Hello,
My advice is the complete opposite of Eddie. Just get it road worthy first,
then you can decide if you are happy with a little beater sports car or you
want it all shiny and new. Otherwise it could be 5 years from now that you get
it back together again and by that time your daughter will have discovered
boys and no longer be interested!
Seriously though my philosophy is fix, drive, fix, drive. Not the most
efficent way to do it but you get the rewards of driving as opposed to
"someday..." Unless all you really care about is fixing and don't really care
about driving all that much. Yes, that does happen.
And your daughter is lucky to have a Dad to teach her mechanical stuff. My Dad
did some of that too.
Have fun.
Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: Marty Escarcega <escarcega@cox.net>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:54 pm
Subject: [Roadsters] Intro
Hi everyone. Just a brief intro. My daughter and I are now the owner's of a
1967 Datsun 1600 in what I would call fair condition. Engine runs, has some
valve train noise, no smoke, transmission shifts smoothly. My daughter
actually saw it at a recycle yard in Northern Arizona (Overgaard) and we
decided to stop in. We thought what a neat little car. We talked about it
and she (about to turn 13 BTW) committed to helping getting the car
roadworthy.
I put some pictures up on our picasa web album.
http://picasaweb.google.com/marty.escarcega/1967Datsun1600SP311Roadster#
Hopefully it will be a nice father daughter project. All the rubber needs
replacing, the only major body work seems to be in the tail light areas of
the car. We have the tail light chrome rings, the lenses and sockets need
replacing. I see on eBay they are pretty expensive to replace.
We are going to work on mechanicals, check brakes, cooling system, valve
train etc. to try and make it a reliable road worthy car. Any advice
appreciated. We'd like to see a similar Roadster in person especially if you
have restored the car. Ron Hamilton who doesn't live far from me suggested
we join this list, we found 311s.org as well. Ron should be a good resource
as tells me he has owned quite a few of these neat little cars.
I live in East Mesa, AZ. The car is currently up North in Overgaard AZ. I
will be trailering it down soon.
Thanks
Marty Escarcega
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