[Hal Copple]

My SPF is about as safe as any replica can be. Plus, i put on race Wilwoods, and it is now up at the Olthoff's getting a full width, higher rollbar. I drive it a lot, (over 48K so far), and so i check it out very carefully. About once a week. I do this instead of a game of golf on the weekends. I have dual Halon systems, etc. I have had it on about 5 race tracks, with very talented drivers instructing me. I try to be as safe "out there" as i can be. I always wear all five points of my Simpson system.

But i have a hunch my body probably won't tolerate the stresses the car may be subjected to, or someone may hit me from the rear, and put my skull into my rollbar, that sort of thing. There are some accidents that are simply not surviable in a car like mine. Nor in a Miata, or Boxster, Z3, or other small low car. No mater what safety things i build into my car, a catastrophic intrusion accident can still occur.

But i have accepted the risks, like i accept other risks, and go forth in the world.

It is all i can do. The rest is pretty much out of my hands.

I never thought of myself as a really old person anyway, so i am determined to put about as much life experience into every day as i possibly can. My car is part of that plan.

I miss you, Steve.