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Thanks Greg have you by any chance been to the NWDE events? I have had it up in Redmond, but it's been a couple of years. I was thinking your name looked familiar? I am not in too big a hurry to sell, and your seasonal advice is probably very good. Falling in love is something I am concerned about I am having a very hard time even considering that it would no longer be in the garage waiting for me...

Nate: thanks for the welcome

Hi Kris.
No Need to sell your fine Roadster.
You are just suffering from a common local weather related roadster disease.
"Pacific NW Roadster Disuse Syndrome."!. You and your Roadster are Lonely!
Follow the steps below and all will be right with you and your Roadster.

1. Join the Local Datsun Roadster community email list (DROPS, currently 80 roadster owners).
Lots of support, knowledge, parts, advise etc. from your local fellow roadster folks.
2. Join the local Datsun club. NWDE.
3. Join us in the monthly NWDE meetings, our 4 annual DROPS events, and the Roadster/Datsun shows from BC,
Canada to California that we caravan to as a group in the Spring and Summer..

I can tell from your response to all the supportive replies that you are feeling better already!
Now go out to the garage and tell your Roadster you were only kidding about this selling nonsense!
And in these dark wet months a 5 minute daily sit in the Roadster is recommended.
If there is an Emergency we can send Greg over for Intervention Therapy!
Hope to see you and your Roadster soon

Ted.

^ Best answer ever.

Excellent.

Now take that "expert" appraisal we did for you and get your insurance updated too

Cheers
James

:LOL: yes, I agree that Teds answer is a great one I have many reasons for kicking around the selling idea , certainly "roadster disuse syndrome" is one of them. With 2 fantastic little kids at my house, Seattle summers being what they are, and the roadster only having 2 seats, even taking a 20 minute drive has been difficult. The other big reason is a financial opportunity... It's a goal I have had for a long time, but the longer I wait to see it realized, the more expensive it becomes. If I am selfless now, it's a big step in setting my family up for the future, and would mean that I could build another car down the road, (maybe with my son and/or daughter).... No question about it, I would miss this car dearly, but it's a sacrifice that weighs heavy on my mind.

I would put it at closer to $15k. Finding a solid, sorted 2L is getting a lot harder and recent sale on Ebay (Joe's car) at $18K+ gives support to this.

I do think that Solex carbs w/B cam and 8L pan make car more desirable and will help the whole car pull more money than they cost to add in this case...

My 2c...

However, I have been reluctant to sell my 69 2K for the last couple of years and wouldn't let it go for less than $18k with Solexes and 8L pan... Maybe this spring...

Given that you are close to selling (no idea of the age of the munchkins) - but perhaps this might be a time to buy a "project' - slowly work on it (again depending on munchkins) and then when they are old enough - you might have lots of fun dad/munchkin time getting the car sorted.

Great responses here!
David - I too saw the 18k Roadster, and while my engine compartment is not cleaned up quite that nice (yet) , I do feel that the cars seem pretty comparable from the pictures. I see your point about the solex/155 hp set up as being desireable and would bring more $$... how much is a great question.

Peter - Munchkins are 3, and 5, and I was thinking exactly the same thing. My project time is pretty limited right now, but with a few hours here and there, a slow restoration is probably what I will end up with. Kids aren't quite old enough to help for long periods of time, but I was thinking that if they help with the parts that they are able to, they'll see the value of hard work, and the beautiful end result. They will hopefully also learn skills like patience, self discipline, problem solving along the way. I remember working with my Dad back in the day, I learned alot by just hanging out with him... I want to provide the same opportunity for my kids.