Sid's 67 2000

[ted heaton]

Hey Guys,
Check it out!
Sid DOES have a running roadster. Even made it to a local car show.
Guess we can understand why we have not seen pictures before.
I think the description is "beyond patina"


Ted

[spl310]

The car has a neat back story. According to the widow who sold me the car, the 43,xxx miles on it are original to the car. It lived a HARD life.

[Bwk2000]

Huh … didn’t know they made a patina wrap Very convincing!

[Solex68]

It's a Datsun. Looks like a barn find where you put in fresh gas and a new battery and drove it straight to the car show.
I love the look. Authentic for sure...and 43K miles? Thats amazing. Great find Sid.

[Alvin]

Way to go Sid! That's the best way to spread the word about our cars...drive them!
Is there a build thread I missed? What #SRL?

[spl310]

No build thread, it's SRL number 237. I can do a write up later.

[jamesw]

Way to go Sid! You have got to tell us more of the story on this one.

Cheers
James

[ppeters914]

Love it!

[spl310]

Those that have asked for the back story, I posted after I got it. Here is the link to the thread:

viewtopic.php?p=217784&hilit=237#p217784

[ppeters914]

Those that have asked for the back story, I posted after I got it. Here is the link to the thread:

viewtopic.php?p=217784&hilit=237#p217784

Great story. Did it really take almost 7 years to get it back on the road?

[spl310]

Because of work and family obligations, yes.

[ppeters914]

Because of work and family obligations, yes.

Hey, no judgement from me. I'm into Year 9.

[spl310]

The journey is often as important as the destination.

[spl310]

Those who know me, know that I spend a ridiculous amount of time on the road. I got home on Friday night, on Saturday morning, I had to get up early and drive down for some annual training for the Hunter Safety group on Saturday morning. I rushed home and we had a dinner date with some wonderful neighbors. So this morning, the dog woke me up at 6:30 like he usually does. I was beat and not feeling really well. At around noon I went out to do some stuff to the Roadster. I replaced the headlights with halogen bulbs, I finished up the installation of the relay harness to take the load off of the old wiring, I wired up the fog lamps - need to replace a bulb on one. I replaced all of the dash lights with LEDs and found out that the rheostat was not happy about that, so I bypassed it. Then my neighbor came over and helped me swap out the choke cable. A lot of stuff done. Oh I pulled out the emergency flasher switch as it needs to be gone through. I saw the rains coming so I buttoned things up and cut the grass. I got it done just before the rain. Tonight I get to pack for the trip tomorrow. At least I got some work done on the car. Very few bits needing to be addressed at this point. Oh, and the wipers are working too, so that is a good thing. I just need to remember where I put the arms...