Thanks for posting ! Most Interesting ! My French is not so good. But , I did get "Vega , car of the year."
Nice. I had a Renault Dauphine. i think from 1962. After Work In the winther i needed to use the Crank. to start the Car. Of course the Schools ended in the same time. The Students thought it looked fun. Thanks Goran
So did mine if I recall, might have been a few years newer, he bought it used I’m sure. I was maybe 5 or 6 y/0 It’s weird, I remember how that car smelled inside, and it broke down on the road, I cried, I thought we were going to die
Dad bought his Renault new, just before or after I was born. So, it was a '61 or '62. It had this crazy electric clutch. The clutch released every time the driver gripped the shift knob . The clutch was powdered iron. An electromagnet solidified the iron powder , connecting the engine to transmission . Grabbing the shift knob de-energized the magnet, releasing transmission. Dad also had a 1962 Rambler station wagon for Mom to drive. Neither had air-conditioning. In 1963 Dad traded the Renault for a new Oldsmobile (full size) Custom Cruiser wagon (with skylights like a Buick sport wagon). {edit; dad's wagon was a Vista Cruiser, not a Custom Cruiser, the first year was 1964. [thanks K for the correction]} It had A/C , the first car Mom and Dad had that had A/C,
Oldsmobile used the Custom Cruiser name from 1941 to 1947 and again in 1971, all the way up to 1992. Your dad's wagon was a Vista Cruiser, not a Custom Cruiser, the first year was 1964. It wasn't a full-size wagon, the Vista Crusier was a mid-size model, based on the Cutlass/F85
My only problem with Renault, and every other French car, is that none of the French car manufacturers have ever been able to put together a decent parts network in the United States. I have long said that if you live anywhere but in France, never buy a French car. If you live in France, never buy anything but a French car.
Thanks for correcting me. That's me in rear looking through the roof glass. And, I've been on a several trains (Birmingham - Chattanooga round trip) that had observation cars.
