Renault PR guy Jacques About, in 1970 had a dream of a very-light fiberglass-bodied car with a big rear-based engine, using Renault parts. About was born in 1938 in Paris, father being Italian and mother being Vietnamese.
His entire family ended up in a Japanese concentration camp for seven years while he was young.
He came to Montreal to go to Stanislaus at age 17.
After raising a million bucks they planned to pump out about 2,000 of these a year but only created 120 or so because there were a lot of snafus and everything went fubar. About, now in his early 70s, has been running a school for some time.
1970's Opel GT?
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...or a Lotus Europa?
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As I recall, all the Opels had a benign cyst on the front hood.
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the Bricklin?
ReplyDeletePossibly the sporty little car once owned and brandished to great effect by Pierre Trudeau..?
ReplyDeleteLa Manic GT...construite au Quebec
ReplyDeleteThats a made in Quebec Manic GT.
ReplyDeleteIt is a Manic GT. A nicer version can be see at a car museum in Trois Pistoles
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not a T-Rex...
ReplyDeleteI got this quiz idea from a book on Levesque, of all places. No, this pic I submitted of a wrecked car doesn't refer to Rene hitting someone while driving.
ReplyDeletewho would allow a Lotus Europa drag in the mud like that?
ReplyDeleteIt is a 1971 Manic GT, fer sure!
ReplyDeleteIf someone wants to buy a Manic GT here are - 8k for both.
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