Midwest newb
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:42 pm
Well, I popped my post cherry over in the classifieds section, so I figure I might as well go ahead and do an introduction post. I've been halfheartedly looking for a 311 for a little while now, and just browsing here and there when I'm bored at work mostly, but I've decided it is time to get serious about my search for a project car.
I'm a Pac NW transplant to the Midwest, so one of the issues I'm beginning to realize living here is that there is a significant shortage of anything remotely resembling late model cars on the roads out this way. Needless to say, options in my neck of the woods is essentially zero. Curse you, road salt!
I have kind of run the gamut of various vehicle obsessions through my limited years - Harleys, G20s, G35s, Yota pickups... - and have finally come back to the more timeless classics, of which the Fairlady embodies so well.
So, that's where I am. Not necessarily wanting to jump into something that will ride it out in my garage for years on end before I'm able to enjoy it, but more of something I can tinker with while I get to enjoy it. Of course, the longer winters here would also allow for more intensive work to be done as needed, but the intent is to have something suitable for use as a DD (during appropriate weather only, of course!).
Anyway, I'm glad to have found this forum, and from what I've seen so far, it appears to be a great community, full of more knowledge and skill than I could ever imagine. I'm sure I will be able to learn quite a bit, and be able to put it to use when I find my first 311.
Thanks,
-Paul
I'm a Pac NW transplant to the Midwest, so one of the issues I'm beginning to realize living here is that there is a significant shortage of anything remotely resembling late model cars on the roads out this way. Needless to say, options in my neck of the woods is essentially zero. Curse you, road salt!
I have kind of run the gamut of various vehicle obsessions through my limited years - Harleys, G20s, G35s, Yota pickups... - and have finally come back to the more timeless classics, of which the Fairlady embodies so well.
So, that's where I am. Not necessarily wanting to jump into something that will ride it out in my garage for years on end before I'm able to enjoy it, but more of something I can tinker with while I get to enjoy it. Of course, the longer winters here would also allow for more intensive work to be done as needed, but the intent is to have something suitable for use as a DD (during appropriate weather only, of course!).
Anyway, I'm glad to have found this forum, and from what I've seen so far, it appears to be a great community, full of more knowledge and skill than I could ever imagine. I'm sure I will be able to learn quite a bit, and be able to put it to use when I find my first 311.
Thanks,
-Paul
