[Hal Copple]

Bill, perhaps you think SPF owners are some big, mindless body of folks with a common lore. That we are directed by strings from South Africa, sent out as missionaries or mercenaries, to do what we are told to do. That we are robots, or think, act, and speak as one.

But we are no different than any large group of FFR, or ERA, or any other group of owners. We chastize one-another, we disagree, we argue, we butt heads, we do what any group of 1500 or so mostly men do. We also boast, brag, and occasionally taunt. We have opinionated, forthright, outspoken owners too. You have seen some of our collective disagreement right on this very thread.

So i hope you will believe me when i state that "the opinions expressed here are individual, ..."

Mostly, i believe, we, like owners of other brands, come vigorously to the defense of our particular variety when our motives or our cars are called into question.

I don't think i will post again on this thread, you are an American, you are free to think, feel, and say whatever you want.