Sid,
You bring out a really good point. Why destroy a perfectly good Roadster
when there are many around that already have one "wheel" in the grave.
Those are perfect for anyone wanting to modify them. I've seen them sold
quite inexpensively.
Talking about trailer queens. Have your seen the air pressured "bubble"
type car cover? How does it work? Do you drive your car into it, zip it
up, and use the exhaust from the vaccum cleaner? :-)
Edgar Gonzalez
San Diego, CA
http://www.spl212.com
69 SPL311
60 SPL212
----- Original Message -----
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: Sid's Diatribe on Originality (kind of long and full of opinions)
> I was going to keep my trap shut, but the time has come for me to chime
in.
> I like stock restorations, but I do not care for trailer queens. Cars
were
> meant to be driven, not to become works of art that only come out for fair
> weather to be shown and then put back into a hermetically sealed garage
away
> from all until the next show. This means that I don't have a problem with
> some mods to enhance reliability. I also like period accessories. For
> example, bullet Talbot style mirrors were all the rage in the 60s. They
> look right on a Roadster. Vitalonis were available in the 70s - 80s and
> look stupid on a Roadster (imho). The stock mirrors look best though.
>
> All that having been said, I would rather see a modified roadster on the
> road than in the junkyard. But please don't sacrifice a clean original
for
> a custom since there are SOOO many project cars out there. If the car had
> previous mods (like Gordon's car), or is missing a substantial amount of
> parts (like the one that Phil is making into a custom), it is better that
> they are saved and made roadworthy than to have them become another
> Campbells soup can. It bothers me when someone finds an unmolested 30k
mile
> original and begins cutting it up for a custom. Sure, one that is clean
is
> easier to work on, but how many of us have seen (especially on the east
> coast) an unmolested, unrestored, low mileage, mint original roadster?
They
> are rare because they were viewed as disposable cars and were treated as
> such.
>
> Keep the clean cars original, and modify the ones that need help. That
way,
> everyone has a Roadster to fill the bill!
>
> Sid
>
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