Worst Cars
Robert Myers
robert at s-cars.org
Wed Apr 18 16:46:20 EDT 2001
At 03:31 PM 4/18/01 -0400, Tex Terry, II wrote:
> > 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.
And sometimes it gets you. :-)
Bob
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