The nice thing about living in a virtual garden of eden like Australia is that
the only thing we need the car heater for is to remove a light "mist" of fog
that settles on the inside of the screen in the morning. It's only you guys
that live in an Arctic wasteland that need a "defroster". :-)
Alan Bent - Queensland , Australia
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1965 Silvia CSP311
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310
1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310 - 1964 Cedric Wagon WP31
1963 Bluebird P312 - 1963 Bluebird P312
1963 Cedric P31 - 1964 Cedric Wagon 1964
1969 Super Six G130
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/index.html
Steve Harvey wrote:
> Hi Alan:
> I understand some of what you said but what the hell is a "demister"? Could
> it be a "defroster"? I hope you are keeping all of these itmes for your
> collection!
> Steve Harvey
> Milwaukee
>
> Alan Bent wrote:
>
> > Over the years I have owned and restored at least 10 Roadsters. The one
> > thing that they all have in common is that they have all had at least
> > one hair comb stuck down inside the demister vents below the windscreen,
> > one car had 3 down the vents. Today I was stripping all the parts off my
> > 1500 parts car when I decided to look down inside the demister vents.
> > Sure enough, there was a hair comb stuck down in there. I fished it out
> > and then noticed that there was another one in there. I fished out a
> > second one and noticed there was still another one down there. This
> > continued until I set the "New World Record For The Most Hair Combs
> > Stuck In A Datsun Roadster Demister Vent" with a grand total of seven
> > (7) hair combs. For those of you interested the demister vents also
> > contained 2 pens, a couple of paper clips, several leaves, toothpicks,
> > 57 cents, used match sticks, the "0" off the end of the "Datsun 1500"
> > emblem and half a small toy plastic soldier. The previous owner probably
> > wondered why the demister never worked properly.
> > Alan Bent - Queensland , Australia
> > 1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1965 Silvia CSP311
> > 1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310
> > 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310 - 1964 Cedric Wagon WP31
> > 1963 Bluebird P312 - 1963 Bluebird P312
> > 1963 Cedric P31 - 1964 Cedric Wagon 1964
> > 1969 Super Six G130
> > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/index.html
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