1958 Renault Dauphine

1958 Renault Dauphine in Curse of the Faceless Man, Movie, 1958

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: USA

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Jale ◊ 2010-09-20 13:33
DynaMike ◊ 2010-09-20 14:07	Very nice and interesting! They have already the lower protection tube of the (much later) Ondine, and small round indicator lights that are placed more inwards than the later standard lights. I always thought that the US versions until 1961 had rectangular indicators. Also the upper protection tube of the bumper is different from later US bumpers (it became straight). The new wheels came in May or June 1957, and teh central strip on the front boot lid was dropped in July 1957 (but maybe the US models kept it longer?). Because of the new wheels I'd say we'd should list these as 1958 model year, though I guess they must have been very early examples with these wheels.
dsl ◊ 2010-09-20 14:16	Saloon has rectangular indicators, police car round ones. A police car with whitewalls!?!

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Jale

◊ 2010-09-20 13:33

DynaMike

◊ 2010-09-20 14:07

Very nice and interesting! They have already the lower protection tube of the (much later) Ondine, and small round indicator lights that are placed more inwards than the later standard lights. I always thought that the US versions until 1961 had rectangular indicators. Also the upper protection tube of the bumper is different from later US bumpers (it became straight).
The new wheels came in May or June 1957, and teh central strip on the front boot lid was dropped in July 1957 (but maybe the US models kept it longer?). Because of the new wheels I'd say we'd should list these as 1958 model year, though I guess they must have been very early examples with these wheels.

dsl

◊ 2010-09-20 14:16

Saloon has rectangular indicators, police car round ones. A police car with whitewalls!?!

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1958 Renault Dauphine