It sounds to me like maybe they installed the cam , or the distributor
wrong. Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: TNTFajette@aol.com <TNTFajette@aol.com>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: ads seen today
>In a message dated 2/21/2001 11:45:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com writes:
>
>Hello all...I owned a '66 1600 from 1977-1979....It was red with one of the
>"fastback" hardtops....I wished then and now that I had never sold
>it!.....I'm getting back into "Datsun-ism" now and I need some advice.
>
>I called one of the ads Fergus had sent and it "sounds" like a good
>deal....Here's what the guy told me:
>
>69 1600 w/hardtop
>stored indoors since '88
>new paint and hoses
>dual carbs "overhauled"
>engine overhauled: "oversize" pistons installed (block bored out?)
>
>One thing that he said that concerned me was that after the overhaul, it
>would not do over 45 mph....what would cause this? (high compression, carbs
>malfunctioning?)...I plan to do a frame up resto...so if its something that
>can be diagnosed and fixed its OK.
>
>I'm taking my magnets with me to look for bondo and rust....what else would
>you all suggest to look for?
>
>Tracy & Terri Fajette
>Fontana, CA
>
>datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
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