Larry,
You should have received something in the mail a few months ago as did
everyone who participated the last few years. If your address was wrong or
couldn't be read that may be why you didn't receive it.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Dat2000srl@aol.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:44 PM
Subject: Watkins Glen
> Back last night from the Glen. A lot of the usual crowd, some missing, and
> some I did not see last year. There was the Fitz race car, another husband
> and wife team (Ken and Diane Ziesenheim) from Florida in his and her race
> roadsters. All told 20 street cars and 5 race cars. Most of the
participants
> travel over 6 hours to get there. More Massachusetts cars than any other
> state. We had a great time, even without our roadsters there, I can't
> understand why more people do not make it there. Mark Dent picked up
peoples
> choice with the 1500 he brought, he posted PICS earlier. Ed Uncle had best
> 2000, and 1600 went to a couple from Mass that, pardon me but forgot
names.
> but can't forget the car.
> On the other hand, we were told that participation for the planning of
the
> event was nonexistent, and this year none of the vendors made it out. I
> suppose the economy can be to blame for the baseness of the vendors, but
as
> for anyone else refusing to participate I could gripe about it for too
long.
> I asked what is the Web page or email address for the organizers and the
> reply was 'thatsit@yahoo.com' . For the benefit of the list that plans to
go
> next year, let them hear from you. But even my email address sounds more
> roadstery than that. OK I was a little disappointed in some of the
> organization. But hey hand the torch off to someone else if its a problem.
My
> wife didn't know what a Datsun Roadster was before she met me, but I would
> bet she would really get it organized if she was asked to. AND, I received
> absolutely no email or letters or phone calls pertaining to the event for
> this year. The only reason I knew about it last year was because, get
this. I
> had a 10 year old issue of Datsun tech tips that covered it. And a couple
> guys on the list briefly mentioned it. The\y whine about lack of
> participation, and then don't mail, phone or list to anyone that they want
> help. And in fact tell some people to bug off they don't want the help. I
> don;t know if the West has this kind of stuff going on, It doesn't sound
like
> it. We had no idea what was planned until just before it was to happen.
> Fortunately there are a lot of events going on that kept us distracted in
> town. Even the usual bon fire was canceled and changed to a gathering in a
> pavilion. It was nice, but I like to see stuff burn, so I was really
looking
> forward to a bonfire.
> The weather was unbelievable, the people I met were incredible. I hope you
> all don't think we had a bad time. We can't wait til next year! But lets
has
> the activities posted in advance. Between now and then I am going to
> concentrate on getting a roadster together for the event. I sucks being
the
> only cool guy in town without a roadster! OK I'm down, forks clean.
> Larry
> Baltimore
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