1960 Renault Dauphine - First drive in 40 years

[@garyjones2582]

Nice backyard collection u have there.. Love your little Dauphine..

[@fundamentos3439]

Nice ride. Noticed that beautiful Ford '51. Thank you for sharing.

[@rc_cinematography7652]

My first car. It had a crank socket. My favorite feature was the sign in the glove box that said "Check oil each morning or each 250 miles". They weren't kidding. We couldn't set the timing properly; if you tightened the bolt that held the distributor in place, it would crack the water pump. It finally rolled down our driveway - flew across the street and wrapped itself around a tree. Shoved the engine into the rear seat, and bent the frame. Didn't break a piece of glass or plastic in the car, since they were evidently stronger than the metal parts.

[@davidkastin4240]

Back in 62 my dad bought a brand new one. I was 1yr old. The car was riddled with problems and Idk where they sold them here in the States but he couldn't find anyone that knew how to work on them. It caught A minor fire and he sold it cheap to an uncle that fixed it. He didn't keep it long.

[@exeuroweenie]

Your Dauphine's so adorable,even without eyes.I want to adopt it like a kitten,puppy or rabbit.My first car was my mom's handed down Peugeot 505.Great car,I named it Pepe Le Pew because it was a stinky French built diesel.

[@robertsnyder5149]

I like your pickup too!

[@robertsnyder5149]

Kool car collection!

[@robertsnyder5149]

I rode alot of miles in one of those back in the early 60's. My best friend's Mom had one.

[@xm222]

Unique and beautiful :)

[@legrompf]

Hello from France ! like your car man, so cute ! could you tell more about its story ?

[@lukespack]

They were great in snow but the engines were terrible. Very good looking car for that era. I did get 40 miles to the gallon in 1961.

[@jark9705]

1 op 16.8 (liter / kilometer )... that's not bad at all!

[@panoramatube8114]

I love this vintage French car specially pugeout 404 or 403 but its not available in America i think in South Africa and Europe only

[@brucecarney4416]

No lights, tag, muffler and maw warns that the tires are low?

[@webwillie1]

Wish I still had mine, dammit.

[@deandevirgilio3068]

My dad had 3 of these A 60 a 61 and a 62

[@olesnapdaddy]

How can you find out exactly what year these cars are?

[@NoOne-qx4xv]

they had plenty of rust in those days

[@warrenkretzmeier7222]

Astronaut John Glenn's car.

[@Gerk8]

I think he had an NSU Prince too.

[@dominiquesanfaute6604]

ah les dauphine Renault jais londine 4 vitesses la dauphine 3 la gord 4