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RE: 1962 New York Auto Show 1500 surfaces

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Subject: RE: 1962 New York Auto Show 1500 surfaces
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 20:07:39 -0700
Way cool! Does it have a VIN plate on it?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of C. Halsted
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:25 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: 1962 New York Auto Show 1500 surfaces
>
>
> ....and it's sitting in my garage :-)
>
> interesting car. was in paint last time I saw it years ago, when
> I picked it
> up it was bare metal and in spite of what the shop had told the owner, it
> had obviously spent some time outside unprotected. almost every
> panel on the
> car is different in some way than the production cars. indent on the back
> panel is about twice as wide, has a sculpted pit for the filler neck. rear
> panel in cockpit is different, has a couple indents in the upper corners
> about 10" wide by 3" tall and 3" deep- don't know what for. doors are
> different, inside panels have different cutouts. inner fenders have
> different rib pattern, radiator support bars have no holes, panel behind
> grille has 6 or so squares in it- more than production. radiator support
> panels on either side of the radiator formed differently.. appears the rib
> on the top of the trunk lid is higher also. no lips on rear
> wheelwells, very
> small lips on front fenders. more to discover... :-)   guess I need to set
> up a website one of these days so it's easier to show pix of some of this
> stuff.....
>
> Craig
> mostly roadsters






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