[Roadsters] First Posting to Group

[Fred Katz]

According to the roadster registry at http://311s.org/  they list 5  
1969 cars in the range SRL-13000 thru SRL-13985, which are probably  
1970 cars but I have no idea why the owners thought they were 1969  
cars.  The listing for 1970 shows at least 5 cars less than SRL-13000,  
which were probably 1969 cars sold and tagged as 1970 cars. The  
nearest number to yours on the 1969 list is SRL-12932. Maybe yours is  
the last one around as a 1969 model. (Keep in mind the listing entries  
are contributed by roadster owners, there probably are other cars out  
there that are not listed.)

Fred - So.SF
(I once had SRL-13050, an early 1970 car)


On Aug 23, 2009, at 1:46 PM, May, Frank wrote:

> To all,
>
> I have a 1969 Datsun 2000 which I purchased 9/14/1969 and want to  
> restore.  I
> had a front end collision in 1971 and have all new sheet metal parts  
> (fenders,
> hood, etc) which I acquired about 1972 but never put on the car.   
> The motor
> has not been run since about 1974.  Car has been garaged all these  
> years, so
> it's not a "rust bucket," but lots of stuff has occurred just by  
> sitting.  I
> have some mechanical skills, but this project is beyond what I'll  
> tackle by
> myself.
>
> Can you recommend a source which will do:  a) body restoration; b)  
> mechanical
> restoration; c) interior (soft) restoration?  Mechanical work would  
> be broken
> down into motor, transmission, hydraulics, etc.?
>
> About the car---------
>
> RE:  http://datsunroadster.com/INFO_PAGES/what_year.htm
>
> My car is SRL311-12936.  According to the link above, serial numbers  
> for 1969
> are:  69 2000 SRL311-07001 to 13000 with the note:  No vins found  
> between
> SRL311 - 12944 and SRL311 - 13000.
>
>> From this information, what are the chances that serial numbers  
>> 12937 to 12943
> are still in existence?  Can I legitimately claim that I have the  
> last Datsun
> 2000 built as a 1969 model - (and that it's also uniquely a one- 
> owner car)?
>
> Frank May
>
> St. Louis County, Missouri
>
> Frank.L.May at umsl.edu