Where did you DRIVE this weekend? (Roadsters only!)

[ted heaton]

Datsun Roadster Drive today. 3-17-23. 64 1500. 130 miles. Granite Falls Loop.
Beautiful Spring Like day. Sunny (filtered) and in the low 60's.
One of the better loops north along the Cascade Range foothills. Sultan - Granite Falls - Snohomish.
Met up with one of those lesser British cars. 1972 TR6.

Ted

[bossbob]

Got her running good, looking good, took a spin down to the lake.

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[ted heaton]

Roadster Drive Today. 3-18-23. 64 1500. 101 miles. Clutch replacement and Enumclaw loop.
The last beautiful day of our Pre Spring weather. Sunny, warm, calm, Mid 60's.
First to the NWDE and DROPS clutch replacement workshop for Lachlan's 1600 roadster.
Lachlan and Todd did all the work while the rest of offered knowledge, parts, support and ate Pizza.
Then I drove a favorite short loop around Enumclaw with great views of Mt Rainier.

Ted.

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[jr02518]

This last Saturday my son and I had a drive from the Hesperia, CA area to Willow Springs Raceway and back. A little over 80 miles, one way. The weather was clear and cold in the morning. The top was down and we dressed accordingly. We still froze. One of the reasons for the trip included a first, actually a number of them. First, Samuel had a turn at the wheel of the Datsun on a highway. Success on both issues. It's a car, yes with a stick. But he did a great job. The car is starting to make me forget the effort required to get it back on the road. First, I started with a mostly stock but mechanical used up garage queen.
The clutch slave cylinder and master cylinder were replaced. Not having any fluid in the system was the tell. The air pump was in place and frozen. The belt was in the boot. Every gasket that was supposed to hold back the oil it was responsible for had failed. The under carriage was never going to rust was a positive, right? The completely worn out front suspension was a great introduction to what might be used up, will lead to everything that is used up. Clue one, if the the grease boots are not brand new because you replaced them and the parts that they are attached to, pick a vendor you will be willing to support. Repeatedly.
But the car is running really well. Now that it has been set up with a distributor that has the early points curve and an electronic distribution system. The air injection system was removed and correctly sealed. The carbs were correctly set up, Thank you Eric! And most of the original 96 horse power are back under the bonnet.

Again, a successful road trip. Not having a working tachometer, a small detail that was never an issue. On the highway coming home, keeping up with the traffic.

[ted heaton]

Datsun Roadster Drive today. 3-22-23. 64 1500. 208 miles. Skagit Valley Daffodils.
A nice dry warm sunny day happened, so had to drive.
North to the Skagit Valley to see the daffodils. Not crowded. Good views of Mt Baker.
Tulips in 2-3 weeks and there will be a zillion tourists.

Ted.

[Gregs672000]

Yesterday I drove my Roadster to... the gas station. That's actually a big deal for me, as it's the first time I've started the car let alone drove it anywhere since the car accident back in late November. While it was just a short trip to my favorite Union 76 on the Puyallup Tribe reservation (cause their gas prices are about 30cents less) I was happy to find it's still a comfortable seat despite the two crushed vertebrae in my low back. The car ran well, the EFI was set a bit lean I noted, so I didn't romp on it... just enough to remind me of how much I love this car. Now, gotta slowly take on a few things I need to fix... a broken speedo and cable, getting the Isky cam cut down just a bit and swapped with the Racer Brown, and running the EFI tuning software a bit more to dial that in. I'm pretty slow at things, and crawling around on the ground is not easy, but I'm better that I was a month ago and hope to be progressing forward more as the weather improves my motivation. I have a (new to me) BMW X3 that will need some attention going forward (some difficult to do differential and transfer box mounts) but their not broken yet so I can get to them gradually (I hope!). Yeah!