I read an article some years back about the Corvette concours crowd and the
lengths to
which they will go to in pursuit of a "100-point" car - they will actually
replicate the
inspector's chalk marks on nearly inaccessible areas of the car... so take
pictures of
those grease pencil marks before starting that complete, wheels-up, body-off
restoration
of your Roadsters, everyone - you may want to put them back!
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
sidney raper wrote:
> Fergus,
>
> This came up a while back as well. There are several odd numbers stamped
> into Roadsters. As I recall, there was one on some transmission tunnels as
> well. I found some japanese writing on my car when I pulled the dash pad.
> It is in blue grease pencil on the r/f corner of the dash. It looks like
> some kind of inspectors mark. Interesting stuff.
>
> Sid
>
> >From: "Ofarrell, Fergus" <Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com>
> >Reply-To: "Ofarrell, Fergus" <Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com>
> >To: "'roadster.netlist'" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: strange number found
> >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:10:24 -0700
> >
> >I was doing some cleaning on Sunday, and found a number stamped into the 45
> >degree strut between the grille crossbar and the 'body' (never had the
> >fenders off, so I don't know exactly where they separate), on the diriver
> >side.
> >Is this a fender part number? It starts with 88-0xxxx, and the 0xxxx
> >doesn't match the body or the engine #. (the 88 may have a letter after it,
> >it would require several coats of paint removal to find out)
> >Just curious.
> >
> >Okay, gotta come clean with the Roadster family. Got so stressed out by
> >work demands (and logistics is not my strong suit) that I got my car all
> >prepped and ready, packed it up with the girlfriend and cooler and traveled
> >down to Doheny Beach on Sunday the 14th of October.
> >Lovely location but no roadster crowd when you arrive TWO WEEKS EARLY.
> >
> >dumber than your average bear, ate everything in the pic-a-nic basket,
> >Fergus O'Farrell
> >69 2000
>
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