Blast from the past

There's a reason why this 30 year old picture is being posted here at this time. I won't say anything more about it yet, other than it was taken at a Halloween party back in probably 1979. (Yes, back before there were even Fieros!)

Dave, you're not allowed to say (because Dave has inside information), but would anyone else care to guess who these two Fiero club members are?

 

Damn Patrick, you are the man!

It's Amanda! Or Gina! Or Lisa! Those are the only three female club members I know... lol

LOL, In October of 79 she was probably fairly well developed in her Mothers tummy.  She was born in November of 79.  Patrick I do have to say, not many members will know who she is, as she was not that active in the club.  (3 or 4 club meetings a few club runs and I believe we did a Christmas party at her house)  However its hard to believe those pics.   Her looks barley changed in the last 20 years.   One of the nicest most bubbly Fiero owners I have ever met. Scratch that, she "was" the nicest most bubbly Fiero person I have never met.

Romeo wrote: It's Amanda!

In 79?  Not likely.... she wasn't even a consideration for another 8 years after that!

Marianne?

Yay me.   

Just a fluke that you two knew each other way back then I guess?

I was with Dave yesterday and we had lots of time to talk as we drove to his locker and back to pick up a part. Dave was talking about this supercharged Fiero that was recently bought back by the fella who had originally built it years ago. (This has all been discussed at length in messages on the club’s mailing list.) Dave was mentioning the names of various people somehow involved in this transaction, names such as Erwin and John Everitt and some woman’s name... all people whom I’ve never met at Fiero club functions (in the year I’ve been a member) and therefore people who I have no idea who they really are.

Dave was telling me about the woman who was selling the supercharged Fiero, and he casually mentioned that she was a professional clown. All of a sudden the little light went on above my head, and I thought... How many women named Marianne (as Dave had mentioned her first name) can there possibly be in the Lower Mainland who are professional clowns? (I previously had found out that Marianne had become a professional clown during a singular phone call with her ten years ago.) Sure enough, it’s the one and the same person!

I knew of Marianne in high school (Templeton in east Van, where Marcel was also a student). She was a couple of years below me so I had no social contact with her, but I remember she was real cute. It wasn’t until five years after high school graduation when I went to Langara College that I actually met and became great friends with Marianne. Yes, alas, we were just "great friends".

We eventually went our separate ways (probably around the time she started going out with the fella she later married), and except for that one phone conversation ten years ago, we’ve had no contact at all for 25 years. It is interesting to note however, that during that one phone call we had ten years ago I might’ve mentioned that I was driving a Fiero at the time. She certainly didn’t mention that she had one. Hmmm... now I’m curious how Marianne became interested in Fieros.

Perhaps Dave can chip in and mention some of the details of Marianne’s history as a Fiero owner, including of course the recent sale of her Fiero(s).

It’s a small world, a very small world indeed. Marianne, if you ever see this thread, we need to chat!

 

Heh heh, it's interesting seeing a picture of someone that you haven't seen for more than a couple of decades.

When I return later today, I'll post one or two more pictures of Marianne from a hundred years ago.

 

This image, circa January 1982, is very bittersweet for me. That's of course, Marianne on the left, but the fella on the right...

Well, the fella on the right is Bror, my best friend who suddenly passed away in July of last year. Damn, I miss him.  

An interesting twist to this story... The young fella I brought to the club meeting a week and a half ago (who's very much interested in getting a Fiero) is Bror's son Mathew.