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Re: photos of my '69 1600

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: photos of my '69 1600
From: RWM <RWM@RWMann.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:15:35 -0500
The passenger gas tank is a nice touch.

Gotta do what you gotta do, but I hope the status of that bungee cord is 
on the preflight checklist.

;-)

- RWM



Brian wrote:

> photos of my '69 1600
> Hello again,
> 
> Here are some photos of the 1600 project car I picked up last summer. I think 
>I told the story to the list last year, but here it is again: An older man 
>approached me at the vintage races at Mosport and said "nice car, would you 
>like another one?" It turned out he had a 35,000 mile car sitting in his 
>garage since 1973. You can see what 4 Canadian winters did to a car back then. 
>He ran the engine once in a while and changed the oil, so it was driveable but 
>without brakes. How could I say no to another roadster? Four hours and 700 
>bucks later it was mine. These photos were taken just after the car emerged 
>into the sunlight for the first time in decades. There's a photo of me and my 
>other baby in there too. Oh, by the way, I was the guy who had asked about 
>putting a rear clip on the roof of a Taurus - doh! The four fenders I brought 
>back from Chicago are for this car.
> 
> -Brian Reynolds




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