For now...... a "questionnaire I filled out for membership for the Yahoo group, "BentCarGuys"

My name: Steven James

My neighborhood: Bothell/Kirkland

My first car: 1950 Dodge Meadowbrook Sedan

My current car: 1986 Honda Prelude 2.0 Si (VROOOM is her name)

My favorite car: 1970 SS 454 El Camino

Cars I've owned:

'50 Dodge Meadowbrook

'66 Rambler Classic 660

'78 Chevrolet Chevette (rubber in THREE gears)

'83 Mercury Lynx (YAWN)

'72 Monte Carlo

'69 Camaro RS w/ 327 yanked from totalled Vette

'71 Buick LeSabre convert... started life as 350,

after ground up restification, it had a 455 GS2 motor & TH400 and

took EVERYTHING that ever had the audacity to rev its engine beside me. ;)

(note that at this time.... I also had a MULLET!) $3k in engine build alone.

Going Fast With CLASS!

'75 Plymouth (YAWN)

'87 Toronado Trofeo (SWEEEEEET Black Bullet... 3.8 Buick motor, FE3 Suspension)

'88 5.0 5-speed LX 'Stang "Shazaam" (Stolen, never recovered)

'78 Pontiac Phoenix LJ (work beater)

'89 Cadillac Sedan deVille ( My "Realtor" car)

'86 Pontiac Fiero

'79 Cutlass Supreme with '71 BUILT Buick 350 (see '71 Buick above)

'72 Ford F-250 with 460 4-speed YEE-HAW!!

'85 Cutlass Supreme that started life with an anemic 6-cylinder,

but soon received above '71 Buick 350 :D

'89 Beretta GT (the car that I drove across the country in to move to

Seattle in 39 hours straight through on I-90)

'70 VW Westfalia bus, "Patty Patience"

'86 Honda Prelude with but 85k on the clock, "Vrooom"

Cars I want to own:

TOO many to list..... hmmmm what sticks out the most is a '70 SS 454 El Camino

Best deal I've ever gotten on a car:

Traded VW Westy that I paid $900 for on above '86 Prelude w/ 85k, or

above '71 Buick convert (basket case) for $50, or first car, '50 Dodge, had

been in storage since early 70's when the owner had died in Vietnam, and his

mother had kept in dry storage until 1985, when I purchased it for $200

Races I've entered: Many, many, many street races when I was young, dumb and full of cum!

Driving schools I've completed: none

Favorite race track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Areas of mechanical specialty: I can do anything :P

My favorite car event of the last year: Puyallup VW show

Other Car Clubs I belong to: none

My favorite driving song: "Open Road Song" Eve6

My favorite road trip CD: "Joshua Tree" U2

My other non-car hobbies: art, music, both listening and creating, hanging

with friends, learning new things about the world and my place in it,

building computers, html.

What High School did you graduate from: Wayne High School, class of 1988,

Fort Wayne, Indiana

College/Major: comp. sci. Degree not yet completed

Trade School: Real Estate License, Cosmetology College

Military Experience: N/A

Marital Status(i.e. Single, Dating, Hitched): Single