Come on Sid, tell the truth. You told me you don't like red seats :)
Besides, the passenger seat is where you keep the cooler
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Roadster styling (was originality thread)
> Passenger seat!!
>
>
> >From: "Pre-Zee" <Pre_Z@msn.com>
> >Reply-To: "Pre-Zee" <Pre_Z@msn.com>
> >To: "Russell Southwell" <rulee@cityscape.net>
> >CC: "datsun roadster mailist" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: Roadster styling (was originality thread)
> >Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:58:16 -0800
> >
> >Can you carry home a 160# doe on the hood or trunk of a roadster?
> >
> >George M (Pre-Z)
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Russell Southwell <rulee@cityscape.net>
> >To: sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com>
> >Cc: datsun roadster mailist <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 7:43 AM
> >Subject: Re: Roadster styling (was originality thread)
> >
> >
> > > Sid there is a picture on Mark Dents site, doesn't show the back or
> >grill,
> >gotta
> > > make a web site one of these days, lots of go fast bomb haulers from
> >Nam.and big
> > > boat pictures taken over 20 years.
> > > I put my truck in the shop last month (Hit a deer) before they called
to
> >say it
> > > was done, my son called to say he hit one with my Van. so I had to
drive
> >my
> > > roadster
> > > to the riverbottoms to go deer hunting. Revenge!! got a 160 lb doe
first
> >season.
> > >
> > > Waiting for Jan 18th for pistol season.
> > > Russ Southwell 70 1600, 4 dead 2L 1 truc and van with new front ends.
> > >
> > > sidney raper wrote:
> > >
> > > > Got any pictures posted? That sounds unusual.
> > > >
> > > > Sid
> > > >
> > > > >From: Russell Southwell <rulee@cityscape.net>
> > > > >Reply-To: Russell Southwell <rulee@cityscape.net>
> > > > >To: Gordon Glasgow <gsglasgow@attbi.com>
> > > > >CC: roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > > > >Subject: Re: Roadster styling (was originality thread)
> > > > >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:49:22 -0600
> > > > >
> > > > >Miine is still painted black, as is the grill, and 1 1/2" stripe
> >arond
> >the
> > > > >bottom
> > > > >edge
> > > > >from front to back including wheelwell arches(PO)
> > > > >Russ Southwell 70 1600 sora blue and black
> > > > >Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > If you look at Hidehiro IIzuka's early stying sketches as
> >reproduced
> >in
> > > > >Phill
> > > > > > Brook's (excellent) book, it appears that the tailights and
> >relatively
> > > > >flat rear
> > > > > > panel were part of the design from the very beginning. I think
the
> > > > >taillights
> > > > > > have a rather jet-exhaust look, which was quite common in that
> >era.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course, the panel isn't completely flat but rather has some
> > > > >interesting
> > > > > > contours, which I'm sure has caused no end of grief to
> > > > >less-than-knowledgeable
> > > > > > body men.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > By 1969 Triumph had picked up the flat rear panel idea in the
> > > > >Michelotti/Karmann
> > > > > > designed TR6, which I always thought looked great. In fact, at
one
> >time
> > > > >I
> > > > > > painted the rear panel on my roadster flat black like the
Triumph
> > > > >(partly to
> > > > > > hide corrosion).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gordon Glasgow
> > > > > > Renton, WA
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > > > > > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> >snyler
> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 5:08 PM
> > > > > > > To: Mark Sedlack; roadster List
> > > > > > > Subject: Roadster styling (was originality thread)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mark Sedlack wrote
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >However, I personally have never liked the "flat" rear-end
> >panel
> >on
> > > > >the
> > > > > > > >Roadster, and have always suspected it was due primarily to
> >ease
> >of
> > > > > > > >manufacture, rather than a planned styling detail.
> > > > > > > I've wondered about the back recently myself. Perhaps it's a
> >cost
> > > > >thing,
> > > > > > > perhaps the roadster was ahead of its time, anticipating the
> >Kamm-back
> > > > > > > styling of the late 60s. I used to think the taillights were
> >stuck
> > > > > > > on...items pulled from the Nissan parts bin, but they're
unique
> >to
> >the
> > > > > > > roadster. If they'd used Bluebird (311) taillights of the
era
> >(which
> > > > > > > look like they might fit) there'd be much more of an MGB
> >resemblance.
> > > > > I
> > > > > > > know the Roadster had its debut a year earlier, but it's hard
> >enough
> > > > >to
> > > > > > > convince folks of the order of appearance as it is.
> > > > > > > -Marc T.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > >
> >
>==========================================================================
> > > > > > > Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX
> > > > > > > 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016
> > > > > > > 1965 L-320 #L320 013642
> > > > > > > http://datsun_marc.tripod.com/cgi-bin/datsun_homepage.html
> > > > > > >
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