A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

[2mAn]

Great find/build thread with some really interesting explanations of the work done and the provenance of these great little machines. Many thanks for the read!

My pleasure! The car is certainly a lot of fun and I look forward to enjoying it more and more... I think the E30 got jealous of the attention the Fairlady was getting and she committed seppuku

[Gentlejackjones]

Great find/build thread with some really interesting explanations of the work done and the provenance of these great little machines. Many thanks for the read!

[2mAn]

FYI, they say he helped design the Z as well, but that's BS, so take that with a grain of salt.

Also, compare a roadster to an MGB sometime. They look kinda similar. Just a bit.

That would be cool if its true...

The MGB & Roadster connection is one that will "haunt" the Roadster forever, but the Roadster S211 and the SR212 came out in 1959 and 1960 when the MGB came out in 1962 soooo.... haha

[rturbo 930]

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"This model was designed by Albrecht Graf von Schlitz, Gen. von Goertz von Wrisberg (best known as Albrecht Goertz), the man who designed the BMW 507."

I did not know that.

FYI, they say he helped design the Z as well, but that's BS, so take that with a grain of salt.

Also, compare a roadster to an MGB sometime. They look kinda similar. Just a bit.

[2mAn]

Interesting!... I didnt know that.

In other news, since the Roadster is running and the E30 decided to throw a fit I have been daily driving the Roadster for the last few days. A little chilly in the AM on the freeway but otherwise its been fun

[LateFan]

https://classicvirus.com/2018/08/21/recommissioned-1967-datsun-sports-1600-roadster/

(This is sort of like an early version of Bring a Trailer)

"This model was designed by Albrecht Graf von Schlitz, Gen. von Goertz von Wrisberg (best known as Albrecht Goertz), the man who designed the BMW 507."

I did not know that.

[jeenyus]

It's OK. I think the same thing about everyone's e30 vs mine. Yours is coming together nicely. I like how your car has extra room in the compacts spaces.

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[2mAn]

Drove it to work today



... and met up with another Roadster owner for lunch...




it’s sick how clean his car is compared to mine but it’s all good..

[jeenyus]

Haha! She wanted a ride I'm sure.

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[IceWhite]

Well, I guess, she just wanted a ride. :devil:

[2mAn]

Well, to be fair my school is right around the corner from the Stadium that the Rams are currently playing at and the game had just gotten out.

Their new stadium is being built a little over a mile away from house now, but we are tucked away from where most of that chaos will be.

fun side note: one particularly spicy Latina had no shame staring at me in the Roadster while I was sitting there. :pimp:

[jeenyus]

I can't believe they came back. When I was a kid their office ws on Olympic near Beverly Glen. I'd skateboard pst it going to the park.

Seems like LAs traffic got worse and I didn't even know that was possible. Imagine a Dodgers game, Rams game, Lakers game, and a Galaxy game all in the same weekend. Isn't that what happened this last weekend?

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[parkerbink]

I can't believe they came back. When I was a kid their office ws on Olympic near Beverly Glen. I'd skateboard pst it going to the park.

[jeenyus]

You know you don't watch sports when you says the Rams game and I start wondering if you live in St. Louis...

[parkerbink]

Good deal! I lived on Ogden 2 blocks from the Peterson in the early 80s, never went there.

My 40k I was the second owner virtually perfect '72 Tii was totaled at Whitworth and Fairfax in '82, damn red light runners.