warrenmj

I am coming to SoCal in Oct and if I get the chance, I'll definitely take you up on your offer. thanks

GILSWHO

All I can say is WOW!

warrenmj

If you followed this thread, Mike offered his services to give a personal tour to any of us wanting to see the Reagan Presidential Library. Well, I took him up on the offer and I have to say, my wife and I had a great time and appreciate the time Mike gave us on the tour. We were visiting SoCal (we grew up there) and I contacted Mike with the date we had available, which he readily accepted. We met Mike at the library last Friday for what he said would be about a 2 hour personal tour. When all was said and done, with Mike and I trading President Reagan and White House stories, the 2 hour tour took 3.5 hours! And this was on his day off. Penny and I had a great time and I wanted to thank Mike publicly for spending so much time with us. Here is Mike, Penny and myself (left to right).

TCracingCA

Been three times to see the great place and each time with different people, they have had major exhibit areas closed prior to my visits! Luckily thru my persistence, only one hall now has been unseen after three tries by me!I might take you up on that! Ps they have to remove the crypto from the plane, or close that section, because I worked on all of that in the military and it will be too tempting to get a shot secretly with my camera of some of my old equipment! If they need the KY-58 tweaked, I am your guy, I can bring my tools! Hey at least I am an honest American to say that! Also even though I am not, the former or current secret service gals fronting as gift shop staff, probably thought I was a tea Party guy, because of my being a Democrat joke I shared upon arrival. maybe that caused them to lock down the exhibits! I do like how they stuck some of the notable Democrat President flags on the drive up and in, behind trees! I could not even see Obama's flag!

And these pictures are cool, what took you so long to post!

morly1963

Very cool! This is my 63 coupe bought in LaJolla in 89 now in NJ
morly1963

warrenmj

Mike just gave me the tour last Friday and I got home to Colorado Sunday at midnight, so posting Monday wasn't so bad.

warrenmj

All that crypto hardware was declassified in the mid 1980s thanks to the (now late) traitor John Walker when he handed over the manuals to the soviets. Wasn't the KY-58 used for secure voice an also called a "goldwine"?

Frankie the Fink

I never heard the KY-58 called that -- but yes John Walker compromised a lot of classified gear. He lived within a mile of my two brothers in Ocean View area of Norfolk, Va.

Walker did the same thing with several spy satellites - some of which I was familiar with doing intelligence work at CINCLANTFLEET in Norfolk "back in the day".

docent

Thanks for the kind words and great time, Mark. I enjoyed listening to your stories and experiences working with Pres Reagan. Our new "Classic Car Exhibit" from the Peterson Museum will open next week, Oct 28th. It will be at the Reagan until May 1st, 2015. The Peterson Museum in Los Angeles, is going through a major remodel, and they are lending us about 40 of their cars, for six months. As I mentioned several months ago, it's an "Open Invitation" for you guys, to visit the Ronald Reagan Presidental Library & Museum, here in Simi Valley, Ca. Its the least, I can do, in repaying you, with my stupid questions I ask you all ! ! ! ! !

5thvet

What a great gesture to take the time to do this for all of us. I will definitely be taking you up on it when family is here later this year from the East Coast. My brother who is also a big Reagan fan will be thrilled!
Don

docent

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Birdman63

That's pretty cool.......

gilbybarr

Now that is pretty darn cool.

TCracingCA

These more recent Presidential Libraries are awesome. That is why I tried to go three times to get it all looked at. It is good to know if I want memorabilia of my Military and Government Contractors, I can look forward to some KY-58's coming up on Ebay! I have my connections to the Corvette Forum all Tempest protected naturally, so my Corvette secrets don't get out! But did Walker compromise the Link 11 & Link 14's anyone?

Yes for someone to take the time to take people through is awesome, but if you did it for me, the Gift shop Secret Service gals would probably have me gagged, because of all of my questions before the tour was over!

PS I would call it the Republican double header to visit the Nixon Library in the morning and the Reagan Library in the afternoon (which is do able!). You would be so inspired, you would want to fill out your early voting ballot.

63redvette

Not many people get to place their car in a Presidential Library! Congrats and it looks great there by the AFOne Boeing 707. Classic collection is the defining phrase. I would love to have that opportunity, but I will settle for strolling the halls of the Reagan Library next time we head out West to visit the family in CA. I will admit though, I have had the incredible honor of flying overseas during 2012 through 2014 with President Reagan's Marine One helicopter pilot, Marine Pilot Dan Wehrle, and I can honestly say he was the best pilot to fly with and work with in my 25 years flying career. But I still wont let Dan drive my 63 Vette convertible.

warrenmj

While Mike was showing my wife around the Reagan library, I told him of one of my all time favorite pictures of Pres Reagan. It is of him wearing his work clothes at the ranch, which you would probably not see anywhere else. Here it is.

sub006

Nice pair of great American vehicles in the first post!

Zora Arkus-Duntov was excited about the new C2 chassis and rear suspension, but reportedly HATED the Sting Ray coupe aerodynamics, saying "It's got just enough lift to be a bad airplane."