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RayMK Rank: Renault 16

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2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

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This one puzzled me for a while. I knew that very few American cars of that period had independent rear suspension with that type of geometry, but it clearly wasn't a Corvair.  A bit of digging suggests it is a Pontiac Tempest which shared the transaxle of a Corvair but with a front mounted engine.  I had completely forgotten about the Tempest.  Nice one.

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Mr Pastry Rank: Renault 16

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12 minutes ago, RayMK said:

This one puzzled me for a while. I knew that very few American cars of that period had independent rear suspension with that type of geometry, but it clearly wasn't a Corvair.  A bit of digging suggests it is a Pontiac Tempest which shared the transaxle of a Corvair but with a front mounted engine.  I had completely forgotten about the Tempest.  Nice one.

Didn't the Tempest also have a wonderful flexible propshaft, basically a wire rope, to allow a low floor?

RayMK Rank: Renault 16

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11 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

Didn't the Tempest also have a wonderful flexible propshaft, basically a wire rope, to allow a low floor?

3/4inch diameter apparently!

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54 minutes ago, RayMK said:

This one puzzled me for a while. I knew that very few American cars of that period had independent rear suspension with that type of geometry, but it clearly wasn't a Corvair.  A bit of digging suggests it is a Pontiac Tempest which shared the transaxle of a Corvair but with a front mounted engine.  I had completely forgotten about the Tempest.  Nice one.

 

 

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