Congrats John!! Way to go!! Glad to hear from ya! Good picture!
Now that I'm running on 4 cyls again, Mt.Evans sounds like a cool ride, we
should do it! :)
thanks for the update on this Saturday's ride David. I can't seem to get into
www.ibarter.com right at the moment(!!), but will update the start time when
i can.
Anybody going to the autocross Sunday in colorado springs?
dan.
--- David Friedman <itsdavidf@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey John,
>
> Not sure if you received my last message but the trip on the 29th is still
> on. I,m not sure how many people will show up but I'll be there in my
> yellow 2000. The plan is to meet at the Broomfield park-n-ride(SE corner
> of
> hwy 36 and wadsworth) at 9:30 with a departure time of 10:00
>
> David Friedman
>
>
> >From: John Notar <johntoney@rmi.net>
> >To: Geoff Rainville <grainville@ecrix.com>
> >CC: BARTERDUDE@aol.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net, "'Tom &
> >Melissa Nash'" <mltjnash@earthlink.net>, EFromm@aol.com, "'Gary
> >Boone'" <gboone@sisna.com>, "'Eric Frisbee'" <efris@home.com>,
> "Greg
> >Wolff'" <greg_wolff@yahoo.com>, Addhulse@aol.com, JAH09@aol.com,
> >"'Jack Davis'" <jrd.boulder@att.net>, Flash11434@aol.com,
> >MMccaf8697@aol.com, "'Mickey Frisbee'" <mfris@home.com>, "'Mike
> >Koken'" <james.m.koken@gte.net>, "'Mike Mercer'"
> ><MikeM@mwewater.com>, "'Orin Kettering'"
> <odaakettering@cnetco.com>,
> >Arktrol@aol.com, "'Tice,Bob'" <Bobcattice@mgram.com>,
> >TVHolland@aol.com, "'Clayton Allmon'" <allmon@uswest.net>,
> >"'Chance Guerin'" <cgeurin@divide.net>, Mojalawn1@cs.com, "'David
> >Friedman'" <itsdavidf@hotmail.com>, "'Joel Abrian'"
> ><jabrian@hotmail.com>, "Dan Neff@home" <neffster189@yahoo.com>,
>
> > Joe Wolf <runemaker44@home.com>, CRTDCSPRNG@aol.com, Al
> Baldocchi
> ><asb@attglobal.net>, Donald Swenson <DASRacing@webtv.net>,
> >Gcheers2u@aol.com, Burrell Graves <bag@bewellnet.com>, Rob Gardner
> ><rdg@fc.hp.com>, johntoney@rmi.net
> >Subject: Re: Meeting at the Top of the World
> >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:03:55 -0600
> >
> >Hi Gang:
> >
> >This is my first message to the WyCROC group. It sounds like it was a
> >great
> >ride over Trail Ridge Road. I would have gone, but I was out of town.
> >Anyway,
> >sorry to break the news but, back on or about June 24, 1997, I & 3 other
> >members
> >of the Texas Datsun Roadster Owner's Club (TDROC) (which I was a member of
>
> >then,
> >but still in Thornton CO) drove to the top of Mt. Evans, which is about
> >14,200
> >ft. I have attached a pic of us at Summit Lake which is about 11,000 ft,
> >mine
> >is the red 2000 at the end. It was written up in the TDROC Datsun
> Roadster
> >Link, probably Vol 7 Number 3. Naturally as organized as I am, I can't
> find
> >that
> >edition or the other pics I took at the top. If interested you could
> >contact
> >Prez Mike Adams at mikeadam@wcnet.net for the article. 4 of them drove
> from
> >the
> >Houston area to Albuquerque NM to Durango to Silverthorn (where I linked
> >up).
> >Anyway, whose to say that WyCROC can't get 5 Roadsters to the top of the
> >highest
> >paved road in North America? Count me in if anyone wants to try before
> the
> >snow
> >flies.
> >Is the ride to Netherland (Peak to Peak Highway) on 7/29 on or off? I
> >think I
> >can make this one.
> >thanks
> >John Notar
> >
> >
> >
> >Geoff Rainville wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for a great trip folks!
> > >
> > > I'm the 1600 who had to turn around ... I guess that gives us a chance
> >to
> > > set a new world record some other time. Sorry about that.
> > >
> > > It was fun to see the other cars, and I must now suffer through knowing
>
> >just
> > > how much work I have ahead of me to get my car in the same shape. It
> was
> > > nice meeting you all.
> > >
> > > --Geoff Rainville
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: BARTERDUDE@aol.com [mailto:BARTERDUDE@aol.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 11:20 AM
> > > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > Cc: 'Tom & Melissa Nash'; EFromm@aol.com; 'Gary Boone'; 'Eric Frisbee';
> > > BARTERDUDE@aol.com; Greg Wolff'; Addhulse@aol.com; JAH09@aol.com; 'Jack
> > > Davis'; Flash11434@aol.com; MMccaf8697@aol.com; 'Mickey Frisbee'; 'Mike
> > > Koken'; 'Mike Mercer'; 'Orin Kettering'; Arktrol@aol.com; 'Tice,Bob';
> > > TVHolland@aol.com; 'Clayton Allmon'; 'Chance Guerin'; Mojalawn1@cs.com;
> > > 'David Friedman'; 'Joel Abrian'; Dan Neff@home; Joe Wolf;
> > > CRTDCSPRNG@aol.com; Al Baldocchi; Donald Swenson; John Notar;
> > > Gcheers2u@aol.com; Burrell Graves; Rob Gardner; Geoff Rainville
> > > Subject: Meeting at the Top of the World
> > >
> > > HI Gang -
> > >
> > > Well, we did it. We set a Datsun Club WORLD RECORD. 6 Roadsters meet
> >at
> > > the
> > > top of the world, or at least the highest spot any Datsun club has
> every
> > > meet
> > > at the summit of Trail Ridge Road in Estes Park, Colorado. We were
> >nearly 2
> > > 1/2 miles high. So we can say
> > >
> > > WyCROC knows how to fly, at over 2 miles high. (and we were still on
> >land)
> > >
> > > We had 4 2000's, a 1600, and yes folks, even the old man of the group,
> >the
> > > '63 1500 Single Carb made the climb to the top. We did have another
> >1600
> > > that made it virtually to the top, but job duty's had him turn around
> >just
> > > before hitting way above the tundra. We did have short stretches we
> >could
> > > really work to straighten out those hair pin curves, but most of the
> >time,
> > > the big beasts were in front lumbering along at just over YAWN miles an
> > > hour.
> > >
> > > Pictures and info will be forth coming on the NEW WyCROC website at:
> > >
> > > www.WyCROC.org
> > >
> > > Gary Lasater
> > > WyCROC
> > > '63 Single Carb 1500 (Gramps of the Group) - SPL310-00289B
> > > '70 1600 - SPL311-28169 (one of the last of the group)
> > > Parker CO 80134
> ><< MtEvans.jpg >>
>
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