Yes, Renault. Excellent motors performance-wise, but one or two pretty gruesome design achilles heels. The LeSharos have a cult following existing outside of all reason, sort of like the Westie Vanagons.
I know of one guy wo hauled one with a dead engine like 1500 miles back home, just to get one. Such a deal! Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The motorhomes were called Vixens. LeSharos had Renault turbodiesel > running gear IIRC. > > On 9/16/05, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 09:12:02AM -0400, Rusty Cullens wrote: >>> Avoid like the plague, they only made them for 2 years, used >>> parts are impossible to find, new parts are few and far between. >> >> Head prone to cracking, and if the parts guy says they're hard to find >> parts for... >> >> But, they were supposed to be a lot of fun to drive, and get good mileage. >> That engine also appeared in a model of lincolns and in some motorhomes >> (lesharo?) > > Casey > Olympia, WA > Biodiesel: > '87 300TD intercooler (209k) > '84 300D (204k) > Gashuffer: > '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (185K) > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
