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Datsun.David wrote:Primer black... Slammed with cadillac taillights... I think... A beauty in her own right.

Paul - I believe that Bob's primary statement was intended as a positive rallying point to try and drive discussion and ultimately encourage Roadster owners to get out and say great things about their cars. I think that there has been a lot read into his tone by some who feel that he was scolding them for talking down roadsters.

Datsun.David wrote:Primer black... Slammed with cadillac taillights... I think... A beauty in her own right.

Paul - I believe that Bob's primary statement was intended as a positive rallying point to try and drive discussion and ultimately encourage Roadster owners to get out and say great things about their cars. I think that there has been a lot read into his tone by some who feel that he was scolding them for talking down roadsters. As I have often said to the fairer set - if I say something that can be taken one of two ways, and one of those ways pisses you off - I meant the other. Intonation and inflection are lost in text. Anyhow, I think Bob's comments were a reflection of his recent acquisition and corresponding enthusiasm coupled with a realization that nobody knows these cars exist... (This is hyperbole - some people know they exist but not as many as we would like...).

And don't call my construct faulty. I stand by it when the sentence is read in it's entirety. I don't thnk your crit stands when the whole statement is considered - that is not however a challenge for you to re-address it. I agree with the premise that those putting money in over time are committed. And some deserve to be...

Honestly, I think Bob "losing control of his thread" has more to do with those who have gotten almost vexatious and clearly un-roadsterlike with there response to his assertions - annoying though some of them may have been. However, when a guy is getting rundown for attempting to rouse positive energy, I stand with him. I respect him electing to try and diffuse the onslaught. Something I was trying to likewise do - my tone was intended to be more inclusive. Perhaps I should have used emoticons.

And this thread needs more pics of roadsters like Geoff's - and Geoff - your comment here was awesome.

datsun1500 wrote:

Datsun.David wrote:Primer black... Slammed with cadillac taillights... I think... A beauty in her own right.

Paul - I believe that Bob's primary statement was intended as a positive rallying point to try and drive discussion and ultimately encourage Roadster owners to get out and say great things about their cars. I think that there has been a lot read into his tone by some who feel that he was scolding them for talking down roadsters.

I'll ask for the third time in this thread. Have you ever met a roadster owner that didn't get out and say great things about these cars? That told people they were junk?

A few of us have asked in this thread, what exactly are we supposed to do? Talk the cars up? Encourage others to buy one? Restore a car? A bunch of us have been doing that for 20-30 years..

I've never met an owner that did not talk the cars up, has anyone else?

Howard R wrote:Speaking of girls with roadsters,

Bob wrote:I am oficially regaining control of this thread, or trying to.

Bob wrote:This was meant from the beginning to be about encouraging all of you to speak out loud of the Datsun Roadster's real value, in all of its various degrees of restoration from very rough to very fine, including soft and hard modifications.

Bob wrote:I say speak up to tell the world that Datsun Roadsters are worth preserving and cherishing.

Bob wrote:I did it all for you, Alvin, and you only.

Bob wrote:I did it all for you, Alvin, and you only.

Bob wrote: This was meant from the beginning to be about encouraging all of you to speak out loud of the Datsun Roadster's real value.......

I say speak up to tell the world that Datsun Roadsters are worth preserving and cherishing. In the best condition they are as valuable, or more valuable, than many contemporary roadsters, and even in rough condition, they are certainly worth saving.