Eric, I do know, however, that if you throw in hail, you're gonna get hit. Had
that experience in California coming off Big Bear Mountain (or some such name).
It started as rain. It turned to hail. We got hurt. We took cover. We
laughed
a lot. Gotta love a Roadster.
Greg Burrows
67 2000 #588
Eric wrote:
> I'm surfacing from silent mode to pass along an observation about the
> fantastic water-resistance of Datsun roadsters.
>
> At around 40mph with the top down, rain will start to flow over the
> passenger area rather than upon it, and especially if the original headrests
> are in place, windows up and visors horizontal, little rain actually falls
> on the passengers.
>
> At 55-65mph it is possible, in reasonable comfort and dryness, to drive into
> the most heavy, panel-thumping, road-bouncing pounding pouring rain that you
> can ever get and still be on land.
>
> This is from my experiences yesterday at Tully, the Wettest Place In
> Australia, usual winner of the annual Golden Gumboot award. We did a
> 500-mile return trip to Mt Garnet to take the rear bumper (roadster
> attached) to the chrome-plater, and had to go through Tully twice in the
> day. Tully has had over 2 feet of rain this week ...
>
> My most rigorous test yet of what it takes to keep the top down on a
> Datsun - in this case, keep moving otherwise you're stuffed. It was a gas.
>
> regards
> Eric in Townsville
> SP311-06003 rhd 70 1600 (this one)
> SRL311-00183 lhd 67 2000
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