Gordon is absolutely right - keep bringing those roadsters, no matter what
condition or shape they're in.
My first roadster show a couple years ago at Solvang, I brought my '70 1600
junker primer car (3 shades of primer), no carpeting or side panels, and a
dirty engine bay, chrome on one side only. I parked it at the end of the
row of cars because I felt humbled by what I saw. But I was extremely happy
to be there. And got a lot of good advice and ideas on fixing my car up
(like getting carpets). It got hung up at the painters so I went to Shasta
without a roadster, but was able to bring it the following year, this time
with a paint job and interior. The experience was the same - being among
others who enjoy Datsun roadsters and swapping stories.
BTW, our cars were close together at Solvang and Shasta but we didn't get
the chance to chat. Maybe at Doheny?
Fred "katman"
BADROC
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> Subject: Re: Shasta- A humbling experience
> Author: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
> Date: 7/12/2000 1:45 PM
>
> No, no, Andrew. The point is, you and your car were there. And you
> got to see a lot of roadsters and meet a lot of people (even though
> we never met up). That's what it's really about. Heck, I didn't even
> have my car there (except on the back of my shirt).
>
> Sure, it's intimidating to see some of those cars. Did you see Herb
> Petty's yellow 1600 with the KA24 motor? Talk about perfection! Herb
> does incredible work. Of course, he's a retired tool and die maker,
> so attention to detail is in his DNA. And the quality of the cars
> has come up tremendously in the last several years. No matter how
> good it looks in the pictures, mine isn't as nice as a lot of the
> cars that were there.
>
> But by all means, keep bringing your car. That way, people will be
> able to say, "Man, he's really done some good work on this car. I
> remember what it used to look like back in 2000, and it just keeps
> getting better every year." I mean it, it's great to see how cars
> progress and evolve over the years. But if you keep it hidden and
> only bring it out when it's done, we miss all that. Besides, we'd
> still like to see 100 cars at Shasta. And I'd rather see 100
> roadsters of all kinds and levels of completion than 50
> show-quality-only cars.
>
> Andrew Murphy wrote:
>
>> For my own self, I felt that if there was a "worst of show", I
> would have > won. My no paint job , no interior, no customization
> car looked poor out > there. Think I will not show it again until I
> get it painted.
>
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> Gordon Glasgow
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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