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Re: Shasta- A humbling experience

To: "datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Shasta- A humbling experience
From: R Haug <haugchiro@moscow.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:44:26 -0700
> Gordon Glasgow wrote:
>
> > No, no, Andrew. The point is, you and your car were there. And you got to 
>see a lot of roadsters and
> > meet a lot of people (even though we never met up). That's what it's really 
>about. Heck, I didn't
> > even have my car there (except on the back of my shirt).
> >
> > Sure, it's intimidating to see some of those cars. Did you see Herb Petty's 
>yellow 1600 with the
> > KA24 motor? Talk about perfection! Herb does incredible work. Of course, 
>he's a retired tool and die
> > maker, so attention to detail is in his DNA. And the quality of the cars 
>has come up tremendously in
> > the last several years. No matter how good it looks in the pictures, mine 
>isn't as nice as a lot of
> > the cars that were there.
> >
> > But by all means, keep bringing your car. That way, people will be able to 
>say, "Man, he's really
> > done some good work on this car. I remember what it used to look like back 
>in 2000, and it just
> > keeps getting better every year." I mean it, it's great to see how cars 
>progress and evolve over the
> > years. But if you keep it hidden and only bring it out when it's done, we 
>miss all that. Besides,
> > we'd still like to see 100 cars at Shasta. And I'd rather see 100 roadsters 
>of all kinds and levels
> > of completion than 50 show-quality-only cars.
>

> I agree Gordon.  At least Andrew was there.
> I could not make it and my car is deffinitely not even driveable.
> However, I have started to assemble the chassis and am looking forward to 
>having it ready next year.
> Bob
> 67.5
> Moscow


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