Thanks to all of you who have explained to me why roadsters aren't in the
magazine often. It's good to know, since other than that (and the fact that
all prices listed are in pounds), I feel I have stumbled across an
absolutely fantastic magazine. I was afraid that someone at the magazine
had a bone to pick about roadsters....
Taro
'67 1600 in Seattle, WA
>From: RoadsteRob@aol.com
>To: tkusunose@hotmail.com
>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Roadster (not) in the press
>Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:20:24 EDT
>
>Hi Taro and List
>
>Firstly Al Boettcher, who was featured in the Ottawa Citizen, is a member
>of
>the Ontario Z Car Club - He was featured on their website last month.
>
>Re your Practical Classics mag you will rarely find any reference to a
>roadster in England in the classic car press because they were never
>imported
>here. The few we have are personal imports. They don't list them in the
>price
>guide 'cos there are so few around. However in an edition of PC earlier
>this
>year there was a South African Roadster featured, and in the last edition
>there was a pic of a 1970 1600 in the clubs section.
>
>My 2000 was featured in a 7 page article a couple of years back.
>
>Finally, a quote from Mark Dixon in Popular Classics (November 1994):-
>
>"We should be grateful that Datsun didn't sell the Fairlady in Britain in
>the1960s, or we'd have a Datsun on the front of every other classic car
>magazine today"
>
>Enough said.
>
>Rob
>Nottingham
>England
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