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03-02-2008, 11:18 AM
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Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Rough week for contemporaries... Lil' john was a tough guy with a tough mentality, but all that knew him well said he had a heart of gold. He certainly left his mark on the world. He'll be missed by many.
In any regard, I thought I would let you fellas know...
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03-02-2008, 11:20 AM
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Grenade Inspector
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
rip..........i hope someone posts some of his builds
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03-02-2008, 11:21 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
the older I get, the more people that I look up to pass on...may they all rest well
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03-02-2008, 11:22 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Screwed up week, R.I.P. Lil John.
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03-02-2008, 11:23 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
man we are losing way to many guys here lately. his t sedan is what got me into street rods that had to be the coolest car ever! i will keep the family in our prayers
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03-02-2008, 11:23 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Man this sucks....all the greats are starting to die off....
Lil Jon built some awesome cars and did beatiful work....RIP Lil Jon.... |
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03-02-2008, 11:23 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Close to Burnet, TEXAS
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Sad news. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
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03-02-2008, 11:24 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
All cars had a moon-roof in the 70's...
 God's Speed! |
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03-02-2008, 11:24 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
I wanna' declare a moratorium on any more early checkouts............
Knevil,Coddington, Buttera, Damn! God speed, Lil John, Godspeed!
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03-02-2008, 11:25 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Not all of em... One of Buttera's masterpieces:
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03-02-2008, 11:26 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Bummer... How old was he? I know he had some health issues as of late.
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03-02-2008, 11:26 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
another...
 EDIT: Apparently the above is not a buttera car... my mistake. In reality, a car that John did build (Don Schumacher's) beat this car at the 1970 US Nats... 
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Ryan Cochran (Notes from the road) "Skating the same line since 1976..." .................................................. .... www.jalopyjournal.com - www.jockeyjournal.com - www.garagejournal.com - www.gearjournal.com Last edited by Ryan; 03-02-2008 at 02:29 PM. |
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03-02-2008, 11:26 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
another sad day...lost one of my highschool hotrod buddies recently...
The hotrod heros in our lives.. Lil John B ...an amazing hotrod talent..this is a big time loss in our world... gad it has been a tough week... woodie
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03-02-2008, 11:30 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Bummer.....I can remember his cars in Street Rodder when I was about 13 or 14 in the late 70"s.....they seemed even to a kid like me to be so contempory and ahead of thier time,yet they were Hot Rods through and through......if I only had 1/100th of your talent Lil John....Ride In Peace.
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03-02-2008, 11:31 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
What might be the biggest part of his legacy in my opinion?
John was the last "REAL" Indy car builder.
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03-02-2008, 11:32 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Damn... That cat could build! RIP John.
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03-02-2008, 11:32 AM
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Old School HAMBer
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Schnickey, enough already!
RIP.
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03-02-2008, 11:32 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Another funny car he built for MT:
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03-02-2008, 11:33 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
DAMN!
Rip Lil. jerry
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03-02-2008, 11:33 AM
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Re: Lil' John Buttera Passed away this morning
Ugh! Unfortunately not a surprise though. He was really sick for a long time. Then they let him go home, but with a nurses care. Last week he was readmitted to intensive care and the family was told to stay close.
This is only the start. The older generation of heroes is starting to go away. Absorb all of the knowledge you can from our elders, because when they go it goes.
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