FCA Proposes a Merger with Renault

wilber1 wrote:
Had a buddy who owned a Renault R8 Gordini back in the late sixties. That was a quick little car.

I entered a contest at a Hudson's Bay Company store, around 1970-71 or so. First prize was a Renault R8. The contest was put on by the company that made Can Can Hosiery and if my memory is correct the idea was to launch this new line of women's stockings that had the French name of 'Can Can' and promote the French aspect by offering a French car, the Renault R8 as first prize.

I was at the store near closing, with my then girlfriend. She joked me into entering and I figured why not...I was a poor U. student with no car...so I entered, hoping to win the R8.

An hour later or so, I just got home, the phone rang and it was somebody from Hudson's Bay. They indicated that I was a winner. My heart leapt...for an instant..thinking I had won the Renault, when they told me, no, but I had won 2nd prize...5o pair of hosiery.

Anyways, my grandmother was able to sell 45 pair of the hosiery at @ dollar a pair. The other 5 I split between my sister and girlfriend.

I made about $ 45 on it, not bad money in 1970-71. :B