Worst Cars

[Tex Terry, II]

> From: Percy <ss180ss at yahoo.com>

> 
> C) The Renault Dauphine? who the hell ever owned one
> of them? 
> 

While stationed in Puerto Rico in late '60's in the USAF, I owned one.  Was
a very dependable car.  The feature of the electric clutch, operated by a
switch on the floor mounted gear shift lever, was a very nice specialty. 
My wife and I rode it all around the Island with very good gas mileage
(34mpg) and comfort.  We sold it to another GI when we left.  It was a 1961
model that had been sitting for a year and a half when I got it. It had
rust on the four corners of where the roof meets the body, had the oil in
the air cleaner so thick with a mixture of dirt and oil that it was more
like mud.  I cleaned up everything, did the body work (painted white top
and blue body) and only had paid only a $150.00 for the car and $100.00 in
parts for repairs and my labor.  Not bad for an E-3 pay.  Sold it for
$300.00 after owning it for 3 years, rather than pay to ship it to the US. 
Sometimes you can get a good one.  Tex.