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Re: "Who's Who" Thread

To: Mitch Planck <mitch@ias.net>
Subject: Re: "Who's Who" Thread
From: "David R. Conrad" <conrad1@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:16:19 -1000
Mitch:

Thank You!

Great job!!  I'm going to go back and spend some time with what you've done.

(Those others of "The List", please ignore my "afterthought "p.s." )

Dave
'68 1600
Kailua-Kona

Mitch Planck wrote:

> I've got the who's who on my website at
> http://www.brooks-planck.org/DatsunDiaries/Whoswho/. If anyone would like to
> be added, please send me a short bio and I'll put it up. I've also added a
> couple articles in the Tech Stuff section recently
> (http://www.brooks-planck.org/DatsunDiaries/tech_stuff.html) - the
> Suspension and the Chassis Design pdfs.
>
> I was at the library last Saturday and had a little time to kill so I went
> browsing in the reference section. I came across a large section of auto
> service manuals and there were a couple that went back to the 60's. I
> checked them out and there is info on transmission, rear axle, the U20
> engine, and a few other things that escape my mind right now. I plan on
> making copies in the next few weeks and scanning those and putting them on
> the website as well. I also plan on periodically adding sections from the
> Motor Trends books that I've already got some parts up from - it's a pain
> with the format that they are in. Funny thing - I sometimes (the spell
> checker really) find typos in the book.
>
> -Mitch
> Chelsea, MI
> '69 1600
> '70 1600
>
> Progress is very slow on my work on these projects - I'm spending most of my
> time fixing up the house and just being with the family, both of which I
> enjoy as well. Maybe next year I'll get something of note done...
>
> > List:
> >
> > A while back, someone initiated an effort to put some perspective
> > about the persons we converse with on the Roadster List, and a
> > "Who's Who thread resulted.   I think that it was within the last
> > year, but I may be wrong, with the way I am finding, more and
> > more, "time flies", as I'm getting older ;-).
> >
> > Quite a few people responded, and I found the responses quite
> > interesting; in fact, I made up a "folder" containing those
> > replies.
> >
> > Someone went  further and made up a geographical representation
> > of the responses, and someone (else?) did an age distribution of
> > Datsun enthusiasts, as well.
> >
> > I found it all quite interesting, and all that I had saved was
> > lost in the crash.  (I don't even know what I put in my own
> > "bio.").
> >
> > I'm interested if anyone on the List who did the summary type
> > examinations, still has them, and, if so, if they could forward
> > them to me.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
> > '68 1600
> > Kailua-Kona

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