All vintage cars are more or less expensive to maintain. A good new crate
engine, 289 or 302 (not one from a discount auto store) for a Sunbeam will
cost a lot of money, too!. Then you need to do something about heads and
exhaust. Triumphs and MG's aren't cheap either and they won't give any where
near the performance of a good 2 liter or a 1.6. I've owned and raced many
of the English cars.
A well maintained 2 liter engine will run a long time. Run synthetic oils,
change the timing chains at regular intervals. Don't overheat it. Not a
bullet proof engine but does give you a kick in the pants when properly
tuned. Same with the 1.6.
Bob Davis
67.5 2L Roadster
Vintage Racer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@attbi.com>
To: "Karl Shepard" <karls@structured.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Scared off of the car - I am not going to get it
> Where can you get the timing set for $600??? Enquiring minds want to
know,
> and I don't even have a U20! Don't compare your newer car to a Datsun
> Roadster. It's not about ultimate performance; at the Auto-X at Shasta
the
> 510's whomp on the Roadsters for the most part, due to all kinds of things
> - IRS, wider rear track, and I'm just guessing here 'cause I don't race.
>
> Sunbeam Tigers have parts readily available? Well maybe, since they've
got
> a Ford engine, right? But what about all the other parts that make it a
> Sunbeam instead of a Falcon? Speaking of which, if you want a 4-door '64
> Falcon, I can help you with that... And you can't buy a nice Tiger for
> $2300 or thereabouts, can you?
>
> It's not an incredibly expensive car if you want a driver. Overall they
> are very reliable vehicles.
>
>
>
> At 08:37 AM 8/2/2002 -0700, Karl Shepard wrote:
> >All, I have decided not to buy the 1970 Datsun 2000. After surfing the
> >net yesterday, I discovered that to maintain this car it would take a
> >boatload of money. What I wanted to do was race it as an historic. I
> >can just see me getting this car completely race ready and then losing
> >the nerve to race a very expensively rebuilt car. I called my
> >father-in-law's grandson last night and left a message to decline the
> >car. The rebuild of everything on the car is just too much money. $250
> >for calipers, more than $600 for the timing chains, NLA on many parts, -
> >this would be a nightmare. Breaking at the track would not be any fun
> >at all. The owner was offered $2300 for it and I am going to tell him
> >to take it.
> >
> >My 1988 supercharged MR2 by contrast is far cheaper, parts are readily
> >available, and there are performance parts available for it. And the
> >car is extensively modified. It is not however an historic, nor I am
> >willing to tear out an almost flawless interior to make it raceable. It
> >would not be competitve in any class that SCCA would put it in anyway.
> >So I will continue to hot lap the 2 on car club days at PIR and just
> >have fun.
> >
> >I think I am going to look into Sunbeam Tiger or some other car that has
> >parts readily available and can be built up less expensively. I really
> >do want to race some car next year and historics look like a lot of fun.
> >
> >I will hang out on the list for a bit and then unsubscribe. From what I
> >have seen in my brief time here I am quite sure that your group would be
> >helpful and fun. Unfortunately, I cannot justify owning such an
> >incredibly expensive car to rebuild and maintain.
> >
> >Karl Shepard
> >
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