My Book

       A few years ago, when I first got onto Facebook and Twitter, the main reason was to get some exposure for my book.  Facebook was a way to let family and friends know about the book, and I thought Twitter would be a great way to reach other car enthusiasts around the world. Over the past few years, I have found other reasons to keep using Facebook and Twitter, but the book is always a secondary reason.

     I haven't sold very many books in the past few years, but I like to still keep promoting it from time to time. I always get great reviews and feedback from car enthusiasts who have read it. Thank you to those who have let me know.

    Anyone who may be interested can find it by following this link: Grab Some Gears

                      The cover of my book.

Picture Perfect

    Over the years, I've owned many great cars, most of them good performance cars, and three of them were exceptional performers. But, only one was a Shelby Mustang. I owned my 2007 Shelby GT 500 for six years, but only put 12,000 miles on it during that time. It sat covered in the garage most of the time, always perfectly clean and detailed, and ready for the next car show. Always Picture Perfect.

     During those six years, I had it in many car shows, and it won plenty of awards at those shows.  It always attracted a lot of attention, and I enjoyed showing it and answering plenty of questions.  I've always enjoyed driving all of my cars, but the Shelby was a collectors item, and I felt I should try to keep the miles down on that one. That was the main reason I finally sold it after six years, I like driving my performance cars.

     Now, I kind of wish I could own a new Shelby GT 500. But the new ones cost twice as much as my 2007 model, and gas prices are over twice as much as they were back then. I don't think another one is in my future.

     Any new followers of my blog, who may be interested, can check out my book, and read sample pages, just follow this link: Grab Some Gears  

   My 2007 Shelby GT 500 ,  from 10 years ago.

Doctors Orders

      We are lucky enough to live in a very nice place, with spectacular red rock scenery all around our area. Our weather is very nice, most of the time. It's easy to take a beautiful drive up the canyons, most any day. I know not everyone in this world is quite this lucky.

     I don't listen to the news anymore, too much bad stuff happening around the world, and nothing I can control. My doctors tell me the stress is not good for me, and not to watch the news if it stresses me out. So I don't.  I hope to be around for many more years, so health and fitness is my number one priority now.

     Getting out and driving my Mustang around this beautiful area is a perfect stress relief activity, so I try to do that every chance I get. Today is a beautiful day, so I think a ride up the canyon is just what the doctor ordered.

    My Mustang , close to home in Southern Utah.

American Graffiti

      Many years ago, a movie was released that came very close to portraying my life style at that time. The movie was “ American Graffiti “ , and it is something that I still relate to, and refer to often. The type of street racing that movie portrayed is something I participated in for over 40 years.  Eventually, I wrote a book about it.   Follow this link to find my book: Grab Some Gears

     Many other movies have been about street racing, such as the “Fast and Furious“ series. Most of them are filled with over-the-top craziness.  Most of them are not as realistic to that real world activity. I referred to it often as “ the old-style street racing “.  I still love that movie to this day.

     Scene from the "American Graffiti" movie.   (Twitter photo).

Car Clubs

      Over the years, I have been associated with several different car clubs. Some of them national, such as the "Mustang Club of America" , and the "Special Vehicle Team Owners Association".  But most of them were various local car clubs that operated near places I have lived.  They hold meetings, plan little day trips, hold small car shows, and various other activities. They have always welcomed me, and have enjoyed having my cars as part of their car shows.

     I have always tried to fit in, but, I am not very social, I'm more of a loner.  I can talk various car stuff with the best of them, but I'm not good at setting around just chatting over lunch, or showing up for a breakfast meeting and car show around a local restaurant.

     I've participated in many of the local car shows , and tried to fit in the best I could, but have fallen away more and more in the last few years. I'm a loner, and guess I always will be. 

    My yellow 2015 Mustang GT at a local car show.

Only The Best

      Several years ago, when I first started posting on Twitter, I made the decision to try to post the best quality photos I could find on my page.  I think I’ve done a pretty good job of it, most of the time.  Every once in a while, when I feel the look of my tweets may be slipping, I try to renew my efforts to watch the quality of the photos I post or retweet. 

     With so much bad stuff being put on all sources of social media these days, I want to refresh my attempts to keep up the quality of my contributions. I hope my followers approve of my efforts.

    Also, any of my followers who may be interested in my book,  can find it, and read sample pages,  by following this link: Grab Some Gears 

         ( Sample Twitter photo from some of my posts )

The Future

      A few days ago, I saw a post on Twitter about a future jet fighter that is being developed. It’s very sleek and futuristic looking, and reminds me of comic book images from years ago. I’m an Air Force veteran, and a lifelong car enthusiast, so those things are of interest to me, but other things matter too.

     We are always seeing images of our future. Sometimes it’s cars, sometimes it’s aircraft, and sometimes it’s bleak ideas of what is happening to our planet.  Nobody really knows what our future will be like. All we can do is the best effort we can muster, to do our part to make it the best outcome for the kind of world our posterity will have to live in. Let's get this right.

        ( Twitter photo )