It can be done! It can't be nearly as bad as mine was, and I'm almost
there! Count on lots of expletives, a really light wallet near the end
(you'll run out of money before it's done).
That expression about buying the best car you can is really true. You'll
spend far more money fixing that one than another, but there really is a
great amount of satisfaction in resurrecting one that really was nearly
totally gone. My car was really a parts car, many missing pieces, and lots
of rust (we metal patched 26 holes in the main body and rear quarters). It
had hood pins, etc, lightened and cut out everywhere. Nearly every panel
was replaced or extensively repaired. The rear quarters were two deep (They
put the newer crumpled ones over the old crumpled ones!). The doors barely
opened and closed because they were pinned by the double layer of metal. I
could go on and on....
As I close up the five year process, it's neat to know that my car is really
special in that it was saved after so many years of sitting idle.
Now if I could only get it running!
Paul Strassmaier
67 2000 Solex #652 (as I understand hasn't run since 1979)
-----Original Message-----
From: PATRICK P. CASTRONOVO [mailto:slick@mohaveaz.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 8:11 PM
To: sandhoff@csus.edu
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Off topic (was: still spewing coolant)
I live in the Arizona desert, across the Colorado River from Needles
California. Unfortunately my roadster has not had the protection of being
housed in a garage. When I can manage to open the hood, to look into the
engine compartment, all I can see is the arrow weeds growing through the
frame and the engine. It is going to take a lot of tlc to get this one back
on the road. I would'nt attempt it without a garage, so I guess It will be
awhile.
Pat Castronovo 67.5 2000 Solex
slick-0007@mohaveaz.com
-----Original Message-----
From: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@compctr.ccs.csus.edu>
To: PATRICK P. CASTRONOVO <slick@mohaveaz.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 5:10 PM
Subject: Off topic (was: still spewing coolant)
>As part of your radiator cap posting, you included:
>>Pat Castronovo, 67.5 2000 Solex, not running for 15 years.
>
>Now, you _know_ you're going to start getting encouragement to
>get such a unique model back on the road!
>
>-- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
>
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