My first was a '69 2000 purchased in '72. I told my Dad that I had found a
Datsun that I would like to purchase. He agreed to co-sign the loan. When
he saw the car he nearly pee'ed down both legs. Hey, I didn't say WHICH
Datsun! It was sold shortly afterward when I went in the Army. The guy I
sold it to promptly got drunk and totaled it! While stationed in New Jersey
a year later I purchased the '70 2000 that I still have today.
Best regards,
Fred Schroeder
'70 2000
SRL311-13359
TDROC
Home page http://home.texoma.net/~sitsinwest/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Zubkoff" <datsun65@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:11 PM
Subject: Do you remember your first Datsun Roadster
> 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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