Billy and Sara Jane House
Our Favorites:
Sara's:
Band:
Barry Mandilow
TV show: CSI (all
three)
Movie:
Gone with the Wind
Book:
Seabiscuit
Sports
team: Balcones Country Club Womens Tennis Team
Food:
Salads and Heath Bar Blizzards (no wheat glutten please)
Billy's:
Band:
ZZ Top and Steppenwolf
TV
show: SPEED channel (any motorsports racing)
Movie:
Friday Night Lights (about Periman High School)
(they have'nt made a good movie since JOHN WAYNE died)
Sturges. With Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen --
is the
best non-John Wayne movie ever made -- followed
by the
007 series of movies >>
Book:
(I don't read -- just pictures please)
Sports team: Nascar's DEI, Inc. (RCR was my favorite when Dale,
Sr. was
alive)
Food:
Bar-B-Que at Rudy's, Hobo Cafe, Ross' on Lamar
Favorite Quote: "Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're
stupid." John Wayne
Favorite Beer: the NEXT one (or Bud if I get to choose)
B -- Because
U -- yoU
D -- Deserve
W -- What
E -- Every
I -- Individual
S -- Should
E -- Enjoy
R -- Regularly
Sara Jane and Billy with her 2004 Le Mans Blue
Commemorative Special Edition Convertible Corvette:
(Billy gets to wash, wax and maintain Sara's Corvette and ever since
totaling the 1978 Dark Blue L82 Corvette in 1994 Billy has been trying to get out of the dog house so to speak --
also notice in this photo Billy still has his pony tail, July 2004 )
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| Sara Jane with her 2004 Corvette at the Mill Pond, San Saba, Texas |
Other Corvettes we have owned:
1978
Dark Metallic Blue L82 4 speed coupe: 1981 Corvette/Porsche Challenge III at TWS 1st Corvette in Class; NCCC 1992 Convention
in Ft Worth, TX 1st place rally winner (Sara Jane and Sue Bulriss)
1969
Blue 350/350 4 speed A/C convertible: 1984 (Billy and Sara) and 1985 (R. Farmer)drag
record holder Group 1B; 1982 NCCC convention in Houston, TX group 1B 2nd place (ahead of T. Moore
in his white 63 split window); Sara won the 1983 LCC curb hop award (T. Moore presented)-- ask Billy about the story
1970
Yellow LT1 convertible: SCCA Temple Hill Climb champion 3 years; 1985
Corvette/Porsche Challenge VII at TWS 1st and 3rd in Class (Jeff and Billy); 1985 NCCC convention in Tulsa, OK drags and autocross
winner (Sara) and 2nd place (Billy) in Group 1B --- this car was very fast ask Tom Moore (see photo below)
1962
Pearl White convertible (old NHRA ModB sports car): current NCCC Group 3 CLM (classic modified)record holder
at 10:76 ET at SeaLevel, 136 MPH mens; 10:82 ladies; multiple top eliminator champsions including ladies TE at 1992 NCCC convention;
Sara and Billy were SW region drag champions multiple years; won best competition car at the 1991 Austin Hot Rod Car
Show; to see a picture visit Longhorn Corvette Club web site and view previous Austin Corvette Day lead in photo at the
gas pumps at Rudy's -- this was a fun car to race especially with drum brakes all around!
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1978
Pace Car L82 automatic: replaced Sara's blue 1978 after Billy totaled the 78 and has been in Sara's dog house ever since
Other Classic Cars we have owned or own:
1970 Monte Carlo: 350 SB, Qjet, 350AT, bucket seats and SS trim
-- this was the 1969 Texas State Fair show car for Chevrolet and 350 SB with 4 barrel and factory dual exhausts was very rare
1987 Mustang GT: Black with Red interior, all the
goody's -- this was Jeff's car until he got too many speeding tickets
1961 Chevrolet BelAir: 283ci 230HP, 4speed, 4:56 posi,
radio delete -- this was Billy's high school car which he ordered new in March of 1961 for $1783 and drag raced for many years
all over Texas and southwest -- in 1963 Billy won Little Stock Elminator at the AHRA Nationals at Green Valley, Fort
Worth, Texas. I had made chassis mods and tuning techniques I saw used by other racers such as Dickie Harrell. This car
ran in the high 14 second range which was very good in 1961/63 using "cheater slicks" and weighting close to 3600 pounds!!.
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This is Billy's latest car and a keeper. It is a 1961 Chevrolet Impala
409 Super Sport. This car has a 1963 425HP/409CI+.040 with 2x4s, a Richmond 5 speed, a Ford 9 inch, 4 wheel
disk brakes. I refined the disk brakes and added better lowering springs and a heavier front sway bar. White with red interior
-- just fun to drive to cruises and other car club activities -- it's not pristine (not a show car) and is a little bit
of a pro street rod...
