<It would be an interesting project to see if we could actually drive the
price up somehow???>
ya by having most put some other motor in there cars. :-)
Mike Kerr
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Tyler <jtyler29@idt.net>
To: 'datsun-roadsters@autox.Team.Net' <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>;
'jdg1' <jdg1@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 8:13 PM
Subject: RE: One Fine Day/insanity
>At the risk of stirring this list up a little:
>
>It was written:
>
>>>Well I'm a bit confused. I've been reading the multiple posts on engine
>>>transplants and confess I do not understand the need. (good point)
>
>>I'd say one the primary reasons for considering a swap is the cost of
>>keeping the U-20 running and the rapidly vanishing parts, at any price.
>>That's one big plus for the 510 types, with so many more cars built and
>>the large number of major components that are common with the Z-Car.
>
>Well actually, the vast majority of parts are still available for the U20.
>Stock cams have been OOP for over 10 years (solex cams are not)
>All Mikunis are pretty much NLA, (although most suppliers still have
>a set or two), but MOST U20 parts are readily available either new or
>used. There are lots of cores around as well, but good one's
>generally aren't cheap (there is alot of junk out there too!)
>
>As for price, yes some of the stuff is expensive, but lets get real here
>folks, the 2L was the ONLY Datsun (definitely in the US) that ever used the
U20.
>I don't recall the U being used in anything else at all. (it doesn't matter
anyway.)
>There are very few desireable limited production sports or collectors cars
with cheap parts.
>(Limited production is the key phrase)
>We are %^& lucky to be able to get virtually EVERYTHING needed to properly
>rebuild the U20. If you want parts for cheap, buy a VW Bug.
>
>A well built U20 is plenty of engine for this suspension, brakes and (lack
of) safety
>equipment, especially for street use!
>
>All this brings me to this evenings editorial.
>
>One of the really sad things about roadsters (and it affects us all) is
that
>for some reason, they just haven't ever (as of yet) become really VALUABLE
collectors
>cars. I would bet that 99% of the owners on this list have put MUCH more
into their car
>than they could ever hope to get out of it! God I wish I had collected
Awful Healy parts!
>
>Since this is for the most part reality, there are many schools of ng room
and it goes to the dyno tomorrow A.M. Do you think I can put the
lightweight rod bolts in on the dyno?????
>
>i. Insert your description here...
>
>Now that I have potentially insulted everyone ( I offended myself too.),
I'll
>pose a question:
>
>What (if anything) could we do as a collective roadster commune, united
only by roadster insanity
>(you see it comes in various forms of which I have only listed a few) to
improve the value and
>collectability of these cars?
>
>It would be an interesting project to see if we could actually drive the
price up somehow???
>(Hey, bigger things have been done by far less people!, sounds like a
marketing issue)
> Dreaming again-maybe....
>
>Jim Tyler
>
>(Hopelessly lost and insane in Atlanta, going out to the shop right now to
polish an
>O.E. turn lightbulb, where is my coffee?)
>
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