<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Ok, well I was about 10 years old then, so what did I know. I do remember my dad curing the "white tornado" syndrome by replacing the head gasket with very little fuss, thus my recollection of the flathead configuration. Still no hot-rod. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Gary McCormick<div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 2, 2022, at 1:39 PM, krakauer.agency@gmail.com wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Not to nitpick, but the Rambler American always had an inline 6, no 4s. (and optional V8s) 195 CI with both flathead and OHV versions.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jerry krakauer</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, August 2, 2022 2:36 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dkclaassen@yahoo.com">kate claassen</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Roadsters] Datsun Roadsters are Driven!</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I was actually thinking of the three-on-the-tree, flathead-four 1961 Rambler American that was my big sister’s first car – the “White Tornado”. It looked like a Maytag washer on wheels, and was easily outdragged by my older brother's Mac 90-powered go-kart. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Gary McCormick<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Aug 2, 2022, at 4:51 AM, kate claassen <dkclaassen@yahoo.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">As in a Hurst Scrambler or AMX. I know you mean well, but I can’t let that slide!<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😏</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Aug 2, 2022, at 2:06 AM, Gary McCormick via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <i>"Maybe you shouldn't try and drift a 50-year old roadster."<br><br></i>If you’re not, you might as well be driving a Rambler.<br><br>Gary McCormick<br>’70 2000 Roadster<br>SRL311-13291<br>San José, CA<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 8/1/22 10:15 PM, Alvin Gogineni via Datsun-roadsters wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>"Maybe you shouldn't try and drift a 50-year old roadster"</i><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:1.0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><br>________________________________________<br><br>datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net<br><br>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/datsun-roadsters http://autox.team.net/archive<br><br>Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/dkclaassen@yahoo.com<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div>
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