David,
Your immediate problems do not sound too difficult. If you are not able to
find someone from the list to help you with repairs, I think Mike Kerr
operates Roadster Restoration in SF, and he is a true expert with all
aspects of repair and restoration of these cars. I'm sure there are several
other shops, as well, but I know of Mike.
Gary Ault
Chicago area
'66 1600/U20
'67-1/2 2000 Solex
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Conrad" <drc@virtualized.org>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:10 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] Advice requested...
> Hi,
>
> I've recently inherited a 1968 Datsun 1600 from my father who recently
> passed away (some of you may have interacted with him, he posted on this
> mailing list as konadave1@hawaii.rr.com). The car is in reasonably good
> shape, although it has suffered a bit because my dad's health prior to
> his death precluded him driving it for a couple of years. It is drivable
> but has a few known problems, e.g., the horn and windshield wipers don't
> work and both the front left and rear right brakes are sticking. As far
> as I can tell, aside from a few bubbles, there isn't a lot of rust (which
> is surprising given it is located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) and runs,
> albeit a bit rough. I took it to a garage in Kona, but they didn't have
> the expertise to do anything other than the inspection I needed to get
> the title changed and re-registered ("Carburetors? Haven't seen those in
> a while.").
>
> Due to time limitatinos as a result of my job and the lack of a garage
> (and frankly, a lack of talent working on cars), I am not in a good
> position to fix the various issues at this point in time. I live in the
> San Francisco bay area and I am thinking about shipping it to California
> from Hawaii, but don't really know where to start about getting it worked
> on. My dad always spoke highly of this list, so I'd appreciate any
> suggestions the assembled experts here might offer on what I should do
> with it.
>
> To be clear, I have no interest in selling the car. Ideally, I'd like to
> get it into mint condition to honor my dad, however I haven't the
> slightest idea how much something like that would cost...
>
> Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.
>
> Thanks,
> David R(andolph) Conrad
> '68 Datsun 1600
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