Are they still available??
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>From: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
>Reply-To: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
>To: <RoadsteRob@aol.com>, <conrad1@gte.net>, <noji@snowman.med.umn.edu>
>CC: <mitch@ias.net>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: how many are left?
>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:22:20 -0400
>
> So, if he only sold a few copies, do you think they will go up in value,
>like Rallye catalogs did?
>
> I got one for Christmas a couple of years back and I still refer to it
>from time to time. Some one(BADROC ? ) started an online registry, but it
>never got too far either. Too bad.
>
>Paul
>OROC
>-----Original Message-----
>From: RoadsteRob@aol.com <RoadsteRob@aol.com>
>To: conrad1@gte.net <conrad1@gte.net>; noji@snowman.med.umn.edu
><noji@snowman.med.umn.edu>
>Cc: mitch@ias.net <mitch@ias.net>; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:19 PM
>Subject: Re: how many are left?
>
>
> >In a message dated 7/26/00 7:35:08 AM GMT Daylight Time, conrad1@gte.net
> >writes:
> >
> ><< Dana, Mitch:
> >
> > This last March,"Paul <9laser3@bright.net>", and David A. Fox were
> >discussing the
> > matter of a "National Registry".
> >
> > At that time, I brought up to the list the matter of Mike Bell ("The
>Registry
> > Guy"), and his Datsun Roadster Registry, and questioned "whatever
>happened
> > to...?" I made a limited effort myself to follow up on the question,
>but
> > encountered nothing but "dead ends".
> >
> > Mike was so active on the list in 1996-1997, published his registry, and
>then
> > seemingly disappeared. He did do a very nice job on it, and I refer to
>it
> >from
> > time to time.
> >
> > The total he was able to compile was 1219 of SP/SPL-310, SP/SPL-311,
> >SR/SRL-311
> > in a total of 5 countries (3 being ascribed to "other" than the major
>five--
> >one
> > each in Portugal, S. Africa, & Thailand). He lists a total of 9 for
> >England--3
> > to Rob Beddington. 338 for Australia, but only 23 names for Canada. 99
>For
> >CA,
> > BTW.
> >
> > He really did do a fine job on the registry, just sorry that it did not
> >continue
> > as he obviously intended. Wonder what happened...
> >
> > Dave
> > '68 1600
> > Kailua-Kona
> > >>
> >
> >Mike really did a great job and if the project had continued we may be a
>lot
> >further down the road to knowing numbers - I helped Mike piece together
>the
> >European cars and a few African cars and Phill Brook did a fantastic job
>in
> >getting Australian and Japanese numbers together. I had thought about
>taking
> >the job on from where Mike left off. However the job of tracking
> >ownership/wrecks/newly restored cars is a mammoth task. I guess Mike got
> >downhearted when, after all the effort he put in, he only sold a few
>copies
> >of the Registry. Shame.
> >
> >Rob
> >
>
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