This reminds me of ..... in 1986, living 30 miles from town, preparing to
get the the 2000 painted. I had removed the doors, hood, & trunk and was
driving the rest to the paint shop in town - and got pulled over for an
'inspection'. The cop was impressed by the 3" 5-point harness, and didn't
give a ticket as he figured I'd not be moving around too much inside the
door-less vehicle. The paint still looks pretty good (not like some I saw
at Shasta though...)
-John F.
'69 2000 ('69 VW yellow paint) Solex
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Walter <walter@omni.sps.mot.com>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: double locking hood
>
>
>ON my 68 2000, when I drove it back from the paint shop (used
>a friends spray booth), it did not have ANY latches or windshield
>in it.
>
>I was cruising along at 60 - 70, when a large Truck (small moving
>van style) passed me. The backdraft caused the hood to start to
>fly up. I reached out through the windshield frame to hold the
>hood down.
>
>This startled the driver of the van enough, he almost lost control
>of his rig! Was funny to see him and a passanger staring at me.
>
>Doors were held shut with a bungy cord, and I was sitting on a
>pile of towels. Dumb, but it was a blast to drive home with the
>wind on my face. ;-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tom Walter '67 2000
>Austin, TX '68 2000
>
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