 of them)
1968 Renault R16
ALMOST bought a 1969 Citroen D19 and a 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV
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A university buddy had R8, R8 Gordini, R10, R12, R16.
Another had an R4 with R12 running gear - weapon ;-)
Keep Your Hands Clean,
John K
Edits: 04/09/21
I used to drive the service manager's R16 when he was working on my R10. Loved that car.
We had two R8s but were smitten by the R16. I was a model maker at the time, saw an R16 scale model at the model shop and had to have it. But when I got it home I discovered that all the instructions were in French!
As OCD model makers will confirm, my model HAD to be an exact replica so ... I bought the car. To serve as the ultimate research source, you understand.
The yellowing pages of "The Renault Guide" (1st quarter 1970 issue) carry my story of what ensued. I think I even got paid for the article.
I learned to drive a stick shift (before I got a permit) on my dad's R10. What a cool, lightweight, simple car. But I never got to drive it alone, so I never experienced the deadly drop-throttle oversteer!
upholstery. Do you remember yours very well, well enough to describe?
Afraid I don't know from "fold down back window," but our 4-door was much loved and sold (in 1960) only because Kaiser-Frazer was long gone by then and so were the dealers. Ours was "Caribbean Coral in color, three-speed with overdrive, extremely comfortable and not bad in the handling department (compared to other sedans of that era).
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