"they certainly looked more reliable"
The girls or the cars??????
Except for my latest engine mishap and the fact that after 105,000 miles the
synchros died, I never had problems with my Roadster in the 40K plus miles I
put on it. Oh yes, some niggling problems, but none that left me stranded.
But I did do an entire restoration after buying the car in '79.
But then again I never had problems with my Miata either and if it's above
60 or so my top is always down :)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
To: "Autox (E-mail)" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 3:03 AM
Subject: RE: National Old Car Scrapping Program
> I wore my geezer hat today while driving my geezer car--I mean
> roadster--over to pick up a new battery for Ryan Bird's 67. Passed a
couple
> of chicks in their Miatas with tops and windows up. I suspect the climate
> control was set to 'non-threatening' as well. The Miata drivers didn't
> appear to be having as much fun as Ryan and me, roofless and shirt-sleeved
> in late December, but they certainly looked more reliable.
>
> Paul Bauman
> Westminster, CA
> 67 1600
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Terry and
> Donna Cost
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:36 PM
> To: Datsun Roadsters
> Subject: National Old Car Scrapping Program
>
>
> I saw a picture a while back of a scrap yard in, I think it was Montana.
It
> was two acres of Model T's packed solidly ten feet deep. It was actually
a
> before and after shot, because the second shot was of an empty lot. (Same
> lot) Compared to a Model A, the T was not a very good car, and when people
> stopped driving them and demand for parts fell off, the lot full of T's
was
> worth more as scrap metal. I think Model T's are fairly expensive today,
> but they are not very good daily drivers. Our roadsters are headed down t
he
> same path. Compared to a 1991 Miata, they aren't as good a daily driver,
> especially in Texas in the summer or Maine in the winter, and the Miata is
> probably cheaper. A few old geezers still own and drive T's, and in a few
> years a few old geezers will own and drive the last of the roadsters. The
> government program will not mean the end of the roadster, but it will get
> bad cars off the road. If you want to own and drive a really bad, really
> old car, buy an Edsel, and collect roadsters for display. Don't forget to
> buy your geezer hat.
>
> Leisure Suit Terry
>
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