In furtherance of Fred's comments about old Chevies and other American
cars -
I went to a car show yesterday just to put some miles on my engine and for
the smile factor. Welllll, I pulled into the show parking lot and some guy
in an ugly green mid 60s Valiant yells at me "Get that Fu*kin rice burner
outta here!" NYers are sometimes so nice :)
Well I yelled back at him "If it weren't for the Japs we'd still be driving
shitty cars like yours."
He musta seen Pearl Harbor over the weekend.
Compared to his car mine looks like a "Pebble Beach" car.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; "Ben Zech" <motormite@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:34 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Choices...
> On 6/4/2001 "Ben Zech" <motormite@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Sell it!!!!!! while you still have your sanity and money in the bank
> >BZ
>
> Mostly money! The insanity applies to any manufacturer you go with. Other
> old cars have as many problems (if not more) than Datsuns. One reason I
> enjoyed working on Chevy's when young, is that you can find the parts
> anywhere (and cheap). But the damn old Chevy's had their share of
problems.
> Likewise with most other makes. (On the other hand, new cars cost a
fortune
> for maintenance, more than you'll spend on a roadster.)
>
> Datsun roadsters aren't for the faint of heart, because of the
> parts-availability/money issue. But I'm not going back to Chevy's. Because
> Datsun roadsters are far more unique, feel better and turn heads where
ever
> you go. And once you nail down the basics they can be very dependable
> (multiple thousand-mile trips confirm that). Work on the mechanicals until
> it's right, then do the cosmetics and turn those heads!
>
> Fred - So.SF
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