New member, Mike from San Antonio

[Saber 39]

Checking in after 24 years of building and driving my FFR MK 2. Have attended a couple of your gatherings and enjoyed looking at many fabulous cars. I finally decided to join. There’s only a couple of things more fun than these cars.

 

[JohnG(TX)]

Howdy Mike. I am in San Antonio also, and my friend and I are in the process of building a MK3. It would be cool to compare notes.

 

[Saber 39]

My wife , Sandy and I live in the Army Residence Community in Windcrest and would be happy to compare notes. I have just started working on an owners manual for my roadster asI I need to get the car sold pretty soon.

 

[JohnG(TX)]

Are you planning on building another one?
I live in Castle Hills near 410 and West Ave.

 

[Saber 39]

At 78 yrs old I’m getting to old drive it much let alone build another.

 

[jshel1]

Howdy Mike... per chance your car is red and you lived on the Lakeside of the ARC?

 

[Saber 39]

Nailed it!!! Who do you know over here?

 

[jshel1]

Got to know many a resident at the ARC over the years. My folks moved to the Crestway tower in 2003 from our Northbend home. Our family relocated to Randolph from Edwards in '72. My folks are now in columbarium at Ft Sam.

I saw your Cobra in your garage as I meandered around to get some pictures of the baby swans to share with my Dad in his final months while he was a resident in assisted living.

What branch of service were you in?

 

[Saber 39]

Army 15 yrs and Coast Guard 15 yrs. As a helicopter pilot.

 

[jshel1]

You probably spent some time at Ft Rucker, I would guess. I had a friend who trained at Rucker and did 20 years in the Army National Guard full time. He flew Blackhawks.

He was the closest thing to Rambo that I could imagine... was operational in all roles for the M1 Abrams when he was enlisted just out of high school. The got matched up with flight operations in his senior year in college.

My Dad retired O6 in '76 and started off Army Air Corp in WWII. He got recalled to service during Korea and stayed in. He was a bomber pilot, flying B-24s in the WWII, B26s in Korea and the B57 in Vietnam. We were able to get him back out to see flight line operations up close at Randolph around the time of his 99th birthday.

Fast cars and the Cobra is the closest that I got to any of those cool adventures you guys endured.

@BWorley (our admin) visted my folks at the ARC numerous times as we piloted my Hurricane down from DFW.

 

[Saber 39]

I dodged the VN draft in 1965 by enlisting for the Warrent Officer Flight Program “high school to flight school” Spent about 15 yrs. flying Army until the post VN reductions in force and realized I was done flying if I stayed in. Applied for the CG direct commission aviator program (CG used pilot program) and spent the next 15 yrs. Flying CG rescue and LE missions. I still can’t believe the U.S. taxpayers paid me to have that much fun.

 

[Saber 39]

Howdy Mike. I am in San Antonio also, and my friend and I are in the process of building a MK3. It would be cool to compare notes.

John, Would like to know more about your build. I did a doner build with new (fuel tank, radiator etc.) or reman parts (brake, steering, engine, trans etc.). Was shooting for a comfortable cruiser (heater, soft top, Earls vent kit etc. ) eventually got an Ape Top and pretty much use it all the time.