[Roger Stine]

Funny stuff, I have three possessions that people make suggestions about what I should do with them.

1. 1966 Cal 40 sailboat that I bought in 1977 in the Virgin Islands. I raced it for years in the Caribbean and then the on West Coast, LA to Honolulu, Mexico dozens of times, etc. My slip space in SoCal has a 20 year waiting list and although we rarely use the boat, I still like it and and will never sell it! Our son now sails it. We will never sell this boat or give up the slip as people suggest.

2. 1951 Ford Woody wagon, drives great with a hipo 289 under the hood, rack and pinion and disk brakes. The wood is original and flawlessly varnished like my sailboat. The original gray paint is in poor condition. "Why don't you paint it?" I like the no rust body with original paint and will not remove the surfboard wax that has dripped on the roof over the years!

3. Early MK 1 Factory Five Racing Cobra with one of the 10 Carbon bodies. It's been used exclusively by me for open track events and now our son. The black paint wears years of sand and rock chips from race tires as a badge of honor. Just before the last Knotts show, Jeff Miller the Cobra painter added a large skull and cross bones across the bow of the black body. The waxers are shocked and have no clue about the fun of running wide open in 4th gear with a pack of screaming GT 350s, which in my opinion is all a Cobra is good for.

Our road racing friends sound an AARRR of approval.

Roger