Hey Guys and Ladies
Don't worry about it. It's Andrew's money. He can spend it any which way he
wants. His car- same thing there.
Wait until you see my car when it's done.
Roadster Gods watch over you all.
Pamela Bauman
67 1600 in pieces
Westminster Ca.
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:06:45 -0800 Andrew Murphy <solex67@hotmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> It certainly is amazing to me that so many
> people seem to be concerned about
> the amount of money I am spending on my car or
> the fact that I am going with
> a Volvo brake conversion instead of sticking to
> true stock. Truth be told,
> the car is not going to be stock in several
> areas- not that I give a squat
> about that.
>
> This is MY car. I have no interest in a
> completely stock restoration. The
> last I heard, there is no Concourse D'Elegance
> class at Pebble Beach for
> Datsun Roadsters. I also could care less about
> winning awards at Shasta or
> Solvang. I'd much rather enjoy the cars and the
> people.
>
> There will be no grey paint inside my car. My
> engine block will not be
> painted turqoise blue. I will not have the
> stock radio installed and there
> will be a carbon fiber dash facia and an EMPI
> steering wheel on the car.
>
> As far as money is concerned, I always remember
> the scene in The Quiet Man
> where John Wayne finally gets the money from
> his Brother-in-law that he is
> owed for his new wife's dowry and throws it
> into a furnace. It was his money
> and he did what he wanted with it. So am I. I
> worked for four years to get
> the money together to do this car. I love the
> car more than any "thing" I
> own. Things don't matter in the long run, but
> this car will be my own and it
> will be unique.
>
> As far as the Volvo brakes, I can credit Ross
> with being a good enough
> salesman to know that if I took a test drive in
> a KA24DE powered car with
> Volvo brakes I would be sold. I was. Let's face
> it. There are a lot more
> Volvos on the road than Datsun Roadsters and
> when I need to replace my brake
> parts they will be available.
>
> My car is a numbers matching 1967.5 2000 Datsun
> Roadster with some minor
> customization. I am spending a lot of money to
> restore it. I love the car.
>
> 'nuff said.
>
> Andrew Murphy
> SoCalROC
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