Next who knows:::
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| At home of Pat McDonald in Salinas, CA. -- where I purchased the car. |
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| 1963 409CI/425HP, Richmond 5-speed, Ford 9inch, 4 wheel disk brakes. |
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| Body & interior is original -- repainted in 1988 and red/white seat covers about same time. |
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| In front of backyard garage at our house. |
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| Being offloaded. |
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Billy with his 1961 Impala 409 SS and the 3rd place award voted on by the other drivers at the 2005 Texas Classic Car
Show for Make-A-Wish at Rudy's on 183, Austin, Texas. Also at the October, 2005 Marble Falls Texas Hot Rod and Muscle
Car show Billy's got a top five drivers choice award. Since this event Billy has been in two events where drivers
vote and in both he has been awarded a top 5. Marble Falls in October, 2005 and Red Poppy, Georgetwon, TX., April 2006. Got
a top three in classic 60's car class at Hooter's on 183, Cedar Park, TX on July 15th, 2006. Got a top three
in class for classic/customs at Sun City Car Show, May-2007 and a 2nd place for muscle cars at the Jarrell FFA Show and Shine
car show October-2007... 2nd place for Chevrolet full size cars at Longhorn Corvette Club Fall 2007 car show Wolf Ranch,
Georgetown, TX...
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| 3rd place drivers choice award at Texas Classic Car Show 2005 |
| Billy's 1961 Belair in 1961 and then in 1963 |
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| 1st phote is at Hobbs NM drag strip May 1961and 2nd is with trophies won in 1963 |
| Our 1970 Corvette LT1 at Little River Drag Strip |
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| This was a mid/low -13 second car on BFG T/A Radials -- not bad for a "stocker" |
| Our 1962 Corvette NCCC Record Holding Drag Car |
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| This was at Texas MotorPlex in 1988 and we both won Top Eliminator -- |
| Photos going to Little River for Nostalgic Drags |
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| At LittleRiver Nostalgic Drags about 1992 -- Won $1000 for 11:00 to 12:99 Bracket |
Our GrandKids -- Andrew and Michelle :
Our grandkids parents are Jeffrey and Linda (Cude) House. Jeff and Linda are Texas A&M
graduates. They live in Marlton, NJ which is about 15 miles east of Philadelphia, Penn.
Andrew was born February 29, 1996. Michelle was born April 21, 1999. Both were born in Philadelphia.
Jeff works for Campbell Soup Company in Camden, NJ. Linda until recently worked at Temple University also in Philadelphia.
In 2003 Jeff graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia with a Masters Degree in Operation Research.
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| Jeff, Linda, Andrew, Michelle, Sara and Billy at Nasa in 2007 |
Link to Gabriel's Overlook (includes a map)
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Our Cats -- the real bosses -- Pilar and P. Newman: 
These were two of three abandon cats found in NJ by our daughter-in-law, Linda. At
the time with all the animals that Jeff and Linda had Sara and I "decided to bring two of the three home with
the one already promised". This is our first time in a very long time to have pets and now we can't live without
these guys. P.Newman, the male, was brought home when he was just a few weeks old. Pilar was a couple of months
older when we brought her back to Austin and she flew with me returning from an east coast business trip. They are brother
and sister as if you cannot tell. Newman is 20+ pounds and Pilar is about 13 pounds, big for cats.
For those of you who know me well, when I talk about my drinking partner it is Pilar. She goes
out on the front porch of our house with me and sits in the chair as I have my beer-30. Newman comes out also but he
tends to wander like an alley cat will and I don't want the have to chase after him so he ends up back in the house, mad of
course. In any case, these are my regular AA (Altitude Adjustment) drinking partners now that I am a full time retiree from
IBM after 39 years, 5 months and 18 days but whose counting. For the past 4 years I had been a full time W@H (work at home) employee of IBM so that part hasn't changed but finding something to do all day may be a challenge.
Favorite Links:
Longhorn Corvette Club
National Council of Corvette Clubs, Inc. (NCCC)
National Corvette Museum
Central Texas Classic Chevy Club
Lake Area Rods and Classics
Austin Area Car Club
GeorgeTown Area Car Club -- Georgetown, Texas
Texas Classic Car Show at Rudy;s, 183
Vettes and Jets on the Lexington
Georgetown, Texas
Liberty Hill, Texas
Williamson County, Texas
ZZ Top
Steppenwolf
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