<VV> Model name question (Non-Corvair)

[Bill Elliott]

Different company. 2CV is Citroen.

But both are French so it doesn't really matter to many of us. I still have recurring nightmares of the one and only French car I owned (Renault R5)...

Except for possibly a late model Alpine (rear engined French Corvair) I'd take a Corvair over any Renault or Citroen ever built. And you guys know I like the 
weird stuff...

Bill

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:14:23 -0700, Dave Ziegler wrote:

>the Caravelle was a limited sporty model. I think the smaller, lower HP 
>car in question would be the the 2CV or "deux chevaux"
>Dave.. .
>On Apr 19, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Sethracer at aol.com wrote:

>>
>> In a message dated 4/19/2005 1:49:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> emills5 at cfl.rr.com writes:
>>
>> Back in  the late 50's and early 60's Renault sold a couple of 
>> different
>> models of  cars.  One was called a dauphine (sp) or something like 
>> that.  What
>> was the other one, and which one was the larger of the two.  If I  
>> remember
>> correctly the larger one was a four door and the smaller one a lower  
>> powered 2
>> door.  Both rear engine.
>>
>> Cecil Mills
>> Cocoa,  Fl.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Dauphine ( Larry Claypool called his the Dope Fiend!) was the 
>> larger
>> (relatively) 4-door Sedan. The nice looking 2-door was the Caravelle. 
>> Both  had
>> pretty much the same drivetrain and swing axle rear suspension. I 
>> delivered
>> drugs for Crow Pharmacy in Palo Alto (Not dealed, just delivered!) 
>> with a
>> Renault Dauphine. It had a 4-speed shifter on the floor. A true 
>> guess-a-gear  model
>> that trained me well for shifting loose bushing Corvair floor 
>> shifters. It
>> had a roof mounted sign that swung around with the pivot point near 
>> the front
>> of  the roof. I got good at setting the sign spinning so that I could 
>> just
>> about  cold-cock any passenger getting out of the car, not that I was 
>> supposed to
>> carry  anybody else during work. I'm damn lucky I didn't kill myself. 
>> A far
>> cry from  that one to Fernando Alonzo's F1 ride! - Seth Emerson
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