I found this little jewel on Ebay today.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4515683214&category=6385&sspagename=WDVW

That is quite wild ---kind of a reverse french car my friend with the single in the rear - was quite the ride going around corners. Believe it was a Citron Long time ago

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I think some Europeans had a liking for these 3 wheeled oddities because at one time they could be driven with a motorcycle license as opposed to an automobile license and were taxed as motorcyles.
Can anyone think of other reasons for 3 wheels as opposed to 4 apart from the savings in tires?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Almost the same thing as the British Reliant. Our learned confrere Kerry Edwards has once again hit the nail on the proverbial head.

Vehicle size,class {motorcycle} and taxable HP being of great concern in Europe.

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That is definately a Reliant Robin (3 pin plug or plastic pigs as they're known in the UK)didn't know we exported them over to you too.The plus side for these vehicles are they have a fibreglass body so they didn't rust.Driving at anything over 70mph is scary as they start to weave across the road

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Well, you know they have a saying in Yorkshire,"so many pedestrians, so little time"..............

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Oh, do tell.

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Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

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Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

Wow, I hadn't noticed that. Yes, please tell. About ten years ago I almost bought a Renault Le Car electric conversion but I was put off by the fact that the whole chassis looked like it weighed substantially less than one battery.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I filled in our DF friend Mark DiSilvestro about Mr. Dauphine on a previous thread but here goes.

This Renault Dauphine was custom converted in 1962 for famed violinist Jascha Heifetz who was an early "green".

There were a few other companies who specialized in limited production Dauphine conversions such as the Henney Kilowatt.

This particular car is a one off with a gorgeous walnut dash with black aircraft gages,Triumph TR2 steering wheel and Alfa Duetto seats.Silverplate plaque on the dash says"custom crafted for Jascha Heifetz by Tork-Link electric apparatus co."

What's really cool is the mechanics of it. It is powered by a '20's vintage Rauch and Lang field weakened squirrel cage motor pushed to 96 volts,this vintage motor is coupled to the Renault transaxle and controlled by a smaller,more precise version of a 1920's eletric car switchbox,when you depress the accelerator you simply connect up to 6 separate field windings with or without certain resistors thus "weakening the fields".

42mph level is the top speed and I usually plug in the on board charger every 35 miles or when the ammeter tells me it's time. I did travel 50 miles before I ran out of juice but I don't push it and restrict traveling to local grocery store,hardware and post office runs.

One of these days I'll have a windcharger and photovoltaic array to charge it.

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