Hey Joe, bet you hear that a lot

I'm just south of Longview on Lake Cherokee. You probably know Bob Fernald, he's in Austin and helped me on several issues. Actually he saved my rear end, not a car rear end, mine when I bought a 77 Spider on ebay some guy in Alabama was parting out. After I had bought a couple of parts from him I asked him about the car and it didn't have much rust and was straight. So I asked him how much he wanted for the car and he gave me a good price so I bought it. Didn't run and the fuel had turned to tar but once I got all that sorted out it fired right up and the compression is 150 on each cylinder. Bob helped me with the parts that were missing and I got it back on the road. I went to TWS last year about this time and met Jim Stoveall who you also might know for a vintage race. Really a great bunch of guys. Wish I lived closer, I'd really like to go to their Saturday meet and greets. Pretty much of a cultural wasteland up here. The bb has also been a great help, I try and give back as much as I get but that would be impossible. Not a member of AROC but probably should be. Yeah, I'd like to head down there for that race, I went to A&M (a very long time ago) and still have friends there so I can easily justify the trip.
Thanks for the invite!
Mike Sabin