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Re: nothing is unique in Datsunland

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: nothing is unique in Datsunland
From: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:50:05 -0700
"Deja roadster."

If it happens twice, it's "Deja nother roadster!"

Geegc@aol.com wrote:

> After seeing the fine pix from Shasta and visiting the Solvang gathering for
> the second time, I am amazed that there is almost nothing that one can do to
> a Datsun that someone hasn't done already, or will do soon thereafter,
> without copying.
>
> For an extreme example, in the late 1969 I parked at a naval yard in the SF
> Bay Area in my 1966 which by then was painted burgundy with a flat black hood
> and a wood veneer dash.  Weirdly, parked in the same lot was another low
> windshield, burgundy, flat black hood with wood veneer dash Datsun 1600 in a
> bit rougher shape.  Never saw it again.
>
> More recently, some of you have seen my now red car with a beige interior and
> red painted dash.  At Solvang 1999 I saw my first ever (other than mine)
> beige interior (beautifully done), and at Shasta this year I just saw a pix
> of another 1966 with a red painted dash.
>
> There must be a french expression for this.

--
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org



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