Where can you get the timing set for $600??? Enquiring minds want to know,
and I don't even have a U20! Don't compare your newer car to a Datsun
Roadster. It's not about ultimate performance; at the Auto-X at Shasta the
510's whomp on the Roadsters for the most part, due to all kinds of things
- IRS, wider rear track, and I'm just guessing here 'cause I don't race.
Sunbeam Tigers have parts readily available? Well maybe, since they've got
a Ford engine, right? But what about all the other parts that make it a
Sunbeam instead of a Falcon? Speaking of which, if you want a 4-door '64
Falcon, I can help you with that... And you can't buy a nice Tiger for
$2300 or thereabouts, can you?
It's not an incredibly expensive car if you want a driver. Overall they
are very reliable vehicles.
At 08:37 AM 8/2/2002 -0700, Karl Shepard wrote:
>All, I have decided not to buy the 1970 Datsun 2000. After surfing the
>net yesterday, I discovered that to maintain this car it would take a
>boatload of money. What I wanted to do was race it as an historic. I
>can just see me getting this car completely race ready and then losing
>the nerve to race a very expensively rebuilt car. I called my
>father-in-law's grandson last night and left a message to decline the
>car. The rebuild of everything on the car is just too much money. $250
>for calipers, more than $600 for the timing chains, NLA on many parts, -
>this would be a nightmare. Breaking at the track would not be any fun
>at all. The owner was offered $2300 for it and I am going to tell him
>to take it.
>
>My 1988 supercharged MR2 by contrast is far cheaper, parts are readily
>available, and there are performance parts available for it. And the
>car is extensively modified. It is not however an historic, nor I am
>willing to tear out an almost flawless interior to make it raceable. It
>would not be competitve in any class that SCCA would put it in anyway.
>So I will continue to hot lap the 2 on car club days at PIR and just
>have fun.
>
>I think I am going to look into Sunbeam Tiger or some other car that has
>parts readily available and can be built up less expensively. I really
>do want to race some car next year and historics look like a lot of fun.
>
>I will hang out on the list for a bit and then unsubscribe. From what I
>have seen in my brief time here I am quite sure that your group would be
>helpful and fun. Unfortunately, I cannot justify owning such an
>incredibly expensive car to rebuild and maintain.
>
>Karl Shepard
>
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