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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
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I had a few Renaults in my youth...Alpine, R8 Gordini, R5-T2, and a couple of R10's.
Built for economy, those early Caravelles had a gutless 3-main bearing engine (same as the Dauphine) and horrible front brakes.
Not unusual to see Renaults in those days with a crunched-in front end from banging into things and rear-ending other cars.
The chief mechanic at the local Renault dealer had a pristine Caravelle in storage. He died and his wife sold it for lots of $$$$...a friend of mine bought it.
I never could warm-up to the Caravelle style.
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- - Don R. 1994, an excerpt from My Ass From a Hole in the Ground - A Comparative View
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