Wow, if ever a post that had no place being on the List group... you know,
I think I'd be taking my complaints about another venders products to that
vender instead of bashing him here...
I've seen one of Stans trunk gaskets on a friends roadster a couple years
ago... and it looked absolutely perfect, although a tiny bit smaller than
the OEM pieces. The trunk closes nicely and he's never had a leak at all...
My wifes '67 1600 has a OEM version on her car now... it appears to be put
on correctly, but the damn thing holds the trunk lid up AND it leaks!!
Nothing I can do has fixed it. Time for a new gasket!
Hey all you down in the Gulf coast.. button up and hope to hear from you all
after Katrina!! Good luck!
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:57 PM
Subject: Trunk Gaskets and Roadster sighting!!
>I got the digest version of the list last night that had the posts about
>the trunk gaskets. I have not seen the ones from Gerardo, so I cannot
>comment on those. The ones from Nissan tend to be rather stiff when new,
>so the trunk lid can be a bear to close for a while. I had seen the
>advertisements from Stan in which he indicated that his gaskets were far
>superior to the OEM pieces, so I ordered a pair of them. (this has been a
>couple of years or so ago - his product may have changed in the interim, so
>take this info with a grain of salt.) In the order, I also bought a bunch
>of other stuff (shift plate emblem, trunk carpet, owner's manual for a
>single carb 1500, etc.) and I was happy with everything - except those
>trunk gaskets. They were easily 40 percent narrower than the profile of
>the OEM pieces. In looking at them, they are a universal gasket that has
>been miter cut and glued. The cutting and glueing is fine, but the narrow
>width of the gaskets was a big disappointment. I never said anything to
>Stan about them as I realized that I should have asked if they were the
>EXACT same dimensions as the OEM pieces before I bought them. I made a
>mistake and I sucked it up. As I recall, I paid more than his current
>asking price as well. If someone wants one of those gaskets, I will
>happily sell it to you for $25 plus shipping. I am sure that you can make
>them work fine (they are self adhesive which is nice - no fighting with the
>gasket adhesive), but I am not going to use them. I will either buy some
>of the universal stuff that is a wider profile and make my own to use, or I
>will buy something that is OEM or the same dimensions as OEM...
>
> As far as Roadsters go, I saw one today!! It was a red high windshield
> car with BIG flares. It has a tan top, and gold and silver
> Minilight/Panasport/Western/Enkei style wheels that are WIDE. It was seen
> in a warehouse parking lot off of SR 16 outside of St. Augustine, Florida.
> Is that anyone on the list? You don't get to see many Roadsters here, so
> it was pretty cool to spot one!
>
>
>
> Sidney Raper
> 1964 1500 (still a project.... sigh....)
> 1967 SRL311 00076 (alive again!)
> Jacksonville Florida
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