Gary and all,
That picture of the battery brought back memories for me. Back in the late
70's I raced a SCCA 510 and a good friend of mine raced 2L (that I got to
race a few times myself - WOW) that had come from Jack's stable. It had the
same type of very small and under powered battery. Yes the point was to get
some weight out, most importantly off the front end as the roadsters can
understeer as has been talked about at length here. There was a rule early
on that required the battery to remain in the stock location. When that rule
changed we put a larger battery in the trunk. This gave better re-start
assurance (the owner had a habit of spinning a stalling every few races....
Sorry Steve... ) and improved the balance of the car.
On another note I spent a few minutes talking with Jack just a few weeks
ago. My father was a fellow Datsun dealer and I wanted to let Jack know that
he (my dad) had passed away a few months ago. The subject quickly turned to
racing... and to make a long story short.. I would not be a bit surprised to
see Jack in a historic race if he finds the right 2L sometime in the future.
Gregg Robinson
McMinnville OR
'70 1600
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From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Gary
McCormick
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 07:30 AM
To: Gordon Glasgow
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 1969 ARRC winner Jack Scoville - web update
Something else that caught my attention in the Frank Monise photo was the
half-size
battery in the engine compartment. I'm guessing that a unit like this is
used for weight
and packaging considerations, right? I don't suppose a battery that small
would be
practical for daily driver use, would it?
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
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Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> 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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