From alvingogi at gmail.com Tue Mar 3 20:13:09 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 19:13:09 -0800 Subject: [Roadsters] (Not so) Cherry Blossoms and a Hakosuka Message-ID: Drove to a Cars & Coffee event on Saturday. On Sunday drove to the foothills and spent some time with this Hakosuka Skyline http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3525.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3505.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_3204.jpg Filmed this from the Skyline while leaving Cars & Coffee, RHD does have it's benefits :D https://youtu.be/rakAG3O2vDs Enjoy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alvingogi at gmail.com Tue Mar 10 08:42:57 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:42:57 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] Happy 310 Day! Message-ID: Happy 310 Day! 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URL: From alvingogi at gmail.com Thu Mar 12 18:09:43 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:09:43 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] Happy 311 Day Message-ID: In honor of 311s day I drove the roadster to work this week. http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3747-e1584057588758.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3769.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3765.jpg While driving on the freeway I was reminded of how surprisingly low our cars are to the ground. This still trips me out...I occasionally look over my shoulder at the lane markers flying by and in the same field-of-view the door handle appears to be inches from the road...anyway I suggest you try it for kicks... but be safe :) I tried to capture this phenomenon on video enjoy! 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Dana Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:01 AM To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net Subject: Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 12, Issue 27 Send Datsun-roadsters mailing list submissions to datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/datsun-roadsters or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net You can reach the person managing the list at datsun-roadsters-owner at autox.team.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Datsun-roadsters digest..." Today's Topics: 1. 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Gary McCormick '70 2000 SRL311-13291 San Jose, CA > On Mar 17, 2020, at 11:18 AM, dana nojima via Datsun-roadsters wrote: > > ? > Does anybody have a PDF of the WSJ article? > > It?s nice to be ?Trendy? > > Dana > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:01 AM > To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > Subject: Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 12, Issue 27 > > Send Datsun-roadsters mailing list submissions to > datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/datsun-roadsters > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > datsun-roadsters-owner at autox.team.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Datsun-roadsters digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 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Gary McCormick '70 2000 SRL311-13291 San Jose, CA > On Mar 17, 2020, at 11:18 AM, dana nojima via Datsun-roadsters wrote: > > ? > Does anybody have a PDF of the WSJ article? > > It?s nice to be ?Trendy? > > Dana > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:01 AM > To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > Subject: Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 12, Issue 27 > > Send Datsun-roadsters mailing list submissions to > datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/datsun-roadsters > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > datsun-roadsters-owner at autox.team.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Datsun-roadsters digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 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URL: From alvingogi at gmail.com Tue Mar 17 14:25:44 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:25:44 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] Happy St. Patrick's Day! Message-ID: https://zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_9924.jpg https://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DSC00692.jpg https://zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_9936.jpg https://zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/DSC02061.jpg 4 roadsters in green! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dave at ranteer.com Tue Mar 17 14:42:16 2020 From: dave at ranteer.com (dave) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:42:16 -0500 Subject: [Roadsters] convertible top Message-ID: <000a01d5fc9c$8be66e90$a3b34bb0$@ranteer.com> The sad thing is that this probably does not win the award for procrastination . . . I got my ?new? convertible top out of its box yesterday; I?m getting ready to install it. Sun or hair dryer to get some of the folds out? The receipt was dated May 2005 I have found: http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.php?n=TechSection.SoftTopInstall Soft top install on 311s.org. are there any other instructions out there I could reference? This is an early 67 low windshield -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shifty at shiftco.com