[DMCForum] Re: PRV's in AMC's??

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, cool. Plenty of junkers to get blocks from but the guts are 
probably all different.

Not too many vehicles to get trannies from.

I know I said "coranado" before but I meant Monaco. I couldn't 
remember the name.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, MichaelRPack1@xxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 12/23/2003 7:53:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> racuti1@xxxx writes:
> 
> << 
>  <tt>
>  My uncle tells me of a man who worked for Chrysler. This man says 
>  that when the AMC Eagle (Premier?) and another AMC car that I 
can't 
>  remember the name of (Coronado?), Chrysler sent a group of their 
>  mechanics to Volvo to get certified on the PRV, and this guy was 
one 
>  of them. Supposedly he's -real- good at fixing these engines.
>  
>  Bill, you always say that Chrysler bought AMC. Were you aware that 
>  these engines were used in these cars, or were going to be?
>  Could this be a good source of heads and certain other parts?
>  
>  Rich >>
> 
> Hi Rich,
> 
> I have some literature from American Motors & Renault. Renault was 
getting 
> out of business in the USA, and AMC wanted to enter the small car 
market during 
> the fuel conservation crisis of the 1980s.  The leCar, Alliance, 
Fuego (same 
> 5-speed as DMC) were genuine Renault products distributed thru AMC. 
During this 
> same period Lotus cars were distributed thru Rolls Royce to give an 
example.
> 
> The Eagle Premier & Dodge Monaco were Renault products that were 
retagged as 
> Eagle & Dodge.  Both cars have the PRV in them. Chrysler retagged 
to the Eagle 
> Premier to compete with upmarket European cars. 
> 
> Also, the Renault Alpine A610 was scheduled to come to the USA in 
1988. There 
> were 22 USA version Alpine A610's shipped here for EPA, DOT, and 
other 
> testing. 11 were returned to France and dismantled, and 11 stayed 
here. I know of 3 
> cars here in the USA. 1 is in Maryland, 1 in North Carolina, and 1 
in 
> California.
> 
> I think there were 8 different cars sold in the USA with the PRV 
(could be 
> more)
> 
> 1. DeLorean
> 2. Peugeot 604
> 3. Volvo 260
> 4. Volvo 760
> 5. Eagle Premier
> 6. Dodge Monaco
> 7. Renault Alpine
> 8. Motor home 
> 
> Cars with same 5 speed transmission
> 1. DeLorean
> 2. Lotus Esprit
> 3 Renault Fego
> 
> 
> As far as parts from Chrysler dealerships, the only parts I was 
able to buy 
> from their inventory was repair manuals, and special tools to fix 
the PRV.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Michael Pack



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