Rob, fantastic stuff on Jack! I love that picture of him and Morton at Laguna.
That shot and the one of him alone in #4 also show the very rare American
Racing LeMans wheels. I used to have a set of these. Magnesium, not aluminum.
14x6 wheel was only 9.5 lbs. Man, do they look good on a roadster.
Unfortunately, mine were actually for a Z-car and had zero offset, so they
never worked quite right.
Other pieces of trivia:
You may have heard about the cowl drain that causes the front fender to rot
out just ahead of the door post. Take a look at
http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/FrankMonise.htm and you can see it clearly. The
front tire throws dirt back into that area and the cowl drain keeps it wet.
When you see rust bubbles in a vertical line down the fender, that's where it
comes from.
And that lump inside the cowl on the passenger side is the shroud over the
heater air inlet. It keeps rain from blowing straight into the heater box.
RoadsteRob@aol.com wrote:
> Hi there
>
> FAIRLADY ROADSTER WEBSITE UPDATE
> JACK SCOVILLE, 1969 ARRC CHAMPION, D PRODUCTION
>
> Latest page on the CFRR website features a gallery of rare Datsun Roadster
> racing photos from Jack's personal collection plus a super interview with
> Jack, conducted especially for the CFRR pages. The interview includes many
> reminiscences from Jack's Datsun racing years. Interview topics include
> 'Tricks and Modifications', Jack's Roadsters (SRL-00004 & Jack's factory
> lightweight), the 1969 ARRC etc etc..
>
> URL through http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/usindex.htm
>
> Historic Datsun Roadster fans enjoy!
>
> Rob Beddington
> <A HREF="http://www.datsun.org/fairlady/intro.htm";>The Classic Fairlady
> Roadster Register</A>
>
> (Many thanks to Jack Scoville himself and Michael Spreadbury, for his time
> and enthusiasm and for interviewing Jack on behalf of the Register)
--
Gordon Glasgow
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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