Tue Mar 17 14:52:40 2020 From: shifty at shiftco.com (Leigh Brooks) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:52:40 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] convertible top In-Reply-To: <000a01d5fc9c$8be66e90$a3b34bb0$@ranteer.com> References: <000a01d5fc9c$8be66e90$a3b34bb0$@ranteer.com> Message-ID: <7F651BDD-6947-403B-B26C-17797FADAEBE@shiftco.com> Don?t make it too tight! Ask me how I know? Leigh Brooks > On Mar 17, 2020, at 1:42 PM, dave via Datsun-roadsters wrote: > > The sad thing is that this probably does not win the award for procrastination . . . > > I got my ?new? convertible top out of its box yesterday; I?m getting ready to install it. Sun or hair dryer to get some of the folds out? > > The receipt was dated May 2005 > > I have found: http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.php?n=TechSection.SoftTopInstall Soft top install on 311s.org . are there any other instructions out there I could reference? This is an early 67 low windshield > > > ________________________________________ > > datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/shifty at shiftco.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From divehatteras at aol.com Tue Mar 17 17:48:33 2020 From: divehatteras at aol.com (Dave Sommers) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:48:33 -0400 Subject: [Roadsters] convertible top In-Reply-To: <000a01d5fc9c$8be66e90$a3b34bb0$@ranteer.com> References: <000a01d5fc9c$8be66e90$a3b34bb0$@ranteer.com> Message-ID: <6E3DF54A-4EF7-47AF-9B4F-B84B183460CA@aol.com> The majority of the folds and creases will probably work out of it, but some may not. I dod one month ago that had sat boxed for 6 months or so and it had a few small puckers from the fold that just wouldn't go away on install. Heat gun helped, but be careful of melting the vinyl. Everyone of the tops I have installed over the years (8-10 or more) had creases coming out of the box. Who knows how long Robbins had it on the shelf before it was sent to me. Dave Sommers Dive Hatteras llc www.divehatteras.com 703-517-3724 boat phone > On Mar 17, 2020, at 16:44, dave via Datsun-roadsters wrote: > > ? > The sad thing is that this probably does not win the award for procrastination . . . > > I got my ?new? convertible top out of its box yesterday; I?m getting ready to install it. Sun or hair dryer to get some of the folds out? > > The receipt was dated May 2005 > > I have found: http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.php?n=TechSection.SoftTopInstall Soft top install on 311s.org. are there any other instructions out there I could reference? This is an early 67 low windshield > > > ________________________________________ > > datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/divehatteras at aol.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From divehatteras at aol.com Tue Mar 17 17:48:33 2020 From: divehatteras at aol.com (Dave Sommers) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:48:33 -0400 Subject: [Roadsters] convertible top In-Reply-To: <000a01d5fc9c$8be66e90$a3b34bb0$@ranteer.com> References: <000a01d5fc9c$8be66e90$a3b34bb0$@ranteer.com> Message-ID: <6E3DF54A-4EF7-47AF-9B4F-B84B183460CA@aol.com> The majority of the folds and creases will probably work out of it, but some may not. I dod one month ago that had sat boxed for 6 months or so and it had a few small puckers from the fold that just wouldn't go away on install. Heat gun helped, but be careful of melting the vinyl. Everyone of the tops I have installed over the years (8-10 or more) had creases coming out of the box. Who knows how long Robbins had it on the shelf before it was sent to me. Dave Sommers Dive Hatteras llc www.divehatteras.com 703-517-3724 boat phone > On Mar 17, 2020, at 16:44, dave via Datsun-roadsters wrote: > > ? > The sad thing is that this probably does not win the award for procrastination . . . > > I got my ?new? convertible top out of its box yesterday; I?m getting ready to install it. Sun or hair dryer to get some of the folds out? > > The receipt was dated May 2005 > > I have found: http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.php?n=TechSection.SoftTopInstall Soft top install on 311s.org. are there any other instructions out there I could reference? This is an early 67 low windshield > > > ________________________________________ > > datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/divehatteras at aol.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alvingogi at gmail.com Wed Mar 18 01:08:24 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:08:24 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 12, Issue 27 In-Reply-To: <20200317181807.3BF01A0E3C@autox.team.net> References: <20200317181807.3BF01A0E3C@autox.team.net> Message-ID: I just found out I might have access to WSJ through work...will update tomorrow! On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:18 AM dana nojima via Datsun-roadsters < datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote: > Does anybody have a PDF of the WSJ article? > > > > It?s nice to be ?Trendy? > > > > Dana > > > > Sent from Mail for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net > *Sent: *Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:01 AM > *To: *datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > *Subject: *Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 