Where did The Garage go? Nowhere, it’s just that we are busy as all get out in the real garage and we’ve lost 2 computers. Posting should resume as nomal as we’ll ever be tomorrow. I might even post the track test on the GT-500!

Like everyone else I really enjoy reminiscing old memories especially bench racing with friends about some of those times where all didn’t go as planned.

One such time was back in the late 70’s when I was an active member of the U.S. Olympic International Skeet shooting team. While hosting a weekend international competition at our local club in Palo Alto California there were many good friends and fellow competitors present. Two of them were John Satterwhite my coach and Eva Funes the women’s East German champion. One afternoon after the event had ended for the day John was telling Eva about my GT500 but she had no idea what was special about it. The next day I drove it to the club and John said, “Come on Eva… Hop in the front and Gary will take us for a ride.” It didn’t take long before we were on the freeway moving at a pretty good clip when John said, “Come on Faules, show us what she’s got!”

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I am always amazed how much the automobile is a part of our lives not to mention how it influences the things we say and do especially when we were young not at all unlike the youth of today. That being said I’d like to share one such automotive memory I have with you but please understand it is not done with any disrespect. It is simply one experience from the 70s that still cracks me up.
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