My brain skipped a groove too -- I was thinking of the "Cordova". Never paid much attention to Mopar anyway. No need to when you drive FORDS! Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > 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 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12ch8fa11/M=266841.4316200.5507732.1261774/D=egro upweb/S=1705126215:HM/EXP=1072374191/A=1911856/R=0/*http://www.lifescapein c.com/picasa/landing.php?capid=222&caId=1985> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=266841.4316200.5507732.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1911856/rand=576849905> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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