Wow, WyCROC is huge! Congrats...
For our world-wide count, let's "tag" the cars as we count them. How about
if each local club prints
up some "official" Datsun Roadster Collector Car International Registration
decals or stickers. As we collect VIN#'s and basic info, we hand out a
decal that gets plastered somewhere on the car. Each club shares their list
with the others.
We'll know the tags aren't worth anything but it'll be fun to check the
registry and see how
the cars move around the continent as they trade owners (and morph into
different looks).
Out here in BADROC country there are quite a few roadsters running around
with owners that can't be bothered to join up with others. We've tried. But
we might persuade them to be counted on the registry. We'll start passing
the word around here.
Fred
BADROC
2 runners, 1 frame-off, and 1/2 parts.
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> From: Eric Frisbee <efris@home.com>
> To:
> Cc: Andrew Murphy <solex67@hotmail.com>; spl310@hotmail.com;
datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: how many are left?
> Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:48 PM
>
> I have to agree.. 2500 seems to be a tad light. WyCROC membership is
> about 45 cars right now, and I know of about 10 more for sale out here
> and at least 30 more roadsters we've heard about that aren't in the club
> yet. I know that in Missouri/Kansas/Illinois there are a ton of
> roadsters as well, but they haven't formed a "club" yet (hint hint!)
>
> Maybe we should initiate a world-wide count of the remaining
> roadsters??
>
> Eric
> WyCROC
>
> Andrew Murphy wrote:
> >
> > List,
> >
> > This question gets asked a lot. I think that Rob's guess of 2500 may be
a
> > little light. I know there has to be at least 2-300 of these cars in
> > California alone. True, we probably have more of them due to our huge
> > population, but there are other metropolitan areas that are also well
> > represented. Case in point is the WyCROC crowd. They have quite a few
cars
> > and Eric Frisbee has confided in me that there are cars he knows about
in
> > Colorado where the owners either are not interested in joining or want
to
> > sell.
> >
> > I know of at least 3 cars here in SoCAL where the owners are NOT on the
> > list. But always remember that no matter how many of our cars are left,
they
> > are REALLY rare. Case in point: when I was pissing and moaning about my
67.5
> > 2000 not really being that rare as there were six of them at shasta
(more
> > than the 1500s that showed up), Sid Raper set me straight when he told
me
> > that the 64.5 Mustang is considered "rare" and they made about 50,000
of
> > those...
> >
> > So my guess would be closer to 5,000 worldwide. I don't think there is
any
> > way to know for sure.
> >
> > Andrew Murphy
> > SoCalROC
> > 2 roadsters
> >
> > >From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
> > >Reply-To: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
> > >To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net,
> > >RoadsteRob@aol.com
> > >Subject: Re: Re[2]: how many are left?
> > >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 18:55:10 EDT
> > >
> > >I have 3 that I will gladly part out to help the prices!
> > >
> > >Sid
> > >Forlorn roadster collection
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
> > > >Reply-To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
> > > >To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net, RoadsteRob@aol.com
> > > >Subject: Re[2]: how many are left?
> > > >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:38:05 -0700
> > > >
> > > >Or chopped up for the parts. Is it my imagination or are there a lot
of
> > > >parts getting traded recently? As more cars get restored, and more
> > > >junkers get parted out, the quality and prices go up!
> > > >
> > > >Fred
> > > >BADROC
> > > >3 1/2 roadsters
> > > >
> > > >______________________ Reply Separator _________________________
> > > > > Subject: Re: how many are left?
> > > > > Author: RoadsteRob@aol.com at ~ctl-internet-po
> > > > > Date: 7/25/2000 5:32 PM
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > I may be way off target but my guess is 2500 worldwide. However,
as
> > > > > these cars become more collectable I'm sure more will be dragged
out
> > > > > of barns etc. for restoration.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rob
> > > > > 2 1/2 Roadsters (1/1000th of all remaining cars?)
> > >
> >
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