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I learned to drive standard in my father's DKW - similar 2 stroke.

rev it and it sounded like a 2 stroke Yamaha - ring ding ding ding
 
JPSmit said:
I learned to drive standard in my father's DKW - similar 2 stroke.

rev it and it sounded like a 2 stroke Yamaha - ring ding ding ding
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JP,
I remember one driving around Belleville in the late seventies, I assume it was yours. It's been almost 50 years, but was it maroon with a white top?
 
tvr4me said:
JP,
I remember one driving around Belleville in the late seventies, I assume it was yours. It's been almost 50 years, but was it maroon with a white top?
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why yes it was - Oh my goodness. Actually it was my fathers - I briefly had a Citroen DS 19 Safari at the same time.

Tell me (again) about the Belleville connection. (though I think we may have discussed this before)
 
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JPSmit said:
why yes it was - Oh my goodness. Actually it was my fathers - I briefly had a Citroen DS 19 Safari at the same time.

Tell me (again) about the Belleville connection. (though I think we may have discussed this before)
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I remember that Safari as well and have wanted one ever since, though I think they have all disappeared.
I graduated from Moira in 1980 and drove a red Spitfire, a really rusty blue TR6, a primer grey '63 VW single cab pickup and my mom's red '66 Mustang convertible. My mother still lives in Belleville.
 
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I've only driven one a couple of times. They were strange but a lot of fun.
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Until descending curvy, mountain roads. With no engine braking, one had to ride the brakes. As one writer describes the Saab 93's 8" drums..."Drum brakes that love to fade. Day use only and no trips in the hills as brake fade occurs quickly!! Experienced drivers only!"
At least the pull cord starter was fun.
 
tvr4me said:
I remember that Safari as well and have wanted one ever since, though I think they have all disappeared.
I graduated from Moira in 1980 and drove a red Spitfire, a really rusty blue TR6, a primer grey '63 VW single cab pickup and my mom's red '66 Mustang convertible. My mother still lives in Belleville.
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I think I recall the Spit. I graduated Moira in '79 - so we would have been there at the same time - remind me, do I know your real name (or PM) and I will dig out the yearbook. :D
 
tvr4me said:
Ian Thompson
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I dug out the yearbook and remember the face (though honestly that is about all :rolleyes: )

How did you come to be in Georgia?
 
guess I am :LOL:

 
I heard recently that the success of the Bugs Bunny Road runner franchise was because the sound guy made silly - boing type noises instead of the actual sounds whenever Wile e Coyote fell/ blew up/ got dragged over cactus etc.
 
I learned to drive using our (registered as 1959) DKW. We could engage free wheeling so there were times we could rely on engine braking; going down a slight grade in the metropark near me. I believe the SAAB engine was at first a DKW engine built under license. At the time we owned it, the inporter was Studebaker; the company was also imported Mercedes Benz. The car was fun to drive, I thought, and it was noticed.
 
The reason for the freewheeling..."The 2-stroke engine was lubricated by oil mixed with the gasoline. Think what would happen without a freewheel: You'd come to the top of a hill, take your foot off the gas, and the car would roll down, with the engine providing braking just as you'd want it to do. BUT... with the throttle closed (foot off gas) and no gasoline going through the engine, there'd also be no OIL going through the engine, so it would get no lubrication and wear out very quickly. The freewheel was designed to prevent this: When you took your foot off the gas, the engine could drop back to idle speed while the car coasted freely. (Thre is a lockout lever on the middle of the bulkhead which provided for special situations in which you HAD to have engine braking even though engine wear was increased)."
 
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