Or fix, drive, improve, drive, improve, etc. You get the idea, Marty.
And Linda's so right about the influence of great Dads.
- Bob Mann, '68 2000 Solex
ljordan704@netscape.net wrote:
> 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
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> -----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.
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> I live in East Mesa, AZ. The car is currently up North in Overgaard AZ. I
> will be trailering it down soon.
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> Thanks
>
> Marty Escarcega
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