Well.....quite a few folks on the list have owned more than one roadster
over the years...... Even wonder what happened to your long, lost departed
first roadster???
I purchased my first roadster (a '70 1600) in Garden Grove, CA for $600 in
1991. The car had a newly rebuilt engine, but was as ugly as sin.
I figured it would be a really fun car and datsun parts would be easy as
anything to find!! Well....the entire summer of 1991 (College student -
almost three months) I spent every day (and every penny I had) refurbishing
the roadster.
At the end of the restoration......I realized I had just spent WAY TOO money
to redo the vehicle & decided to sell her. She sold within a week to an
Actor who had just finished filming the movie Child's Play 2 (you
know...Chucky!)
Well, after 11 years....she has popped up again!!!
http://www.recycler.com/asp/AdDetails.asp?sKW=datsun&bIP=0&bAnd=1&sAC=%27All%27&iAA=&optWtd=&optSrc=&curNP=&curXP=&iNYr=1969&iXYr=1969&bIP=0&cmdBtn=Find+It%21&iSC=5000&iID=11697&sBAC=818&bSQ=0
Spoke with the current owner.....though it was listed as a 1969, I'm quite
sure it is my old 1970 1600. As a "roadster novice", when I had the car
repainted in 1991, I was missing the side-marked lights...so I had them
filled in :( (see picture)
The current owner had bought the roadster at a tow auction. When I mentioned
to current owner that I thought it was my old car...he paused , then asked
"Are you an actor"?
I explained that I had sold the car to an Actor in 1991, but I was a bit
baffled....if he had bought it at an auction how did he know it was
previously owned by an actor? His answer was simple.....After purchasing the
car from auction...he found the POs head shots/acting credits on the back
shelf of the car!!
Well, the poor roadster looks pretty worn. Always hoped it had been living a
cushy garaged life...But, alas, it will again be someone else's future
roaster restoration project.....
Dan Zubkoff
San Mateo, CA
1966 SPl311
1966 CSP311 Silvia
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