[Roadsters] Advice requested...

[Keith0alan at aol.com]

David,
 
    First of all let me express my sincerest  condolences at your dads 
passing. I corresponded with him on occasion and had a  wonderful visit three years 
ago when I was on the island. 
 
    As to the car, there are several knowledgeable and  talented roadster 
folks in the bay area, both professional and amateur, that I  am sure would be 
happy to help you with the car. I for my part do a bit of work  on the carbs and 
will be happy to lend any assistance that I can. 
 
    If you are able to fit it into your schedule you  are invited to join us 
at the upcoming Solvang and Mt. Shasta get togethers. I  know you will be 
warmly welcomed. 
 
Keith "the slow carb guy" Williams
 
 
In a message dated 3/1/2009 4:11:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
drc at virtualized.org writes:

Hi,

I've recently inherited a 1968 Datsun 1600 from my father  who recently  
passed away (some of you may have interacted with him,  he posted on  
this mailing list as konadave1 at hawaii.rr.com).   The car is in  
reasonably good shape, although it has suffered a bit  because my dad's  
health prior to his death precluded him driving it  for a couple of  
years.  It is drivable but has a few known  problems, e.g., the horn  
and windshield wipers don't work and both  the front left and rear  
right brakes are sticking.  As far as I  can tell, aside from a few  
bubbles, there isn't a lot of rust (which  is surprising given it is  
located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) and runs,  albeit a bit rough.  I took  
it to a garage in Kona, but they  didn't have the expertise to do  
anything other than the inspection I  needed to get the title changed  
and re-registered ("Carburetors?  Haven't seen those in a while.").

Due to time limitatinos as a result  of my job and the lack of a garage  
(and frankly, a lack of talent  working on cars), I am not in a good  
position to fix the various  issues at this point in time.  I live in  
the San Francisco bay  area and I am thinking about shipping it to  
California from Hawaii,  but don't really know where to start about  
getting it worked  on.  My dad always spoke highly of this list, so I'd  
appreciate  any suggestions the assembled experts here might offer on  
what I  should do with it.

To be clear, I have no interest in selling the  car.  Ideally, I'd like  
to get it into mint condition to honor  my dad, however I haven't the  
slightest idea how much something like  that would cost...

Thanks for any suggestions you can  provide.

Thanks,
David R(andolph) Conrad
'68 Datsun  1600
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