I know all the original members are gone....

[GTRS Fiero]

Which current member has been a member of GFC the longest?

[GrannyLinda]

FieroFool Is O. M.

[Raydar]

I've been a member since we were meeting at Hooters in Jonesboro. 1998 or so?

[Fierofool]

Yeah, I was thinking Raydar or Roger.  Not sure when Roger joined.  I didn't join until 2000 when we were meeting at American Pie on Roswell Road, Sandy Springs. 

[Raydar]

We only met at Hooters a few times before we relocated to the Pie. I may have pre-dated Charlie, but not by much.
I think Don started at about the same time as I did.
I think I actually talked with Tony Tibbits (Red Formula) before I talked with Don.

It seems like there was a Fiero message board (not Pennocks) where I first started conversing with other Fiero folks. Tony and Don were among the first.
I was led to the GFC by an ad in the Atlanta newspaper under "Clubs".

[scottb]

I think i went to American pie once or twice, to the steak place a few times, didnt start going regular until it was moved to the Galaxy Diner....... I guess its been a while

[Fierofool]

There was a usenet binary newsgroup, alt.auto.fiero, I believe that was run by Freddie Clark in East Greenwich, RI.  Was that the message board?  Melissa and I visited he and also Phil and Gwen Randolph while we were Up East.  Freddie told me about The Fiero Factory and the Swap Meet.  Later, Melanie and I visited The Fiero Factory, met Ed and Rosy, who told me about Don.  This was around 94 or 95.  At that time, the club hadn't been formed, yet.  Don invited me to join the club in later years.

[GTRS Fiero]

Don?  Which Don?  Aerodon?

[Fierofool]

I believe we were both talking of AeroDon. 

[GTRS Fiero]

So, he was an original member?

I know Paul M. was, and I've communicated with him.

[Raydar]

Yes. Paul M. and AeroDon. Paul's son came out a few times. There was Johnny Morales and his son, John.  Johnny and Paul M. both had red Formulas.
Ramon Otero, of course. Ramon was the founding president. There was a gentleman named Roy. Had a white 88 coupe similar to my project car. Loved to shmooze the Hooters girls, and takes pics of them, draped all over his car. Tony Tibbetts, who I mentioned before. I'm not sure when Roger joined. He's been a fixture for about as long as I can remember. Probably around American Pie time.
Lots of others have drifted in and out.

[Fierofool]

I don't know if don was one of the original members.  He had replaced the clutch in my 85 around 96, maybe 97 and he never mentioned the club.  It seems like it was later that he first told me about the club, so it was likely already formed for a few years before he joined.  Melissa and I had been going to North Carolina to meet with the Tar Heel Fiero Club of which Jack Cooke (Spirit) was a member. 

A bit of trivia about Don.  My Fieros were the first and last Fieros that he ever did a major repair on.  He did a clutch replacement on my first 85.  All his previous Fiero work had been general maintenance or troubleshooting.  My 86 SE was the last Fiero he worked on when he replaced the rear struts, one rear knuckle and axle and the rear control arm bushings. 

[GTRS Fiero]

Speaking of which, who bought Paul M.'s red Formula?

Wasn't American Pie from like the '70's?  The dad was.  The Fiero was not.

[Raydar]

I believe that Don attended several meetings at Hooters. If not, then certainly shortly after we moved to the Pie.
 
I'm not sure when American Pie opened. It was a popular night spot, long before we adopted it as a club meeting place. I can narrow down that we adopted "The Pie" in 1999 or before, because one of the club members (Travis Hall / 1FST2M6) told me about Pennocks, which I joined in 99, at a club meeting there.

The song, OTOH, was from 1977-78 or so, based upon what I was doing at the time it came out.

[GTRS Fiero]

I was thinking the movie.  Maybe I'm mistaken about the title.

The movie was in 1999.  Hmm. 

The song was in 1971.