Mike-
Hey, I don't care how many toys a man plays with. He had just better
come home and show an equal amount of attention to me. Otherwise, I'm
trading up. Maybe a red one this time. As for the old part, just takes a
little longer to get the motor running.
Pamela Bauman
Future Roadster Owner
datsunmike wrote:
> Pam,
>
> I know someone who may trade his wife for a Spitfire GT6. His wife gives him
> so much crap about going out with me once every few months for a rally or
> car show that he's ready to dump her although he doesn't realize it yet. She
> doesn't realize a man needs his toys :)
>
> Men never grow up - just old :)
>
> Mike
>
> BTW, his GT6 is mint.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Bauman" <ntrlclr@earthlink.net>
> To: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
> Cc: <RoadsterGB@aol.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Rob Beddington's Car/Tinkering
>
>
>
>>Rob and Mike,
>>
>>I'm quoting an older British gentlemen I worked with back in the
>>mid-70's. I found him working under the bonnet one day at lunch.
>>Asking what was broken, he asked did I mind getting my hands dirty.
>>I received a lesson in the fine British art of Tinkering.
>>James stated that due to the British males love of Tinkering, so much
>>tinkering factor was built into each vehicle. That on a weekly basis,
>>one would poke their head under the bonnet, and see what would need
>>tightening. As to the poor performance, some designers feared too much
>>speed and power would cause too many to be injured.
>>
>>As we finished tinkering, one of our warehousemen came back from lunch.
>>VERY loudly came back from lunch with his 57 Chevy. James said he always
>>wanted American iron, BUT his wife found it unseemly and inappropriate.
>>I think he traded wife for a Corvette.
>>
>>Pamela Bauman
>>
>>datsunmike wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Rob,
>>>
>>>I have been subscribing to American car magazines since I had a full
>>>
> head of
>
>>>hair and for the most part they always pan American cars but I still buy
>>>
> the
>
>>>magazines. I guess the most telling line in the article is the
>>>
> pentultimate
>
>>>sentence when the author basically admitted that the poor performance
>>>
> and
>
>>>reliability of British cars caused their demise in the American market,
>>>especially after the 240 was released.
>>>
>>>FWIW, I always liked Brit cars and their look appealed to me - it still
>>>
> does,
>
>>>but their reliability and driveability leaves something to be desired.
>>>
> One of
>
>>>my favorite cars in the 60s was the TR4/250 and I recently had an
>>>
> opportunity
>
>>>to drive one, and it was cumbersome. Their looks belie the way they
>>>
> handle and
>
>>>accelerate.
>>>
>>>I looked at the review of the '95 MG RV8 and lo and behold it was an an
>>>
> exact
>
>>>copy of a 75 MGB with a few changes made. I guess that's the crux of the
>>>problem with the British car industry and one of the reasons it failed -
>>>
> the
>
>>>lack of money and desire to refine and develope new cars.
>>>
>>>I'm still going to buy a Spit or MGB in the not too distant future but
>>>
> I'll
>
>>>not rebuild it stock but then again my Roadster's not stock either.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: RoadsterGB@aol.com
>>> To: datsunmike@nyc.rr.com ; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 5:32 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Rob Beddington's Car
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Thanks Mike - the trouble with these guys is they're very afraid of
>>>alienating their readership - I guess they have more subscribers who own
>>>Sunbeam Alpines than those with Datsun Roadsters - with that in mind I
>>>
> thought
>
>>>it was a great article.
>>>
>>> Coincidentally I have today received the transparencies from C&SC -
>>>
> they
>
>>>include some nice angles not shown in the mag. I'll scan them at work
>>>
> early
>
>>>next week and add them to the site v.soon, along with some nice
>>>
> transparencies
>
>>>of the same car in a Practical Classics article around 5 years ago.
>>>
>>> There's been a little stink caused by one of the datsun Z photos in
>>>
> the same
>
>>>mag profiling Fourways, the well known Datsun Z/Aston Martin restorers.
>>>Apparently, the firm told Mick Walsh, the Editor in Chief of C&SC, that
>>>
> the Z
>
>>>was a genuine Fairlady Z432-R (the super rare twin cam racing version of
>>>
> the
>
>>>very rare Z432) and he quoted this in the mag. These are as rare as
>>>
> rocking
>
>>>horse poo in Japan, let alone anywhere else in the world. I'd previously
>>>
> heard
>
>>>that Fourways had a twin cam S-20 engine kicking around for some while,
>>>
> and
>
>>>the donor car, a bog standard Fairlady ZL 2.0, which they've had for
>>>
> even
>
>>>longer. Replica or fake, it's not quite what it said on the tin and it's
>>>
> upset
>
>>>the guy who is having it built. He's a great guy who would never dream
>>>
> of
>
>>>passing it off as the genuine article. Egg on face of probably the best
>>>
> known
>
>>>Z restorers in the UK.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>> The Fairlady Roadster Register
>>>
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