[Roadsters] soft tops

[RWM (Out of the Office)]

Older, even...  Lots older.



Oliver wrote:

>we're old.  just like our cars.
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Gary and Cindy Ault
>  To: Keith0alan at aol.com ; sumton at sbcglobal.net ;
>datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>  Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:39 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Roadsters] soft tops
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>  Geeeez!  I had no idea there were so many softies out there!  In 1972, I
>took my roadster from Orange County to Parker Dam in mid-summer.  Given
>everything we needed to take for the weekend, I had a choice between the top
>and the spare.  So, we left the top at home.  It was hotter then H___ driving
>over. Even the air coming in through the vent windows, turned so they caught
>the air, was hot.  Now, the drive back through the sandstorm near Twentynine
>Palms and the cold and rain re-entering the LA basin on Sunday were pretty
>miserable.  But the desert without the top?  Bearable.
>
>  Gary
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----
>  From: "Keith0alan at aol.com" <Keith0alan at aol.com>
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>  Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:52:10 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Roadsters] soft tops
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>  In a message dated 2/20/2008 9:56:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>aultgc at att.net writes:
>    "Hot summer sun"..."top up".  What's wrong with this picture?
>
>    Gary
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>  The first year I drove to Shasta I had the top down. Burnt the tops of my
>ears so bad that I was miserable for quite a while. The zip down window is
>great.