[Historybuff]

Some guys at Cobra meets are a little standoffish, as if to say "I own this so..." but Dick Smith was the real deal; an old fashioned car guy who coulld be enthusiastic about any sort of mechanical contrivance. I met him at many events in California, the last one a few months ago when he told he how proud he was to take his Cobra back east on a sort of belated "victory tour." I told him I would like to hear his stories when he comes back.

I have driven through that area in the winter and even though it's California they have very nasty winds and weather there due to the mountains, and when I catch up with the details it will probably turn out weather related.

From what I saw, he lived a full life and enjoyed his work and his hobby even more, and wrung out of life the most a man could expect....he was a true gentleman.