[Vwdiesel] Diesel projects wasRe: Rear wheel drive not quite diesel

[decker at toledotel.com]

 Hi James;
       I didn't have a television in the 60's I was driving sports cars,
racing bicycles both on the track and the road plus chasing a skirt or two.
    Another of my phantom projects that being as I'm 69 years old I might
not get to is a Renault X 19 fitted with a 1.6 VW turbo diesel with an
intercoller. 80 torque filled horses and 50 mpg in a light mid engine coupe
ought to be a hoot.
    This May I have reservations on the Alaska ferry for my wife and I plus
my 67 GMC Open Road motor home. We plan to get off at Skagway, drive up
through Alaska and back down through Canada to home here in Western
Washington. Someday I'm planning to convert the motor home to diesel but I
won't get around to it before this trip
Brian Decker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Hansen" <jhsg at sasktel.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rear wheel drive not quite diesel


> Thanks, I did Brian, very nice.
> That was a Lotus 7 that was driven by Patrick McGoohan in the 60's sci
> fi series *The Prisoner*, wasn't it?
> Very nice.
> too little time, too many cars...
> -james
>
> decker at toledotel.com wrote:
> > I will check out UTube for the aerial atom. You might goggle Locost car.
It
> > is a Lotus 7 knock-off that has a pretty large bunch of builders. I had
an
> > all fiberglass Lotus Elite Coupe in the mid 60's. Colin Chapman was a
> > wizard. A less than 1300 lb. road car with a 78 horse single overhead
cam
> > Coventry Climax engine. The suspension was all independent. Basically it
was
> > his Formula 2 road racer in a monocoque all fiberglass body. No heater,
no
> > radio, no engine fan !! but the best handling car I have ever driven. I
> > dearly wanted a Lotus 7 roadster but they were new at the time and I
didn't
> > have enough money to buy one.
> > Brian Decker
> > Western Washington
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "James Hansen" <jhsg at sasktel.net>
> > To: "Patrick Dolan" <pmdolan at sasktel.net>
> > Cc: <decker at toledotel.com>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 12:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rear wheel drive not quite diesel
> >