Well Said!!! Laurie,
Im glad that was said..
Im just happy to see them on the road..regardless if
they are original or not.
Instead of calling them frankenroadster or hybrid.
I would just call them personalized..
Raul..
Owner of many personalized roadsters..
--- SPL311RDST@aol.com wrote:
> ppeters914@comcast.net writes:
> Looks like a good one to let pass by, especially
> after viewing those Shasta
> pics.
> and Andrew noted:
>
> "It's very interesting to see these cars. One
> wonders how they came to be
> like this."
>
> <soapbox=on>
>
> ** 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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