Hi from Oak Ridge TN

[kteslick]

Hi to all. My name is Kurt Eslick. I am a long time Datsun fanatic. It started when as a young photographer I did pictures for Jim Fitzgerald and Linda Sharp. The amount of stuff you could learn by hanging out in Jim's basement garage was amazing and the people there became great friends. I have owned two 300zx turbos (vin 08 and 09) and one 2+2 all being slick tops. One of them was Jim's personal car. Jim believed the roadster was the best car to learn to race in. The southeast was a hotbed of DP roadsters and Jim was a master with them. Over the last few years I was able to hang out with Keith Hege some and hear all his stories about Jim as well as Bob Sharp. During the time when the racing roadsters were being built Keith was often loaned to Sharp during crunch times. Unfortunately in the past year we lost both Keith Hege and Linda. The number of people with good inside knowledge of those days is dwindling. When Linda passed away she left me her street roadster, a one owner 68 that has been sitting for a long time. A few years ago we had discussed putting a modern engine in it and fixing it up enough for her to drive. I have started that chore now. If you would like to follow my progress with this car I have started a blog http://lindasroadster.wordpress.com

[Alvin]

Kurt,
Welcome and thanks for sharing! Look forward to more blog posts!

We also have an engine swap section here and folks would be inspired by your progress:
http://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=15

Are you on Facebook? There is a roadster group that would love to hear this story:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6909820090/

[notoptoy]

Welcome Kurt! post your location in your profile please. I am partial to stories that start and involve Winston Salem so I welcome reading and seeing more on your project. The history you have on the blog is great to read, thanks for sharing.

[spriso]

Welcome to the best roadster resource on the web!

Michael

[2mAn]

I just spent a while reading your blog posts... Thats so awesome. You need to make sure to keep us updated on the progress... such a cool story.

We need to see some more of your pics!

[Natenate4s]

Welcome aboard!

[S Allen]

Welcome and very cool background for sure.

Steve

[kteslick]

I just spent a while reading your blog posts... Thats so awesome. You need to make sure to keep us updated on the progress... such a cool story.

We need to see some more of your pics!

You can find a gallery of old datsun race pics here as well as some not Datsun stuff. https://www.kurteslick.com/portfolio/G0000n8syM9OhpEU