Folks Of Interest Lost another HAMB member Rich Fox

I am so sorry to hear this...Rich and I never met but he did school me years ago on the Ford GAA 1100ci aluminum tank engine as he had some for sale. We never quite made it to making a deal on them but he was wealth of knowledge and very encouraging in what I was thinking of doing with them. Godspeed Mr. Fox...

 

Another person that said "why not instead of why"? RIP Mr. Fox. My sympathies to the family and friends.

 

Very sad news...................................

 

I went to high school with Rich, Carlmont in Belmont. We sat across the table in freshman study hall.
He was building a 3 15/16 x 4 Olds. at the time. I knew he was destined for greatness.
RIP Rich

 

There was a previous post of Hambers you would like to meet. He definitely would have made the list.

 

Sad day :/

 

Condolences to his family. He never failed to add something significant to the conversation. A mechanical artist, much more than a craftsman. Godspeed.

 

Rich the machinist and innovative engine builder:

all images by @RichFox
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Another great hot rodder I never had the opportunity to meet. RIP Rich.

 

Rich was (rightly) proud that his Plymouth 4-bangers ended up in Speedy Bill's museum:

images by @RichFox
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Here's @RichFox's ('55 Packard V8 powered) #104 Vega at Bonneville in 1981 ... with two other Bonneville legends ... the Markley Bros. #360 Fuel Roadster and the {Fred} Larsen & {Don} Cummings #115 Streamliner:

images by Gray Baskerville (from the Petersen Digital Archives)​

 

Sorry to hear this. We pm’ed back and forth a few times and he knew his stuff.

 

Sad news, Rich was definitely a knowledgeable person and a great creative thinker.

 

@Stogy I found the link to the '26 Dodge Brothers 4 Cyl. with the Morton & Brett head he was building. I think it was built for a Fast 4 so the Montana dodge boys might want too take note to.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ad-for-1926-dodge-engine.681577/#post-7575721

 

In 2018, Rich Fox joined the FLASHPOINT A/ Blown Fuel Streamliner team:

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The car performed well during testing at Speed Week in August:

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... and it performed even better at the USFRA World of Speed meet in September ... but during their back up record attempt, the 'liner lost the left rear tire at the 4.5 mile point ... and crashed heavily at ~427 mph:

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... Bob Dalton was out of the car 30 seconds after coming to a complete stop and fine:

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... the car, not so much:

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@HEMI32 Another Dodge Rich was into.

 

bttt

 

R.I.P. Rich.

 

If you can find one - Rich was featured on the CD Bonneville Wide Open.

 

I am pretty sure that I lost about 10% of my remaining hearing when I backed down and started that engine.

 

Were you on the Support Team?...what an unbelievable incident to walk away from relatively unscathed...I understand the sequence of pictures are from separate meets...I think...

 

Who is the person in the foreground?

Ray

 

Really sad~~~
Rich told me a story of how my dad convinced him to run Torco oil in his early Roadster, he was extremely grateful for the tip.
Now they can talk about it in the Spirit World.
R.I.P. ~~Rich Fox~~

 

Gimpy I think...maybe not...

 

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That’s what I was wondering….then @FuelRoadster posted a pic in #84 above that seems likely to be Rich Fox and bears a strong resemblance to the man pictured in #81……

Ray

 

Damn.....sorry to hear that!!! Sincere condolences to his family!
Always enjoyed his posts.......a lot of knowledge/talent has passed.

 

Yeah lets just say I'm a little confused......No disrespect meant against either party...my dot connectors get askewed...

 

Sad, sad news, hot rodding, land speed racing and the HAMB have a new hole in them that cannot be filled in. Thanks @jimmy six for letting us know, nobody ever wants to be the bearer of bad news, but we appreciate being informed. He will be sorely missed.

 

I went there with Rich for test-n-tune in 2014. The crew was kind enough to let me do a few things.

I regret not wearing more hearing protection.