#Dauphine

[dizimdedinlen]

Dauphine.

[girlsandmachines]

Renault Dauphine, 1959.

#Dauphine #1959 #renault

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Dauphine Alfa Romeo (1961)

#1960s style #1960s fashion #1960s #60s fashion #60s #alfa romeo #dauphine #car #cars #cool cars #cool #classic car #classic #motor #drive #driving #vintage photography #vintage photo #vintage ads #vintage #advertising #tuesday #december

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Renault Dauphine US, 1958. The North American version of Renault’s  rear-engined family car was initially a sales success, even outselling VW’s Beetle in 11 states. However the Dauphine quickly developed a reputation for rusting and eccentric road manners and sales plummeted to the point where two ships loaded with Renaults were turned around in the mid-Atlantic because the docks in New York were already overcrowded with unsold cars. The dealership photo is Southland Motor Imports, Anaheim, California.

press ad and dealership photo form Alden Jewell auto historian on Flickr

#Renault #Renault Dauphine #rear engine #US market #1958 #1950s #advertising #sales disaster #Anaheim #Dauphine

[frenchcarssince1946]

1956 Renault Dauphine

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#1956 #renault #dauphine

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📍new orleans, louisiana, u.s.a. july 2022

#travel #travelblr #new orleans #nola #united states #bourbon street #dauphine #viajera

[viviennevelour]

Im in love, forever 💓

#naked cat #dauphine #cats #donskoy #hairless cat #white cat #cute kitty #kitty cat

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Qui reconnait cette voiture???

Après la 4CV infice⬇️

Il fallait la stabiliser

#dauphine #supercar

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue September 15, 1957

Mary McLaughlin in a white satin fit and flare ball gown. By Christian Dior. The dress is half concealed by its featherweight satin coat with quilting and feathers (the facing is in clipped swan down). The name "Dauphine". White pumps: Roger Vivier for Dior.

Mary McLaughlin dans une robe bal cintrée et évasée en satin blanc. Par Christian Dior. La robe est à demi dissimulée par son manteau de satin d'un poids plume de matelassage, et de plumes (la parementure est en duvet de cygne clippé). Le nom "Dauphine". Escarpins blancs : Roger Vivier pour Dior.

Photo William Klein

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#us vogue #fashion 50s #1957 #print #haute couture #french designer #christian dior #mary mclaughlin #william klein #dauphine #ball gown #robe de bal #september 1957 #fall/winter #automne/hiver #roger vivier

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#dauphine #renault dauphine

[les-belles-mecaniques]

1962 Renault Dauphine '1093' berline

#renault #dauphine

[girlsandmachines]

Renault Dauphine, 1959.

#renault #dauphine #1959

[diabolus1exmachina]

Renault 8 Gordini 

It all started with the Renault 8. In 1962 Renault presented the one that was to replace its best-seller, the Dauphine. The new car takes up the recipe and even the technical basis. The differences come from the style, with a squarer and more modern line. Above all, under the hood of the small sedan we housed the new "Sierra" engine that appeared on the Caravelle and Florida. The following year, a slightly more upscale version was added: the Major. But it still lacks an even superior version, especially in terms of mechanics. It is also from the Major that the story of the Renault 8 Gordini will start. It is she who will lend him her body and the base of her engine: the Cléon-cast iron with 1108 cm³ of displacement. Then we will affix the treatment undergone by the Dauphine Gordini: a mixture of increased performance and top of the range. 

We will start with this high-end part. Because the Renault 8 Gordini is not a stripped-down bombinette ready to make any sacrifice to gain a few seconds on the clock. That's the pilots who will do it. Thus the interior is well treated: complete instrumentation with tachometer, water temperature, all with round counters which are then the prerogative of the top of the range. There is also interior lighting, a grab handle for the passenger, two-speed heating and a laminated windshield. Add faux leather or black fabric upholstery to the reclining seats and you're a long way from the stripped-down car. The sporty side, we're starting to take the measure of it on the outside. The body is identical to that of the Major. Make no mistake, the four lighthouses won't arrive until later! However, additional lights can be added, pre-wiring is standard. On the other hand, the Renault 8 Gordini is only offered in "bleu de France" (418) with white stripes. And it's sporty! But the real sport, you get it at the technical level. The body is still reinforced, at the side members, the front cross member and a reinforcement bar is added to the engine support. The trains are reinforced at the level of their triangles, the springs are shorter and the rear train receives two shock absorbers. We finish the table with a more direct direction with 3.25 turns lock to lock. And what about the "real" sorcerer's touch then? It is of course on the engine of the Renault 8 Gordini that Amédée Gordini worked. The base is therefore the 1108 of the Major. However, it is the high engine that will be the center of all attention. We start with the hemispherical cylinder head, with a spark plug in the center and a valve on each side. We do not stop there since the Cléon is force-fed by two double-body Solex 40 PHH2, the air box, the air filter and the ignition are specific. Last modification and not the least, we add an oil cooler. Everything transmits the power of 77.5 hp DIN (or 95 SAE if you want) to the rear wheels via a box 4. 

Unveiled at the 1964 Paris Motor Show, the Renault 8 Gordini caused a sensation. It is a top-of-the-range car, but it is above all its performance that makes it stand out. The car exceeds 170 km / h, which no French car, apart from the Facel Vega and their big American V8, can boast. Renault has calculated its move well since the Renault 8 Gordini is also cheaper than a Mini Cooper S or a Cortina Lotus. A real masterstroke that makes it the first "bombinette", the first affordable sports car derived from a large series. The injection is far, but the name GTI not so much!

#Renault 8 Gordini #Dauphine #Caravelle #Florida #Amédée Gordini #Mini Cooper S #Cortina Lotus #bombinette

[amalgameheteroclite]

La Dauphine by Renault, d'après Herbert Leufin, 1958.

#dauphine #1958 #pub

[tiny-librarian]

And at one o'clock on the 16th, in the chapel of the palace, the Primate of France, the Archbishop of Rheims, performed the marriage ceremony. A canopy of cloth of silver was held over the heads of the youthful pair by the bishops of Senlis and Chartres. The dauphin, after he had placed the wedding-ring on his bride's finger, added, as a token that he endowed her with his worldly wealth, a gift of thirteen pieces of gold, which, as well as the ring, had received the episcopal benediction, and Marie Antoinette was dauphiness of France.

The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France - Charles Duke Yonge

#Marie Antoinette #louis xvi #french monarchy #18th century #royal wedding #dauphin #dauphine #awkward otp #long live the queue

[frenchcarssince1946]

1958 Renault Dauphine Gordini

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#1958 #renault #dauphine #gordini