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[Marty Escarcega]

Awesome!
So a 70 box will bolt right on in place of the 67?

On Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 1:02 PM Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:

> I went through a complete frame off over the last 4 years on my 67.5 & I
> had no problem sourcing front end parts. I did, however, replace the
> original worm & peg steering box with a recirculating ball box out of a 70
> model. Worked great. The only front end part that I can think of that was
> NLA was the steering worm but someone was producing them but I can’t
> remember who.
>
> [image: IMG_1519]
>
> Peace, Pat
>
> Pat Horne
> We support Habitat for Humanity
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2024, at 1:55 PM, Marty Escarcega <marty.escarcega at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Well, I will stay subscribed.
> I am in Mesa, AZ
> My daughter and I started a 67 Roadster some 10 years ago now:
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/sCExBasorgqNtNRC8
>
> We recently found another 67 Roadster that has been sitting the better
> part of 30 years here in the Phoenix, AZ area. Long story, but dad gave the
> car to his then 18 year old son who drove it down from Washington State to
> attend Universal Technical Institute in Phoenix to become a mechanic. About
> a month after being here, the car was stolen. It WAS recovered, but the
> thief stole the engine and transmission and the seats out of it. Chris
> didn't have the heart to sell it and swore he would get it back on the
> road. Fast forward 30+ years later Chris has to have reconstructive ankle
> surgery that he has to pay much out of pocket so he sold all his toys the
> house etc and is moving back to Northern, CA with his folks for surgery and
> recuperation. He didn't want to let the Roadster go to just anyone, when we
> showed him the album and that we wanted to make one driver out of the two
> cars, he sold it to us.
>
> So the plan is to "Don't get it right, just get it running" and then go
> from there. I need to decide what parts we want to keep and sell or part
> out the other car. We have a number of early Roadster parts. A friend of
> mine, Ron Hamilton used to buy, repair/restore these cars and sell them.
> When we bought his house, his "inventory" of used parts stayed with us. SO
> after we figure out what we need, we're going to sell the parts. I don't
> have the room to store them.
> Hopefully the weather will finally cool off so we can get cracking and get
> a roller together.
>
> Let me ask this of the group. It seems there were some front
> suspension/steering components no longer available. Is this still the case?
> I'd rather rebuild the steering/suspension with new parts rather than
> trying to piecemeal with used parts.
>
> Marty
> Mesa, AZ
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 9:07 AM Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> The list is still active but not much traffic. I’d prefer this list to
>> having to go to a website so I don’t have to remember to check it but it
>> seems most folks prefer www.311s.org
>>
>> Peace, Pat
>>
>> Pat Horne
>> We support Habitat for Humanity
>>
>>
>> On Oct 4, 2024, at 11:04 AM, Joseph Berkenbile via Datsun-roadsters <
>> datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> There are several good facebook groups including Datsun Fairlady Roadster
>> Group. Lots of good people on it, great activity with questions and
>> answers, pictures, events, cars and parts for sale. I'm currently on pause
>> on my 69 SPL with U20/5 speed, in Maine, waiting on bodywork and paint.
>> Joseph Berkenbile
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 10:59 AM Marty Escarcega via Datsun-roadsters <
>> datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Just checking to see if this group is still active or what are the
>>> better Datsun Roadster sites?
>>> Getting ready to get back on our 67 Roadster after finding a nice donor
>>> car here East of Phoenix, AZ.
>>> Also have a lot of parts to start selling off.
>>>
>>> Marty
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