yeah, except when you were underway, the roller blind wouldn't go back down.
You had to stop and practically stop the engine to relieve the pressure on
the blind so it would go down. Mine suffered from a bad case of body cancer
and piston pin clips that allowed trenches to be gouged in the cylinder
walls... twice. I gave it up for $100 and kept the 15x7" Ford wheels and
F70 wide oval tires ;-)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Mouton <jerry@moutons.org>
To: Anthony Tabacco <atabacco@california.com>; David Rowney
<daver@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: LIVE WITH THE ACE REPORTER
> I sold my 444 to buy my TR-3A! And it was a roller
> blind radiator shroud, rolled up from the bottom --
> great for Lapland winters!
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
> rouler!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
> To: "David Rowney" <daver@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
> Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: LIVE WITH THE ACE REPORTER
>
>
> > The 444 was a fine car. I took a 444 and $250 in trade for my TR-4A when
I
> > got out of the Army and went to Berkeley. I made the deal about two days
> > before the $212.50 first quarter tuition was due. The guy paid me the
> first
> > half, $125, which was enough to put me over the top. Some months later
> (and
> > when he hadn't paid the last $125) some one came by and burned his other
4
> > (not an A) right there in the street during the night. It absolutely was
> not
> > me, but he came by the next day to square the debt. Honest, it really
was
> > not me. I rarely moved it in four years because I had a street parking
> > space in Berkeley, and they are not easy to come by and not easily
> > replaceable when lost. It had one of those neat little venetian blind
> > radiator shrouds with a little pull chain to a knob on the dash, the
> right
> > door latch did not work so you had to reach over and hold it during left
> > turns, and it was the car I met my wife in.
> > Tony
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Rowney" <daver@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
> > To: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
> > Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: LIVE WITH THE ACE REPORTER
> >
> >
> > > Hey, wait a minute, this was my first autocross car, and I have fond
> > > memories of it. A fine car (for the time...1965), even if the driver
> was
> > > terrible. 444's had great success road racing also.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > > At 03:26 PM 11/29/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >444 Volvo, so that no one could doubt
> > > >your heart is in the right place. This is the acknowledged staff car
> for
> > > >committed anti-car folks
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