Thank you Laurie for reminding us all of what these cars are all about!!!!
Having a "correct" car is nice, but it's better to have a RUNNING driving
roadster, no matter what condition!!
Speaking of fun, my son and I took a 120 mile trip to my parents house in
the ole '70 2000 yesterday.... top down! We had a blast and got a ton of
thumbs up signs on the way! If it's a nice day outside, I'd highly
recommend taking a short trip somewhere, just to recapture that goofy grin!
:)
Enjoy the ride!!
Eric
>
> ** Good golly - I know **exactly** how a car gets this way... someone
LOVED
> it enough to make it drive !!! Its red, its shiny, it runs, it drives, it
> looks pretty damn good in the pictures. Someone liked it enough to keep in
the
> the family for 16 years... I remember 16 years ago... no major internet
> resources... no data bases telling us what what right/wrong.... heck....
NO support
> from the local Nissan dealear.... the only thing we may have had was a
coveted
> copy of the Rallye catalog, or a typed-out copy of the Datsun Roadster
Review
> from Ross. Ya did what ya could. I'd be proud to drive around in a little
gem
> like that..... oh yeah... isn't "making things work" part of the whole
> sporting-car heritage ???...... Be honest..... if you saw that car pulling
in at the
> petrol station wouldn't you say " oh cool !!!" and strike up a friendly
> conversation... or would you just sit there and tell the guy what a
horribly
> incorrect monstrosity it is?!?!? (Almost afraid to ask that question
these days on
> the list!) Does it really matter what the shift plate looks like?? - it
HAS a
> shift plate - wow ! If you just take it out and drive, the only real thing
> anyone will notice is the big grin on your face !!! Whoever buys that car
is
> gonna have a lot of FUN - ain't that really what it's all about ?!?!?!?
>
> .... remembering what a high-strung bunch the jag XKE owners were....
trying
> to give themselves a stroke over the fiddly-est of "correct" details -
> "Jubilee" hose clamps, "Otter" switches. $750 crescent wrenches for the
toolkit...
> gah !!! .... prolly the same sort of folks who watch baseball solely for
the
> statistics !!!!
>
> <soapbox=down>
>
> "If you drive fast enough, nobody will notice the little shit."
> and never forget
> "Rockchips are sexy"
> ::::::::::::::::::::::
> Laurie :-)
> '70-SPL311
> AzROC
> Chandler, AZ
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