Bob Sharp Replica - or Not?

[angliagt]

              The '78 B210 is in the garage,under "restoration",which means

that I'm not doing anything to it right now.As the front/rear window gaskets

need to be replaced,& I have the other window gaskets,I'm thinking that I

need to stop,& make a crucial decision.

              Back in 1974,I read an article in Hot Rod Magazine,where they drove

a modified B210 that Bob Sharp's shop had built.I've wanted to make a copy

of that car,ever since I saw that article.I almost bought a new '74 to do just that,

but it didn't work out.

             The problem is that our car is dark blue (mostly original paint),& the paint

is in really good shape,but the project car was white,withe red & blue stripes. 

            My dilemma is,should I just put it back together,& get it back on the road,

or have it painted,before I do that?

           I also pulled the non-functioning A/C off of the car,& tossed it,but the parts

car has A/C.

           WHAT DO I DO?

 

                                                    - Doug   

[ggzilla]

Get it back on the road, then make it a replica. A replicar that doesn't drive is no fun.

[MicroMachinery]

Find a car that someone spray bombed and ruined the original paint, and make a replica with that. Original Datsuns are becoming as rare in the Datsun community as seeing a Datsun in public.