It just goes to show, a convertible should be designed from the get-go as a
convertible. As for the Honda and Miata, having another 20 or 30 years of
structure technology development to work with helps too!
Gary McCormick
'70 2000 (Hangar Queen)
San Jose, CA
datsunmike wrote:
> Fred,
>
> Make that semi-rigid. Compared to my Miata and a Honda S2000 the Roadsters
> are flexiflyers.
>
> The Roadster is still better than the Tbird, as that car is a boulevard
> cruiser. Every article I read mentions the same problem regarding the
> handling, or more precisely the lack of it. Typical American car.
>
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>
> To: <SLBESQ@aol.com>
> Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 6:13 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: The Winner
>
> > On 8/24/2001 SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >In a message dated 08/23/2001 1:49:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > >svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com writes:
> > >
> > >> The part I love is " ...the frame is made from two rugged steel
> > >pipes... " > Colin Chapman,
> > >>
> > >
> > >note the strut tower brace for added torsional rigidity
> >
> > Yesterday, I read this article on the new Thunderbird roadster. Lots
> > of lavish praise about that car. In a way, it sort of looks like our
> > Datsun roadsters. Then the article mentioned that the car had some
> > handling problems with twisting and flexing on the road. And then it
> > mentioned that the car design was based on another hardtop car, that
> > they cut the roof off to make it a convertible roadster. One big plus
> > about our Datsuns is our rigid frame.
> >
> > Fred - So.SF
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