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Scott Wenz's avatar

GO FOR IT???!!!!!!!

Gezz, just when I thought you are a rational person with your last post and now you want us to GO FOR IT! with uncomfortable, under powered Easter Eggs??????

LAUGH

They actually look like it would be worth it, just to say I DID IT!

Monica Bond's avatar

Again, Calla, a fun, refreshing read to start the day!

Calla Corner's avatar

Merci Monica! Calla

Lou Segal's avatar

Interestingly, production for the car moved to Portugal because the French factory was outdated and in poor condition. Kind of symptomatic of what is wrong with France.

Calla Corner's avatar

Lou, Agree! But just one of the things wrong with France---price of gas is at top of list! Calla

Henry Schulte's avatar

I drove around in Europe in one in 1971. It was a tin can but I couldn't believe even back then it got 50 miles a gallon. I always wondered why the US couldn't do that. Even today.

Bill Russell's avatar

Fun article, Calla! My old workmate friend named Bob drove his VW Beetle daily to work for years from Downey to the San Fernando Valley (Van Nuys, CA) ... back in the 1960's. Bob overhauled the engine himself, periodically. It was last week when I asked Bob, now 90 years old, what happened to his VW? Bob said he gave it to his son which in turn supercharged the engine. Supercharging made it wear out the engine more often, requiring more engine rebuilds. I remember the VWs back in the 1950's, an inexpensive means of travel. The VWs were cool, but I liked my oldest sister's boyfriend's blue1955 Ford Thunderbird with the porthole windows.

Calla Corner's avatar

Merci Bill! I learned to drive in my father's Sift-top Model A in Weston, Ct, where he and fellow artists and old car buffs had a club that fixed up these little gems. Ironically, when the couldn't fix something, they had to consult with Jim Howe, also of Weston, and was known to be "the only" mechanic in the world who could fix Dusenbergs---I 🐮 think 💭 pgoingremember The Majharaja's of Jaipur, sleek, long and blank with it goldtested doior sli

Bill Russell's avatar

I remember a short story in Readers Digest about a Rolls Royce that broke down on a country road. A Rolls Royce repairman arrived to get the Rolls Royce rolling again. Later the owner of the Rolls Royce called the dealer and mentioned he never received a bill for the repair of his vehicle. Rolls Royce said they didn't have any record of a repair. Of course, a Rolls Royce never needs repair <g>. I'd imagine with a Duesenberg the same thing ... never needs repairing <g>.

Calla Corner's avatar

Sorry about typos---wrote at midnight!! Should be about remembering the elegant, sleek, long, black Dusengerg of The Majharaja of Jaipur's, with golden seal on driver's door, next to my father's little buggy named Henry. CJC

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Thinking back, engineers went for inexpensive transportation ... especially the high-milage types. And they liked repairing their own vehicles. The first brand new car I purchased was a 1973 Ford Pinto station wagon.

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The first time I drove a stick-shift car was with a VW and it was during the evening at the Monterey Airport. A fellow engineer, Rod Rowe, owned a Mooney Ranger aircraft, and he wanted me to obtain a tool using his VW Beetle. I had never drove a stick-shift car before in my life, and so this experience was a first! I think the VW jumped in the air about ten feet when I revved the engine and released the clutch <g>. It was not fun at all! Rod said it would be easy to drive the VW and not to make a big deal of it. We worked at Fort Ord and made trips to the Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation in his plane ... working as civilians dressed up looking like military guys. Rod was instrument rated and the scariest thing was landing in the Monterey fog at night with zero visibility. Talk about holding onto your seat!

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Calla Corner's avatar

Merci Elce! Yes, I remember a friend telling me about living in Rome with her Cinque Cento and four children loving to be stuffed into the little Fiat. I now drive a Mini Cooper and can always find a parking place! Her name is Puddle, because she can go anywhere. She's my best friend‼️Calla