“I suffered through the 1964 Renault Dauphine by which I learned nearly all the things that can fail on a new car.
True story: there was a hole in the front bumper. You could insert the lug nut wrench (tire iron) and crank the engine if it had trouble, like a Ford from the 1930s”
The engine was in rear of that car not the front.
Thanks for that. Darn it. I remember now. Must have suppressed the memory.
One young woman was holding the side of the passenger seat in fear on a first date because “with no engine in front if we got in an accident the car could crush us to death.”
Didn’t even have the styling of a Corvair like my friend owned.
I used to have an old green wool blanket that I had to put over the rear engine overnight and take it off in the morning during winter nights. It would take 10 minutes of trying or a call to a tow truck to start it otherwise.