The lightweights are a good rumor though. Kinda like searching for the Holy
Grail!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <SRL311guy@aol.com>
To: <Jsk977@aol.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: Factory lightweights and Roadster frames
> In a message dated 8/3/01 7:09:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Jsk977@aol.com
> writes:
>
>
> > ...contrary to some old postings, I don't remember Bob Sharp ever having
a
> > factory lightweight. To the best of my recollection his roadsters
started
> > life as street cars(some salt damaged) with the exception of one
"factory
> > prepared race car".
>
> To support that...in doing research for my *Sharp Salty* Bob told me that
the
> only high screen racecars they ever made or ran were the 5 salt damaged
cars,
> and he doubted the existence of the lightweights--since neither he nor
Brock
> were ever offered one :-) The 2nd owner, Bill Kattmann said that before
the
> car's 3rd appearance at the runoffs they did some lightening
> though...including among other things, removing many pounds of
undercoating.
>
> Craig Carter
> 1970 SRL311-14100 "DAT2000"
> 1968 SRL311-04627 racecar
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