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1. new to the list, and to roadsters (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 06:29:27 -0500; Hi all, just jumped on the list, and into the Roadster world. I've owned several Datsun 240z's, currently race an ITS prepared 240z in the Chicago area. I'm going to take delivery on an early '68 200; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-08/msg00054.html (7,241 bytes)
2. Re: new to the list, and to roadsters (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 06:34:32 -0500; Just a quick note to everyone, thanks for the welcome. I've already received a ton of good info and I don't even have the car yet - next weekend hopefully. Looking forward to exchanging pictures and; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-08/msg00065.html (7,074 bytes)
3. Re: TV Cars was alpine or Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:26:17 -0500; Gotta love Google: http://www.tvacres.com/autos_spy_smart.htm Get Smart Car - Red Sunbeam Tiger convertible sports car issued to Control agent Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) on the spy comedy GET SMART/NB; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-08/msg00136.html (8,442 bytes)
4. Re: Parting out a car (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 09:40:22 -0600; Hi all, I'm ready to jump into my first roadster - everything is pretty much taken apart (the easy part) and I'm getting ready to find a place to paint it. Now, one of the first hard parts, the color; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-11/msg00023.html (6,902 bytes)
5. decision time - paint job or restoration project? (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:43:32 -0600; Hi all, I'm to a point where I'm ready to get my first Roadster project to paint and I think I've dug in farther than planned. My question is; have I a reached a point in which I should think about m; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-11/msg00225.html (7,865 bytes)
6. Re: decision time - paint job or restoration project? (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:00:30 -0600; http://tinyurl.com/y5xjon; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-11/msg00228.html (8,371 bytes)
7. Next question - reference book (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:02:27 -0600; Thanks for all the comments on restoration, good arguments for and against. Thanks to you all my decision is now clear as mud...but I'll deal with that later. In the meantime, I'm fortunate to have a; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-11/msg00260.html (7,262 bytes)
8. Re: Next question - reference book (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:19:24 -0600; Oh, this is a dangerous group, isn't it? I did that with my 240z project, didn't go over real well with "the boss". I'm going to try to do this one without a net.; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-11/msg00265.html (7,601 bytes)
9. horn ring removal (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:09:08 -0600; Here's what I'm sure is a simple one, though I couldn't figure it out for the life of me last weekend. How do you remove the stock horn ring on the steering wheel of a '68 2000? I want to take the tu; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-12/msg00146.html (7,077 bytes)
10. frame-off question (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:10:59 -0600; ok, the paint shop delayed when i was going to bring the roadster in, so I had a couple weekends to take-apart (more) and clean up. I've now taken off everything connected to the steering (wheel, str; /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-12/msg00235.html (6,829 bytes)
11. Re: frame-off question (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 08:01:22 -0600; First of all, congrats on the grandchild, I'm sure he'll be even more fun to play with than a Roadster. Second, thank you so much for bringing me back to reality. Though it would not be too much mor; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-01/msg00001.html (9,212 bytes)
12. headers/exhaust (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:26:24 -0600; Hi gang, The Roadster goes off to paint next week! Can't wait, finally getting somewhere on this beast. In the meantime, I've been busy cleaning parts and sorting things out - such as the header/exha; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-02/msg00045.html (7,322 bytes)
13. Re: headers/exhaust (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:04:18 -0600; Ok, didn't think that would work - I posted two pix to my site at: http://www.srl311.com (i was kind of surprised that was available) thanks -Bill; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-02/msg00047.html (8,795 bytes)
14. Here we go.... (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 14:52:53 -0500; Ok, decided to start finally putting some parts on the project (http://www.flickr.com/photos/datzun/sets/72157594567353319/) and have already hit my first dead end. The car came pretty much disassemb; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-05/msg00039.html (7,177 bytes)
15. Interior color (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:12:20 -0500; Hi gang, things are finally starting to go together (yeah, later than expected, no surprise to many here I'm sure). Once we got the car back from paint we started talking about a different color inte; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-07/msg00029.html (6,584 bytes)
16. the gasket goes where? (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:21:28 -0500; Ok, bit the bullet and bought a $800+ kit of rubber, gaskets and goodies, now I have to figure out what goes where. The set is nice, but more than half of the packages aren't labeled at all, and for; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-07/msg00103.html (7,493 bytes)
17. Re: the gasket goes where? (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:48:03 -0500; Ok, I added another photo to the set - the last photo is from the tear-down phase, and it looks like the motor is mounted the same way as I have it now. Honestly, I think my brain is cramping up, I c; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-07/msg00108.html (8,606 bytes)
18. Re: the gasket goes where? (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:35:12 -0500; I knew a little sleep would do it - that, and all the pictures sent to me. As I looked at the pictures it finally dawned on me.....over the winter I took the wiper assembly apart to clean it up, and; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-07/msg00110.html (8,157 bytes)
19. Re: [Roadsters] Too Damn Quiet adn Roadster demise (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:40:30 -0500; I'll take the next 10, though they have to come with a garage to fit them. Oh, and have to get them to the midwest. -bill Libertyville, IL ________________________________________ Datsun-roadsters ma; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-09/msg00095.html (7,980 bytes)
20. Re: [Roadsters] a rolling stone gathers no moss (score: 1): Author: "Bill Oakes" <boakes@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:26:24 -0500; This one has been up for sale before, not sure what the minimum is - I'd be up for rescuing but it's a bit of a drive for me with a truck and trailer (about 350 miles) so it would have to go pretty c; /html/datsun-roadsters/2007-10/msg00365.html (7,970 bytes)

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