I made no judgements in my post. I just reported what I read.
Personally, I REALLY like the silverblue model that they are selling now.
But then again, I am in touch with my feminine side. ;-)
Sidney Raper
1964 1500
1967 SRL311 00060
1967 SRL311 00076
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
>To: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>, <gkmcc@netgate.net>
>CC: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>, <SLBESQ@aol.com>,
><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: The Winner
>Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 08:00:18 -0400
>
>Watch it Sid, don't go there or else :)
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
>To: <gkmcc@netgate.net>; <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
>Cc: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>; <SLBESQ@aol.com>;
><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 7:03 AM
>Subject: Re: The Winner
>
>
> > I saw something interesting this morning. I am not an AOL subscriber,
>but
> > the relatives that we are visiting are, so I got a chance to poke around
> > AOL. One of the hot links this morning shows the results of the Guy and
> > Chick cars survey. The #3 chick car was the Miata! Interesting
> > results.....
> >
> > Sidney Raper
> > 1964 1500
> > 1967 SRL311 00060
> > 1967 SRL311 00076
> > Jacksonville Florida
> > http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Gary K. McCormick" <gkmcc@netgate.net>
> > >Reply-To: "Gary K. McCormick" <gkmcc@netgate.net>
> > >To: datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
> > >CC: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us, SLBESQ@aol.com,
>datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: Re: The Winner
> > >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 21:16:41 -0700
> > >
> > >It just goes to show, a convertible should be designed from the get-go
>as
>a
> > >convertible. As for the Honda and Miata, having another 20 or 30 years
>of
> > >structure technology development to work with helps too!
> > >
> > >Gary McCormick
> > >'70 2000 (Hangar Queen)
> > >San Jose, CA
> > >
> > >datsunmike wrote:
> > >
> > > > Fred,
> > > >
> > > > Make that semi-rigid. Compared to my Miata and a Honda S2000 the
> > >Roadsters
> > > > are flexiflyers.
> > > >
> > > > The Roadster is still better than the Tbird, as that car is a
>boulevard
> > > > cruiser. Every article I read mentions the same problem regarding
>the
> > > > handling, or more precisely the lack of it. Typical American car.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>
> > > > To: <SLBESQ@aol.com>
> > > > Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 6:13 PM
> > > > Subject: Re[2]: The Winner
> > > >
> > > > > On 8/24/2001 SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >In a message dated 08/23/2001 1:49:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > > > > >svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> The part I love is " ...the frame is made from two rugged steel
> > > > > >pipes... " > Colin Chapman,
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >note the strut tower brace for added torsional rigidity
> > > > >
> > > > > Yesterday, I read this article on the new Thunderbird roadster.
>Lots
> > > > > of lavish praise about that car. In a way, it sort of looks like
>our
> > > > > Datsun roadsters. Then the article mentioned that the car had some
> > > > > handling problems with twisting and flexing on the road. And then
>it
> > > > > mentioned that the car design was based on another hardtop car,
>that
> > > > > they cut the roof off to make it a convertible roadster. One big
>plus
> > > > > about our Datsuns is our rigid frame.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fred - So.SF
> >
> >
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