Re: Packard = Henney = Renault Dauphine??

Posted by John Harley On 2011/4/9 21:19:33

Friends

The violinist Jascha Heifitz owned a Henney Kilowatt in anticipation of the petroleum situation that we now find ourselves in.

I remember the Dauphines when they were new as an alternative to a Volkswagen, as were the Panhards. They were rather rare.

Their problem seems to have been that the radiator had a blind to help it warm up in cold weather. As the radiator was between the engine and the rear seat, ti was hard to know if it was stuck in the "up" position. This lead to many fried engines .

Henry Ford worked for Detroit Edison before he struck out on his own. One day Edison took him for a walk in a park while he was working on is first car. Edison told him not to bother with electric cars. batteries were a problem. Over 100 years later the range of the batteries is not substantially different.

Regards

John Harley