42Bfast
Senior Member

About 42Bfast

Biography:

Recently retired and Re-retired from the Aerospace industry after 32 years. It was a very challenging career in an unusual, complicated, but oh-so-cool industry. Learned a lot, worked a lot, and enjoyed most of it. ��
My first car was a 1971 Firebird with factory 4spd and limited slip diff. I've been hooked ever since. Haven't always gone hi performance as I truly enjoy the different driving experience of unique cars. Vehicles ranged from diesel VW Rabbit, to 69 Chevrolet step-side pickup with a 396, to Jeep CJ7, a couple Toyota Land Cruisers, and a few Hondas including a CRX SI, to list a few but by no means, all. The car I owned the longest was a 2000 Miata. (Really great cars for grins per dollar, auto crossing, and carving curves. ) Sold the Miata and bought my current grocery getter, a 2006 Corvette Z51 convertible. (Yes, it has a manual transmission as most of my vehicles have had. Die hard shifty I am. Besides, these days, a manual transmission is an added anti-theft device) Most of my vehicles were bought used and on a tight budget but I always worked to minimize the financial impact by careful purchasing and improving the vehicle during my ownership.

A few years ago as I neared retirement I started acquiring and working on older “project” vehicles, most having a significant amount of rust. (Learning how to deal with that.) Current non-running fleet includes a 1956 Willys wagon, a 1958 Austin Healey 100-6, 1961 MGA, and a 1970 FJ40 Land Cruiser. Obviously, my reach has exceeded my grasp so the Healey project will likely be sold to fund the Cobra paint.
Complete kit delivered by Stewart Transport on November 20, 2017

Location:

Pensacola

Occupation:

Retired aerospace