[Roadsters] OT: Datsun brand returns - picture show of the past

[Tim]

"Do you suppose there's a trophy for worst cosmetic condition"......

At the MidOhio Vintage Grand Prix it is called "Diamond in the Rough". I 
got that award three years ago when three of us from the Dairyland 
Datsuns made the drive to Ohio.

tim


On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Walter.Peterson wrote:

> Hi Linda I do hope to see you at Solvang, along with everyone else who
> contribute to my daily read. It will be fun to see the Bickerson's & 
> the
> know-it-alls but more importantly, the nice folks who make the 
> Roadster Ring
> & comradely all worthwhile.
>
> BTW Do you suppose there's a trophy for worst cosmetic condition, but
> quickest slalom Roadster? Can't prove either, just wondering.
>
> :):)
>
> Walt Peterson
> Santa Barbara
> 20R Street Racer
> "Datsa 67"
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda Jordan [mailto:ljordan704 at netscape.net] Sent: Friday, 
> March 23, 2012 8:04 AM
> To: Walter.Peterson
> Cc: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] OT: Datsun brand returns - picture show of 
> the past
>
> Hi Walt!
> Nice commute drive, San Marcos pass.
> A little nerve wracking though if your brakes are marginal. Those 
> going to
> Solvang can drive it as it is a brief 20 min or so outside the town, 
> and
> also you can catch it coming from the 101.
>
> Linda
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Mar 23, 2012, at 7:54 AM, "Walter.Peterson" 
> <Walter.Peterson at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The value of my car just shot up! Now all I need is another paint 
>> job, an interior, a new front grill & new soft top and a garage to 
>> park it in.
>>
>> It's my daily driver down & up the "The Pass" Hwy 154 or the old, 
>> very twisty "San Marcos Road".
>> Getting new shoes next week, Falcon 615K 195/60R 14, desperately 
>> needed as both the front end & back end step out like I'm on marbles!
>> I'm glad to see that Andy still makes custom rear brake shoes as I 
>> need them too.
>>
>> Walt Peterson
>> Santa Barbara
>> 20R Street Racer
>> "Datsa 67"
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
>> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John F 
>> Sandhoff
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:38 AM
>> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Roadsters] OT: Datsun brand returns - picture show of the 
>> past
>>
>> CNN has an article today that features 7 Datsun pictures that you may 
>> find worth checking out. Was the French maid an option in '66? :-)
>>
>> <http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/business/nissan-datsun-resurrection/>
>>
>> -- John
>>     John F Sandhoff   sandhoff at csus.edu   Sacramento, CA
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