12, Issue 27 > > > > Send Datsun-roadsters mailing list submissions to > > datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/datsun-roadsters > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > datsun-roadsters-request at autox.team.net > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > datsun-roadsters-owner at autox.team.net > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Datsun-roadsters digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Roadster in Wall Street Journal today (Alvin Gogineni) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:04:57 -0700 > > From: Alvin Gogineni > > To: datsun-roadsters > > Subject: [Roadsters] Roadster in Wall Street Journal today > > Message-ID: > > < > CALmuZ6C+jHkXhFjEax0V1ADUK9iSjCDdQxYuq-Lo7NQTC2zx4g at mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Roadster in Wall Street Journal today: > > > https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-vintage-datsun-that-quietly-turned-trendy-11584454124 > > > > > http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-9.02.17-AM.jpg > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://autox.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters/attachments/20200317/a4b09547/attachment-0001.htm > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Datsun-roadsters mailing list > > Datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/datsun-roadsters > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 12, Issue 27 > > ************************************************ > > > ________________________________________ > > datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/alvingogi at gmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also, I remember a TV ad for the Black & Decker Workmate portable work bench (I have three of them ? don't ask?) in which they did a fast time-lapse showing different items clamped in / to the Workmate and being worked on, and one was LF fender from a Roadster, in primer. Gary McCormick'70 2000 SRL311-13291San Jos?, CA On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 11:06:48 AM PDT, Paul Kort via Datsun-roadsters wrote: ? I'm sure this is noted some where, but I just watched an old "Night Court" (Self quareentined).? Harry got mad a Fielding when he destroyed his record collection, so he cut up Fielding's car.? You can make out a robin blue hood, a front fender, a 1600 grille, and an early seat! ? KEWL!! PaulOhioYeah, I wish I still had mine!________________________________________ datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/gkmcc at sbcglobal.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lperrochet at horvitzlevy.com Wed Mar 18 13:10:37 2020 From: lperrochet at horvitzlevy.com (Lisa Perrochet) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:10:37 +0000 Subject: [Roadsters] Datsun-roadsters -- WSJ article Message-ID: ? https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-vintage-datsun-that-quietly-turned-trendy-11584454124 MY RIDEn vogue By A.J. Baime March 17, 2020 10:08 am ET o o Richard J. Davidson Jr., 55, a banker living in San Diego and a volunteer at the San Diego Automotive Museum, on his 1968 Datsun 2000, as told to A.J. Baime. In the 1960s, the first Japanese car models were just becoming popular in America. Datsun made a two-seat convertible sports car called the Fairlady, which competed with the British and Italian roadsters like the MGB and the Fiat 124. Rumor has it that a Datsun executive had visited the U.S. and had seen ?My Fair Lady? on Broadway, and that is how the car got its name. These Datsun roadsters were among the first Japanese sports cars ever to come to the U.S. Only here, Datsun named them after their engine displacement (such as the 2000, for 2,000 cubic centimeters, rounded up from 1,982), rather than Fairlady. ________________________________ Photos: A First-Wave Japanese Import Shines On A San Diego banker shows off his rare 1968 Datsun 2000, of the first sports cars from Japan to hit U.S. shores ['There is a great community around these cars and their owners,' Mr. Davidson says. 'There are websites where people pass along knowledge, and car shows that draw dozens of these vehicles.'] [Richard J. Davidson Jr. gave his 1968 Datsun 2000 a paint job and an engine rebuild, so it appears much like it did when it rolled off the assembly line in Japan over a half-century ago.] [Around the time this car was built, Datsun was cementing its reputation not just in the showroom but on the racetrack. Hollywood star Paul Newman ultimately became a big-time Datsun racer.] [Another view of the diminutive Datsun 2000, built in Japan to compete against the roadsters from Italy (Fiat, Alfa Romeo) and Britain (MG, Austin-Healey, Triumph).] [Detail of the car's interior. The original upholstery is vinyl.] [The fog lights on the front of the car aren?t original, Mr. Davidson says. But they do come in handy, given San Diego?s fog.] [The car's back end. The license plate is from the 1960s. Mr. Davidson found it on eBay and had it assigned to his car.] [A profile of the 1968 Datsun with San Diego in the background.] [This 1,982-cc four-cylinder is original to the car, Mr. Davidson says.] Richard J. Davidson Jr. gave his 1968 Datsun 2000 a paint job and an engine rebuild, so it appears much like it did when it rolled off the assembly line in Japan over a half-century ago. LUIS GARCIA FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 1 of 9 ________________________________ Around 2005, I had a little bit of garage space and a little bit of money, and I decided to fill one with the other. I had seen a Datsun roadster from the ?60s and was surprised at how good-looking it was. I was also impressed that this lightweight car had an engine of about 135-horsepower and a five-speed transmission?pretty rare in the 1960s. I bought my car in 2006 locally from a private owner. It had an older, resprayed paint job, but the parts were all there and it was in decent shape. It is nimble on back roads and I started having fun with it right away. In 2010, I had the car repainted to its original silver-gray. I knew of the color because you could see the original paint in various parts of the car. And five years later, I had the engine rebuilt. So the car is pretty much stock original. At the time I bought mine, these cars went under the radar. Most from the 1960s did not survive, because people did not look at these cars as collectible, so when they got old, they disappeared. Only now, in part because they are so rare, are people starting to value these cars more. The prices are coming up. [According to Hagerty, the nation?s largest insurer of classic cars, a Datsun roadster from 1968 in excellent condition averages about $37,900.] There is a great community around these cars and their owners. There are websites where people pass along knowledge, and car shows that draw dozens of these vehicles?including a couple big shows in California specifically for vintage Datsun roadsters. Ultimately Datsun stopped making these two-seat convertibles in 1970, the same model year that the company launched the Z, which quickly became a sensation. The Datsun roadsters paved the way for the Z, proving that the U.S. was indeed a viable market for Japanese sports cars. Write to A.J. Baime at myride at wsj.com MORE FROM MY RIDE ? The Vintage Datsun That Quietly Turned Trendy March 17, 2020 ? Most People Forgot This Car, But He Never Did March 3, 2020 ? A Singer and Her T-Bucket Make Beautiful Music Together February 25, 2020 ? An Italian Concept Car That Broke All Tradition February 18, 2020 ? They Used to Need Permission to Drive This Classic British Car February 11, 2020 Copyright ?2019 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 From: Alvin Gogineni Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:08 AM To: dana nojima Cc: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 12, Issue 27 I just found out I might have access to WSJ through work...will update tomorrow! On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:18 AM dana nojima via Datsun-roadsters > wrote: Does anybody have a PDF of the WSJ article? It?s nice to be ?Trendy? 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Life is short, so I ordered dessert first! http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3828.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC04784-1-e1584580358355.jpg Drove two roadsters! http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_2020march.jpg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark at bradakis.com Wed Mar 18 19:48:35 2020 From: mark at bradakis.com (Mark J Bradakis) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:48:35 -0600 Subject: [Roadsters] Social Distancing (Roadster style) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5ee16caa-4b2b-b5ef-2110-f37d0b6fd330@bradakis.com> Nice.? The summer of 1984 I was working at the IBM San Jose Research Lab, staying with a friend in Milpitas.? Had my TR6 then, loved spending time on those roads. And don't worry, none of the current events are going to have any effect on Team Net, I'll be keeping it on the air for years to come, I imagine. mjb. From alvingogi at gmail.com Sun Mar 22 19:54:16 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:54:16 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] Stay apart, stay active, stay well... Message-ID: ...and don't forget to Do it in a Datsun! http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_4098.jpg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alvingogi at gmail.com Wed Mar 25 19:50:10 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:50:10 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] interview with John Morton! Message-ID: enjoy https://youtu.be/BEWFsjruKbA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alvingogi at gmail.com Sat Mar 28 15:13:04 2020 From: alvingogi at gmail.com (Alvin Gogineni) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:13:04 -0700 Subject: [Roadsters] Sora's The Limit! 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Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Monday, March 30, 2020, 4:33 PM, dave via Datsun-roadsters wrote: I?m assuming the bar goes into the top like this, assuming I am sitting on the rear shelf facing back.? So it would sit, inside the top, like this on the rear shelf? ? Then the little indentation faces up and notches under the chrome tabs?? and the pressure will keep the top down and secure? ? The two parts came separately so I am making an educated guess.? And I don?t have an old top for referral. ? Thanks for your help!!! ? ________________________________________ datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/briconroy at yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: