See! I KNEW that they were sending the Canadians all of the good stuff! Oh
well, living
here in California where we never have to put the top up, leather would be sooo
hard to
take care of, what with all of that sunshine drying it out and all... 8^ )
Gary in (not too sunny today) San Jose, CA
"Dziuba, Larry" wrote:
> Good Morning Gary, Actually mine came w/ a Nissan factory optioned polar
> bear fur lined set of seats w/ white weasel covered head rests. The tires
> were also lined w/ porcupine quills for better traction in winter
> conditions. Larry in Calgary.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
> [mailto:svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 9:20 AM
> To: sidney raper
> Cc: datsunroadsters@egroups.com; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Roadster in the press (Hello, pmiller!! Actual Roadster
> content here!)
>
> Late getting to this subject, I know, but my company's "stoopid" proxy
> servers have been
> hosed on and off for a couple of days and I couldn't follow the link.
>
> Anyway - did anyone else notice some of the inconsistencies in this article?
> For example:
>
> " "Only 200 with the Solex option were imported a year and only to Canada
> and Australia,"
> reports Mr. Boettcher."
>
> Maybe I'm all wet, but weren't the Solex cars imported into/available in the
> good ol' US
> of A, also?
>
> and...
>
> "I'm keeping the interior original," he says with a smile, "I prefer leather
> to vinyl,
> even if it's worn."
>
> What, were you Canucks getting an interior option that wasn't available
> south of the
> border (or the equator), or was the original owner of my '70 2000 a
> cheapskate who didn't
> shell out for the leather interior option?
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
>
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>
> sidney raper wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > Does anyone know this guy?
> >
> > http://www.ottawacitizen.com/wheels/autobiography/991008/2967296.html
> >
> > Sid
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