But Mom...it followed me home... honest!!!

[Bonzi Lon]

I found this little gem on Wichita craigslist last month and knew it wouldn't last long, but to my surprise it was relisted at a lowered price 3 weeks later. I went and looked at it and knew I had to have it. It is a 1968 Datsun 1600 Roadster with 58,663 actual miles (have records). I bought it from a banker who had bought it (3rd owner) for his wife on their 30th wedding anniversary in 1983 and they put 1285 miles on it in 25 years!!! It does have a bad respray and a few rust bubbles on the fenders and rockers, solid floor pans, but a good driver and looker for being 40 years old. It came with owner's manual, service records from new, radio instructions, tauneau cover, soft top, top cover and a never (?) used jack. All badges and chrome are in place but a little pitted in places. I'm going to drive it for the summer and then decide on refurbishment or restore. The odd, strange and curious thing is the VIN# is 18,100 and my 73Z VIN# is 168,500, both vins end in double zero!!! Coincidence? What are the odds of that? A fun little roller skate.

Bonzi Lon

[hls30.com]

Welcome to the two or more Datsun model Club!

You have a good bit of fun ahead! The roadsters are fun, and a great compliment to the Z!-you'll love the mileage when you get her all tuned up! Be sure to join "The List", and the Roadster Owners Club in our area-Victor gave me that advice when I bought my 69/70 2000 and it has proved invaluable!

Will

[sblake01]

You'll love that car. I really miss my 70.

[Nissanman]

Great little car:classic:

I hope you enjoy driving the DNA source of the 240Z.

....and a never (?) used jack.

...and keep it that way:finger:

Unless you are VERY careful, the factory jack will put an after market dent in the door of the car when you use it:tapemouth:tapemouth.

[Bonzi Lon]

I'm going to join the 311 club because it will need a little TLC and even tho it is some what like the 240's I know it will have its own quirkyness to get it right, let alone finding parts if I need them.

I did try the jack just to see how that little ingenious thing worked but didn't go up more than an inch, the frame is the best place to take it up. I checked a list and the vin is not on there so will get it on there ASAP.

Looking forward for a bad hair day and ear to ear grin. Now it needs a name. Any sugestions?

Bonzi Lon

[helopilot]

Thats what happened with my 73 z. It was the price of 3 Dyson vacumes honey. (after I got her/us one)

How can you pass that up?

Phil

[MikeW]

I went and looked at it and knew I had to have it.

Nice find.

The odd, strange and curious thing is the VIN# is 18,100 and my 73Z VIN# is 168,500, both vins end in double zero!!! Coincidence? What are the odds of that?

1 in 100 times 1 in 100 = 1 in 10,000

[sblake01]

What are the odds of 8s being in the 1000s column in both VINs?

[EScanlon]

Nice find!

They ARE a lot of fun, and quite an experience in refreshing them. While there are similarities to the Z, there are also several "bonehead" problems that you'll encounter that I've not seen in over 2 dozen different vehicles. But they are addicting.

I'm currently working to finish the refresh on my 67 1600 and have a 68-2000 in the wings waiting it's turn.

E

[MikeW]

What are the odds of 8s being in the 1000s column in both VINs?

That's a little trickier since there aren't an infinite number of VINs but we'd have to assume that one of every 10 cars has a specific digit in a specific position so the odds of having an 8 in the 1000s column is 1 in 10. Having two cars that both have an 8 would be 1 in 10 times 1 in 10 or 1 in 100.

[hls30.com]

That's a little trickier since there aren't an infinite number of VINs but we'd have to assume that one of every 10 cars has a specific digit in a specific position so the odds of having an 8 in the 1000s column is 1 in 10. Having two cars that both have an 8 would be 1 in 10 times 1 in 10 or 1 in 100.

Wait, this is early Nissan, they skipped around within the vin pool-avoiding entire groups of numbers giving serious creedance to the old bit about ". I think it would be better to ask if the standard deviant would be within one standard deviation of the 8!

Will

...or am I the deviant...hmmm

[sblake01]

By asking the question in the first place, I was just being the standard deviant.