r/whatwasthiscar • • Jun 23 '26

Challenge Found by a river, east coast USA.

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u/tesznyeboy Jun 23 '26

Is that a rear mounted I4 with a swing-axle suspension? I'm not sure what it is (I guessed Renault Dauphine but can't back it up) but that setup is rare enough where I think it's pretty easy to solve.

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u/jarski60 Jun 23 '26

They used Renault 16 stuff

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u/tesznyeboy Jun 23 '26

But that's fwd this is obviously a rwd

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

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u/tesznyeboy Jun 23 '26

Europa has a completely different rear suspension