[Roadsters] FS: Roadster Steel Wheels & Update on our 67

[Marty Escarcega]

Hi Linda
The car is not at our home. We don't have the.room and live in a community
with an HOA. We keep the car at the friends house. Temps in the evening and
nights approach 90 and our sticky monsoon season is about to.start. we are
content waiting for cooler weather. :-)
On Jun 26, 2012 9:43 PM, "Linda J" <ljordan704 at netscape.net> wrote:

> Really great that you are working on it together.
> Question: What about working on it at night when it cools down?
>
> Linda
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jun 26, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Marty Escarcega <escarcega at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > All, I still have a set of 4 steel wheels with the hub cap tabs but no
> hub
> > caps. We had them sand blasted and then painted them with semi gloss
> black
> > paint. Would like to see them go to someone that can use them.
> > I was asking $100 plus shipping from Mesa, AZ 85206
> > Pictures here:
> > https://picasaweb.google.com/marty.escarcega/RoadsterWheels
> >
> >
> > A brief update on the progress of our 67. As some of you know my 14 year
> > old daughter and I have been working the last couple of years on a
> Roadster
> > we found. The original engine had the head shaved too much and pistons
> were
> > slapping the head. We decided to upgrade the engine and trans to an
> engine
> > and 5speed trans out of a 1991 240SX. An S13 KA24DE. All the frame mods
> are
> > done, engine and trans bolted in place. Our goal before it got too hot
> was
> > to hear the engine fire in the chassis. Last Sunday we got to do that.
> > Wired up the engine, made a makeshift gas can with fuel pump, and she lit
> > off and ran. That was a great milestone to achieve before we put the car
> > away for summer. (We live in Mesa, just East of Phoenix. Our summers are
> > brutal, don't want to turn Kelsey off by trying to work in this heat) a
> few
> > pictures:
> >
> https://picasaweb.google.com/marty.escarcega/1967Datsun1600SPL311Roadster
> >
> > Oh, and thanks to Linda we have a nice hood for our car. We hope to media
> > blast the body, prime it and put it back on the chassis this winter and
> > start on some body work. Our goal is a nice dependable daily driver, not
> a
> > show car.
> >
> > Marty & Kelsey
> > Mesa, AZ
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