Folks Of Interest Hamb Member Emeritus

This is a term that has been used to honor people.

A loose interpretation is people that are no longer activate,retired or deceased but their presence and contributions are still with us.

I was thinking a dedicated thread to the Emeritus Members that are gone but have left a indelible mark on the Hamb and it's members.

Naturally 3wLarry (Larry Roller) is the most recent member anointed with the title.



Frank Burrell (fab32) with Denise (hotrodladycruzer) she is still with us. HRP



Randy Nash (Deuce Roadster)





Andy Dunn (HAMBANDY) The youngest member we lost




Collin Casey ( Casey)



Dan Ross (Old Kid)


Paul Howard (AV8Paul)





Jay Carnine (C9)







Please feel free to add any hamb members I have missed,I'm still looking for photo's to add. HRP

 

Let's not forget @Nads

 

I think this is supposed to be a serious thread.

 

He asked for members that have left an indelible impression on the HAMB. Good, bad or surreal.

 

the HAMB hall of fame!

 

You damn near knocked me off the couch!

Yes,very serious and reverent.

This thread wasn't meant to be something to joke about. HRP

 

Daddy-O

Sent from my SM-G550T using The H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

Let's not forget Jim Leis (blown49). For those whom met him he fits this mold.
Great guy and very caring.
Wish I had close up picture of him.

 

Daddy-O was last on the HAMB on Wednesday at 2:02 PM. Are you saying that something happened to him?

 

He's referring to @daddyo54. Jamie Geesling? from Texas

 

Just Steve

 

Thanks for adding these additional members,overlooking them was not my intention. HRP

 

Nice to be able to put faces with the names we have heard. Thanks HRP

 

How about Dick Spadaro. He probably gave away more early Ford parts to guys in need than he sold over the years...........and expert advice was always free.

 

Left Turn
Member Emeritus
from Omaha, NE

 

Still around, lurking mostly.

 

DICK SPADARO
Member Emeritus, from Altamont, New York

Dick Spadaro helped me many times with both advice and parts. HRP

 

I suspect that we've lost more old time members that we realize. Consider how many are/were active on here, but not particularly close to any HAMBers in real life, it would be easy to slip away with no one noticing. I think this list could get much bigger.

 

@TORR Skoog

Miss seeing him at the North East shows, and swapmeets.


With @flash (Tony Dowers)

 

Larry certainly deserves this elite status. He was to levity, sincerity, and humor backed up by street-smart clear headedness as C9 was to story telling. Irreplaceable, but not forgotten. Great idea Danny.

 

Walky723.
Jon, (Shorty) only had five posts here, but was well known on the New Zealand Hot Rod forum, as Ratbag.
He sure could be a Ratbag. Gritty, straight up, hard case, and a sense of humor that would have you in stiches.
Jon had done much in his life, and we knew a lot of the same people, and although I never met him, face to face, we had become good friends.


He also crewed for a local dragracer, Karen Hay.
He imported several Hot Rods, and owned a Model A RPU when he passed.

http://www.nz-hotrod.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?7571-Ratbag&highlight=Ratbag+posts

I sure do miss him.

 

Yorgatron. George had a wealth of knowledge regarding Oldsmobiles and Hydro's.

 

A couple of people who spring right to my mind are Moby and Pontiac Slim.
Pontiac Slim for his wickedly cool/badass Poncho powered Model A coupe...coupled with that great Maine, never say die attitude, and lesser known Moby, just for being a new Hamb friend for a week or so before his passing.
I was chatting with Moby one morning about our T's and stuff when he mentioned he was taking his wife out to dinner that evening for the first run of the season.
I didn't hear back from him later and went on to find out that both he and his wife were killed in a rollover accident just after leaving the restaurant.

Really drove home how fragile life is.
Miss your posts and conversation guys.

 

Sadness is what I feel, when I see the names of fallen, but I also am reminded of sweet times. Those are the thoughts I keep forever.

 

Great thread

 

Like you Fred,it is sad knowing all the names had faces and they all helped to made the hamb the great community it is now.

One name on the list was my best friend for many years,Randy Nash and he is the responsible party that introduced me to the hamb.

These guys did leave a wealth of information that is as relevant and helpful today as when they posted it.HRP

 

Tony Richardson (onenew32)Tony was from Lufkin,Texas...had a beautiful 32 cpe.
been gone for quite a long time,

 

And playing with one of the best bands around, The Kings of Nuthin'

 

“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”
― John Donne, Meditation XVII - Meditation 17

I don't know if John Donne was thinking about the HAMB when he wrote this, but his words couldn't be more true. We are such a small community that when we lose any of our little family, we are diminished exponentially.

-Abone.