Old Member- Return to Autosports

I was a member of the old F-chat at least two generations ago, posting under the name Whart, which is an acronym for my name. I had a bunch of Ferraris, among other exotics and high performance cars. Like many of you, life has had some interesting twists and turns.
I retired early and eventually left the East Coast, moving to Austin, TX beginning part-time in 2012 and relocating full-time at the beginning of 2017. I had, by then, sold off all the cars and bikes.
But, the bug bit me again. I started to buy bikes, and then decided I'm getting too old for that. The 3wheeler Morgan always intrigued me and though I preferred the look of the rebooted V-Twin, bought a new Super 3, which is a blast to drive- very visceral. In connection with my renewed interest in motorsports I ran into Randy, who has Petrol Lounge in Austin and was also a longtime member. He and I were reminiscing and that prompted me to sign up again (couldn't find any credentials from my past existence here).
I'm sure that there are still some long time members from back in the day, including some of the usual suspects.
The years have been kind to me:

 

I remember you..........and yes, I'm old too.

 

Before my time, I guess, but welcome back!

 

Whart!!! Where ya been. Oh wait, I guess you just explained that. Missed ya brother, good to see you're back. Glad you're doing well, and will be nice to have another old guy from the good ol' days posting about.

I betcha if @rob lay spots this he can reactivate your old account, should you so desire.

Either way, good to see you here,

Dave M.

your old user ID is still active..

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/members/whart.142/

 

Hey! Welcome back, great to see you posting again.

 

Welcome back, Bill!

 

Sure. As I remember, I was a Super Duper Member back in the day, so that would be great. And since I'm now almost a neighbor, we should hook up-- I get to Dallas periodically. Thanks for the warm welcome back!

 

Hey, Ry- I remember your handle- nice to hear from you too! It's good to be back!

 

Thanks! It's like my world without motorsports was lacking, and here we are-- yeah, a lot has changed but it is nice to "go home again," right?

 

Hey, Dave! It's good to be back. I'd love to catch up on cars, people and life. Thanks for the kind words!

 

It's funny- I have a close friend- really a mentor-- who is near 90 and I think I've lost more brain cells than he has. So, I don't feel old most of the time-yeah, sometimes, my cultural references are dated, but I try to keep up with the younger generations- who are interesting-- different for sure, but I've found aging to be a generally positive experience- I'm less stressed, and roll with things a little more. Thankfully, have not suffered anything grievous- sadly, knew people who lived clean and died young. I guess some of it is just the great roulette wheel, no? (Maybe some genes, but a lot of luck too!)

 

That's cool. I've seen some of the younger folks I knew who are now in the peak of their professions and lives and its gratifying.

 

No problem. After all, it's been almost 11 years!

 

Welcome back Bill!

 

Hi Bill, great to see you back! We used to have a lot of fun. I remember meeting you at BRUCE's infamous party in NJ.

 

Darth- one of the men of respect as they say in New Jersey. Good to see you!

 

Welcome back Whart. I do remember your old Vauxhall 20/60. Lovely car.

 

Well, looks like you guys found my old credentials so I'm back in full livery!
Hi Simon, yes, lovely car. I probably could have had a hot rodded period Bentley by the time I was done restoring it, but....

 

Back in with full rank! Thanks, Rob.

 

Wait, what? Er Whart? How did I attend that and NOT meet Bill? Or maybe I did!#@

Lots of that party are mostly a blur, and I wasn't even drinking!!!

D

 

Maybe having too much fun? I dunno, I stopped drinking decades ago and it's a blur for me too, though I remember having a good time. Don't even remember what I was driving at the time. It's funny, out of all the Ferraris, new and "used," the one I miss is the 512BBi- despite the plasticy 70's-80's interior, it was the most visceral. Of course, I didn't own any of the great '50s or '60s models. In retrospect, those were cheap at the time. Ah, well, time moves on. Glad I'm back!

 

I remember you Will. We had the Enzo Drive at your house way back then and a drive to a restaurant which i believe you owned or had an interest in? . You had the black 550 barchetta at the time. Nice to hear from you!