<VV> Car History Question -- No Corvair

[Jim Houston]

Bill H. wrote:  "I remember seeing a number of Renault Dauphines in 
those years, a rear-engine air cooled competitor for the Bug." 



The Renault Dauphine was liquid cooled.   Like the VW, the engine was in 
the rear. Being water-cooled, the Dauphine had better heating. There was 
a rather large and useful trunk up front. The spare was located in its 
own compartment below the trunk accessed through an opening behind the 
license plate. My neighbor had one and I remember helping him put 
anti-freeze in once.  (The beep-beep, boop-boop horn was neat, though)..

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Jim Houston