Re: [VintageLambo] San Antone

Bob - My gears are grinding as I just spoke to Tommy Fore who cared for Dee Howard"s car collection in the 1970"s and spoke of the old times when Dee and Swearingen where duking in out on the streets around SA.Years ago I knew a guy that worked for Swearingen and relayed the same story.Small world. So when you come to SA again, give me a ring. Aaron (Churchill grad) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Storck To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [VintageLambo] San Antone aaron arnold wrote: > Yes Sir, San Antonio Stock Show, and it is raining as usual for the > occasion. Step-daughter is showing and did very well last year. As > far as the sausage, I would happily send you some, I always make more > than I will use and often give it away. Geez, you must really be in need of good kharma. As an Air Force brat, my time in SA crossed with my late high school years, and I graduated from Lee. My dad retired there and I have a step-sister and her family adding to the GM Suburbans populating Alamo Heights. Back when I was a kid, I worked on quite a few of the Ferraris and Masers in the area, and San Antonio Imports on Broadway (last time I looked it was a 1-hour photo processing plant) sold EVERYTHING from Fiat to Rolls except for VW. My bosses for high school jobs were Dee Howard and Ed Sweringen (a partner in SAI, so I worked on some of his cars there), both aircraft company owners, fantastic designers, and great car collectors. Ed used to have an Espada, which he was fond of. I was in the early days of my flying career, and flew sailplanes out of the Hondo airport. Stopped for breakfast and dinner in Castroville, and did some skydiving there, both getting us invited to their annual bull roast, then a private affair. The meld of the Latin, Teutonic, and other cultures resulted in some unique concoctions. Remarkable to see the middle Europeans go wild with cumin, coriander, cayenne and curry. Cheers, Bob 2300 Red Bridge Terrace Kansas City, MO 64131 PS - The Navy had me in Corpus and Beeville, and I started my racing there in "65. It was years later that I finally realized that all sports car tracks were not on airports.