Long Island Vettes - Membership Profile

	Hello from sunny Florida! My name is Ron Young. I'm one of the charter members of this great club.
My dreams of owning a Corvette again came true. I had been waiting since 1965 when I went into the service and sold my '62. I was able to purchase a 1993 polo green 6-speed coupe right on Long Island in May of 2001. I looked and looked, read a lot, talked to so many people. What do I want, what color, how old, how much can I afford. We lived in a condo! What about winter storage. Damn. Well, this one reached out and grabbed me. I looked it over, drove it, done deal! What an awesome ride. Wash, wax, and drive.
	Hanging out at the Bellmore train station on Friday nights, I got to meet a lot of great people and check out a lot of great cars. The rest is history. Well, it gets better. In October of 2002 I retired from the N.Y.S. court system at 55. Time to go and enjoy life. Time to leave the cold and traffic. So off we went to Florida.
Those of you who know me well, know I love to do crazy things and laugh - now this is a visual - I roll into the Varazanno toll plaza, my wife is right ahead of me in her '96 T-bird, I handed the toll collector (I think it was $7) in dimes and nickels and a few quarters. Well, after the nasty look I say, "I just retired from the job and I'm outta here!" He says, "Nice Vette," and I say thanks and watch this. I slip into first gear and lay down a patch and see him waving at me in the rear view mirror. It was great!!
	Now I'm in Florida at last driving my '93, going to shows and enjoying the car. Then my wife says, "I want one too!" Ok, I say, look around, if you can find one, you can have it - bad move! She finds a mint '88 white coupe. Now we are a two-Vette family. Two years later I'm thinking "C-5". We go over to Rogers Corvettes in Orlando just to look. Sharon opens the door and stands there saying "Oh my God" I say "what?" 10,000 square feet of bumper to bumper Corvettes!!!!! So we left with a LeMans Blue Commemorative Edition 2004 ragtop with 1069 miles on the car WOW... The top is pretty much down all year round and loving it! My youthful days were wild with a few '55 Chevies, a '69 Camaro SS, a '72 Mach I Mustang, pickup truck, Corvair Monza and all those family cars. But my dream car was always the '62 Vette. My dream came back a little later in life, but it's awesome! With kids grown and on their own, two new grandchildren growing fast, and me turning 60 this year what could be better!!! No wait, a Harley...Sharon says it's me or the Harley - and I'm keeping her!! But we need another dream - think Bowling Green 2009... miss you guys and gals. Save the wave...