[Roadsters] Interior Pics Please

[Keith0alan at aol.com]

That was a 68 with the collapsible column and a shoulder belt. Two really  
big improvements. In order to keep the roadster in production Nissan was going  
to need to add all the new safety changes like 5 mph bumpers. Roadsters  were 
being made in the same factory as the Z that they could not make enough of.  
The business decision was obvious. 
 
keith
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/20/2009 2:46:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
tom at datsun2000.com writes:

These  roadsters can surprise you in an accident.  I am probably the only  guy
on the list who hit a high cement curb head on at about 35 mph in  a
roadster.  That was in a 68 2L in 1969 when a lady made a left turn  into me
and caused me to veer to the right.  Right into a high cement  curb still
moving at 35-40 mph.  The only picture I have of the car is  on the opening
page of datsun2000.com.

I had the seat belts on,  including the shoulder strap, which was a new
addition in 1968.  My  glasses smashed on the windshield, but I unhooked the
top and stepped out  over the drivers door and walked away from the car with
broken chest  cartilage caused by the shoulder harness.  The steering column
was  never an issue.


On 3/19/2009 7:44:04 PM, dave  (daveandlindab at comcast.net) wrote:
> The death spear was actually a  crude driver retention system.  The Air
bag,
>
> being  soft and fluffy was deemed a better idea a few years later.  But
>  all
> kidding aside, has anyone heard of someone actually being Shish  Kebobed on
> a
> steering column, in a collision that
>  wouldn't have otherwise killed or
> seriously injured them anyway?   If the column collapses, next solid object
> is the windshield and dash,  even with a lap belt.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: Pete Peters [mailto:ppeters914 at comcast.net]
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:12 PM
> To: Datsun Roadster  List
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Interior Pics  Please
>
>
> I hope you also don't
> fear slipping in  the tub/shower. <g>
>
> Pete
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:  datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
>  [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>  ljordan704 at netscape.net
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:07  PM
> To: slowboy at cox.net; datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>  Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Interior Pics Please
>
> Better a live  modifier than a dead purist.
>
> Linda
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:  datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
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