President’s Message

2025 FBCC President
Andrew Steidinger

I was born and raised on Long Island. While finishing my degree in Business
Administration at The Ohio State University, I worked almost full time as a Volkswagen
mechanic. However, at the time my car was a 1960 Hillman Minx convertible, thus my
interest in LBCs.

By graduation, I had an offer from United Airlines to train as a commercial pilot. I flew
around the world for the next 32 years. As a young adult, my first piloted airplane was an Aeronca Champ 65 hp with one engine. My last jet was the Boeing 777 with approximately 65,000 hp per each of two engines.

Taking early retirement, I continued my interest in aviation, various cars, golf, travel,
and photography. I moved from North Carolina to Greenville a few years ago, beckoned by the mountains and all the offerings of Greenville, including a welcoming and very active car club. My partner, Jo, and I are very pleased with the decision.

We have enjoyed meeting many of you and look forward to meeting the rest of you!

 

Past Foothills British Car Club Presidents:

Jim Harbison              1994
Butch White                1995
Carey Jones                1996
Elaine Galloway          1997
Mike Barefield             1998
Tim Strickland             1999
Glen Finch                   2000
Ed Seagrave                2001
Bill Manning                2002
Steve Poteet                2005
Eddie Saunders          2004
Gerald Medford           2005
John Sharpe               2006
Ed Leese                     2007
Hap Waldrop               2008
Tom Buto                     2009
Jack Donegan             2010
Eddie Saunders          2011
Forbes Kayhart           2012
Bill Palmer                  2013
Steve Chase               2014
Dennis Cox                2015
Jud Chapin                 2016
David Benson             2017
David Benson             2018
Wayne Telman            2019
Curtis Orlowski          2020
Terry Jackson             2021
Charlie Blakely           2022
Mark Dawley               2023
Brett Looper               2024