Vale: John 'Chopper' Katsanis - Australia

RIP John....

 

RIP on behalf of The Cranksters rod and custom club Victoria.

Our deepest sympathy to the all the family and friends, we all knew him, great guy, will be surely missed.

The boys are in our thoughts.

 

RIP Chopper.
Dean,Luke,Tom and Damon-our thoughts are with you.
Richard and Emma Dabbs.

 

Boy that sucks.

RIP John, will be sadly missed.

 

RIP "Chopper" you will be missed.
God Speed.

 

This is sad news to the customizers of OZ.
We've lost another legend of the 'art of cool' & an all-round nice bloke.

R.I.P. John.

Scotty.

 

a pioneer of the aussie kustom movement!!!!such a sad time
r.i.p and god speed!!!!!!!!!

 

this message is on behalf of Glenn John from western australia,
My sincere condolences to the Katsanis family and my prayers go out to the boys.

 

RIP on behalf of the the ruiners, vic

 

RIP Chopper

 

Rest in Peace John.

 

God Bless John R.I.P

 

RIP John

 

R.I.P John,
My deepest condolences to his family and close friends.
His legacy and great work in the hot rodding community
Will live on.

I am grateful for your knowledge and inspiration.

 

Reading this I have a lump in my throat. I only met John a couple of times at the Picnic , Kustom nats and to buy a few thing from him over the phone. He was always helpful, honest and polite and will be sadly missed.

Condolances to his family and friends and the whole scene.

Wardy.

 

John had a big influence in opening my eye's to the world of Hot Rodding.

The Hot Rod world is a sadder place today.

RIP John.

 

RIP John

 

Never forget rocking up an hour early for a shoot with his 40 Mercury custom for my pin ups calendar, and it was sitting there with the roof being put back on and stripped paint. He'd decided he'd redo the chop overnight to make it 'just right', finished welding it up that morning, then proceeded to re-spray the top half of the car as the photographer turned up. He and the boys putting all the trim back on over wet paint and rolling it into place for the shoot. Always so helpful and dedicated. He and the boys did so much to help me with my calendar, all for free and without fuss.

Always was and will be impressed.

will be missed.

 

I was shocked to see this. Haven't had a lot to do with John but appreciate what he has done for us all. RIP.

Pete

 

RIP,so sad

 

RIP,Johns events not only ignited my childhood passion for Rods & Customs but provided some great times for my family,hope the Boys and helpers can carry on his legacy.
Mark

 

One of the greats in the Rod and Custom scene R.I.P.

 

RIP John, Thanks for all the shows brother," we had a ball, did we not".

Martin, Vultures.

 

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I am really sorry to hear of his passing. My condolences to his family, and many friends.
Also condolences to carps I’m sure John appreciated the time you spent with him.

 

Wow. This comes as a shock. Carps, I know you mentioned he wasn't well but I didn't realise it was that bad.

John and his shop, John's Rod & Custom, sounded like one of the coolest places around, so it was one of the first places I visited when I finally got to Melbourne for the first time.

Such a sad day, but at least we can take some comfort in that he is finally back with Tina.

Deepest sympathy to the family.

RIP.

 

Condolences to the Family
R.I.P John

 

Sincere condolences to the Katsanis family and the Hot Rod & Kustom community which John loved...

Rest In Peace.

HC.

 

RIP Chopper condolences to family & friends

 

lots of fond memories from the early days of john and tina, remember the first picnic out in cranbourne great times, hadnt caught up with chopper in recent times, our thoughts go out to the boys, be strong and may god watch over you all. RIP John, from the Walker family.