RETIRED in 1991 at age 47.

INTERESTS include:

 Family Time:  My wife Liz and I go out to eat two or three times a week for ethnic food (Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Greek, Indian, Mediterranean, Turkish, Carribean, African, Chinese, Korean, Mexican, and more).  We find that time together keeps us grounded and our marriage and friendship healthy.  We talk about our kids, her job (she’s a senior manager with a well-known software company), our travel plans, and whatever else comes up.  I also have lunch once a week with my daughter Lianne, who lives in Reno.  We have a great friendship and enjoy discussing a wide variety of subjects.  Whenever we can, we visit with our daughter Kelly, who lives about two hours away in California on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  We also spend time with our grandkids when we can and frequently take them to some special locale (Disneyland, Disney World, etc.)… or just to our house for the weekend.

MGB Automobiles:  Restoring, working on, and driving my two MGB cars (1970 mostly original and 1978 high-performance modified)

Hobbies: Do-It-Yourself home & woodwork projects; art; music; antique cameras, tools, radios; model cars, pickups, trucks, planes, buildings, figurines, signs, gas pumps, trains; automobilia; license plates; 50s/60s memorabilia; birdhouses; books; photos (barns, cars/planes, British villages); miniature animals & lamps; Indian items.

Websites:  Webmaster of several British and American Classic Car Websites

Barry's Classic Cars shows present & previous cars owned by Barry Barnes, including his 1978 high-performance MGB engine, 70 original MGB, and previous Classics (three 50 Fords, 68 Mustang).

British Cars Restoration & Performance provides "how to" and resource information for restoring and performance re-building Classic British Cars and how to buy, ready for running, restore, and find parts for them.

British Car Parts sells used parts for MGB’s, MG Midgets, and Astin-Healey Sprites as well as new wood & synthetic dashboard kits for British, American & other cars.

Scale Model Diecast  sells model cars, pickups, trucks, planes, buildings, figurines, signs, gas pumps, & trains.

Other Sites: British Cars of the Western US; Scale Models; Trains, Planes & Automobiles; Classic Chevys International; Classic Mustangs; Yahoo Groups Scale Models chat room

Built:  My own home and an off-grid windpower and photovoltaic electrical system that supplied 100% of the electrical needs of my home and small farm

Travel:  46 states; Mexico (Puerto Vallarta, Guanajuato, Cabo San Lucas, San Miguel de Allende, Xilitla, Yucatan, Cozumel, Porto de Maya, others); Canada (Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Quebec City, Montreal, others); England (Southampton, Old Sarum, the New Forest, Burley, Beaulieu, Christchurch, Shrewsbury, Avebury, Stonehenge, Bath, the Lake District, Wickham, London, Norwich, many others); Scotland (Stirling, Edinburg, Loch Lomond, others); Greece (Athens, Peloponnesus, Santorini, others); Germany (Frankfurt); Taiwan (Taipei); Hong Kong (Kowloon, the New Territories, Hong Kong Island); Thailand (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Pran Brury, others); Honduras (Roatan); Belize (Belize City); Guam; Philippines (Manila, Subic Bay, Lingayen Gulf, Baguio City, Pampanga Province, Clark AFB, many others); Australia (Sydney); New Zealand (many destinations)