Greetings from Texas!

[jw38]

I've been a member of the forum for a while, but have just spent a lot of time looking around, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I live in Spring Branch, Texas, which is located about 30 miles north of San Antonio. My wife an I built a custom home on a 3 acre lot on Canyon Lake as our "forever" home and we absolutely love it here. Last Christmas, I purchased a 2013 GT convertible (cabrio for y'all!) for my wife and after we had all of the initial issues that the dealership lied about taken care of, we've absolutely loved having the car. As we have nice weather year round, we'll be able to drive throughout the year. It's really our weekend toy.

We lived in the UK for 3 years from 1990-1993 when I was assigned to RAF Lakenheath. It was the best 3 years I had during my 20 year career in the US Air Force. We absolutely LOVED it there and we've made it back several times over the past 10 years.

Looking forward to learning more about the GT!!

 

[MGT]

A warm welcome!

 

[Navcorr]

Greetings and welcome. That sounds a delightful setup and well earned. My Uncle is a New Jersey man and was also USAF.
Based here at Chicksands for a while. The stuff Mum got through the BX

 

[D Walker]

Welcome, always good to hear from a fellow serviceman, quite a few of us on here...

 

[allandwf]

Welcome. You will find all you need to know re the cars here.

 

[alfatwo]

Black gold Texas tea then!

Have fun

Dave

 

[jw38]

Black gold Texas tea then!

Have fun

Dave

Love the avatar! My first car was a 1969 Alfa 1750 GTV that I bought in 1976 while stationed in Germany. Wish I still had it!

 

[Nibby]

Welcome!
Lived in Barton Mills for 30 years on and off which is about 4 miles from Lakenheath. Will be heading to Texas soon for a holiday to visit someone in Wimberley near Austin.
Mark

 

[lifes2short]

warm welcome or more like a cold and very wet one from UK, get some pictures posted of the GT

 

[Andyk]

A warm welcome and as above. Post some pictures when you get a chance.

 

[conaero]

Welcome JW, nice to have you on board.

 

[Navcorr]

Welcome JW, nice to have you on board.

Hopefully the surname isn't Pepper!

 

[jw38]

Welcome!
Lived in Barton Mills for 30 years on and off which is about 4 miles from Lakenheath. Will be heading to Texas soon for a holiday to visit someone in Wimberley near Austin.
Mark

I know Barton Mills well...lovely little town. I'm about 15 minutes from Wimberley, so let me know when you'll be in Texas and we'll treat you to some good old Texas hospitality!

Hopefully the surname isn't Pepper!

Thankfully, it's not!

A warm welcome and as above. Post some pictures when you get a chance.

These were taken the day the car was loaded on the transport truck for the trip from Chicago to my house:

 

[Andyk]

What a stunning colour combination. Lovely.....Thanks for sharing.

 

[Navcorr]

Thankfully, it's not!

Phew, we can relax That's a beautiful GC.
Where you in Chicago itself? We lived in Naperville for a while.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Welcome, JW. What a lovely looking car, well done! Good choice when you get to enjoy Texan weather.

 

[lifes2short]

great photos and that's a nice colour combination, works well

 

[alfatwo]

Love the avatar! My first car was a 1969 Alfa 1750 GTV that I bought in 1976 while stationed in Germany. Wish I still had it!

Yea, that was me years ago before I was on a Zimmer!

Dave

 

[alfatwo]

Wow, what a great colour combination!

Mind you, driving around in something like that in our village you'd get short shrift..
and being so close to bonfire night in Dunchurch "gun power plot and all that stuff"
It might end up like Deliverance!

Dave

 

[jw38]

Phew, we can relax That's a beautiful GC.
Where you in Chicago itself? We lived in Naperville for a while.

I located the car at a Maserati dealership in Chicago, so I had it shipped from there right to my driveway!