Re: Seeking My Clipper's History

Posted by JWL On 2013/2/8 12:46:39

All this time you could have been chasing a "Red Herring"? That is quite a discovery.

What you say about documentation is important, and I have tried to do this with my cars.

In 2003 I bought a very nice unrestored Datsun 240Z, an orange one. It had obviously been well taken care of all its life and had been in the same family since new. What really made an impression on me was a log book that came with the car. The log documented just about everything the owner had done to the car since taking delivery of it from the Seattle dealer. There were entries from day one for about the next 20 years. He made notations of the tires he bought, the tune-ups, just about everything including some MPG figures from time to time. Over time the quality of the entries and the hand writing deteriorated until there were no more.

I keep my receipts and make notes on logs on my iMac. I also have noted previous owners a best as I can. This information should help the next owners. Project blogs on this site are a great way to add to the documentation.

(o{}o)