Sorry to hear about your back problem. As the not so proud owner of a herniated Disc myself, and a semi useless left Knee, I can empathize with you.
Now, just wondering. Big Al had suggested the idea of a meeting of sorts, centered around this 'Average Guy's Car Show' project (see his thread
at
AGCS Meeting Dec 7th. So far, it seems like only he and I would be there, and I really don't think it's worth the effort for us to go through with this meeting, if only two of us involved with this project will be there.