A: Tom. I had 2 of those things back in the late '70's - early '80s in Canada. Electro-clutch was my favorite part. It was auto shift, but you had to put it in neutral for traffic lights or you'd wear out your brakes holding it from driving ahead. It would momentarily cut spark and the clutch when you shifted to neutral and re-engage as it went to the next gear. The neutral switch was burned out and I replaced it with a floor mounted highbeam switch to do the same job. At the time, it was a Mopar/French connection, and no, I wouldn't want to own one again either! (I replaced the Paris/Rhone charging system with a GM 1 wire) From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Simca! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0412200029460.10172@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Same bookstore, couldn't resist -- two copies of a 1970 Chilton's manual for the Simca. Near-perfect condition; one has slight cover dust staining from being on the shelf. Both look like they were never even *looked at*. $8 each. They have beautiful four-color plastic overlays of the engine, a nice little 4-banger. I've heard of them, might have seen one, no recollection. Looks like a nice little econobox, might make a fun project car. If anyone is absolutely dying for a Simca service manual, let me know.