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| rick 918-S |
 Mar 30 2024, 06:29 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette  Group: Members Posts: 20,431 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Some may remember I posted about the guy that crashed the car. We became friends since I ended up with it. I pulled the triangle window with the SoCal stickers I was planning on sending them to Rocky.
I started making a trophy type display and thought I should verify his address. I have it from a packet he mailed my a few years back of some of the SoCal tours he organized. He was very fond of the car. I called his number and the person that answered hung up without saying anything. I thought I would just pull the mailing I received and google the address to see if it comes back current. I did not realize it has been since July of 2019 when I received it. My google search came up with his obituary. I have to tell you I am pretty sad about it. I never met him in person. We spoke on the phone a few times at length. He was a friend I never met. The post mark on the mailing I received is July 23, 2019. Turns out he lost his battle with stage 4 Lymphoma on July 22. 2020. I should have been a better friend. https://www.californiafuneralalternatives.c...ry/Rocky-Kuonen |
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| sixnotfour |
Mar 30 2024, 06:44 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,418 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Mar 30 2024, 06:29 PM)  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Some may remember I posted about the guy that crashed the car. We became friends since I ended up with it. I pulled the triangle window with the SoCal stickers I was planning on sending them to Rocky. I started making a trophy type display and thought I should verify his address. I have it from a packet he mailed my a few years back of some of the SoCal tours he organized. He was very fond of the car. I called his number and the person that answered hung up without saying anything. I thought I would just pull the mailing I received and google the address to see if it comes back current. I did not realize it has been since July of 2019 when I received it. My google search came up with his obituary. I have to tell you I am pretty sad about it. I never met him in person. We spoke on the phone a few times at length. He was a friend I never met. The post mark on the mailing I received is July 23, 2019. Turns out he lost his battle with stage 4 Lymphoma on July 22. 2020. I should have been a better friend. https://www.californiafuneralalternatives.c...ry/Rocky-Kuonen I remember when he crashed it ...Time marches On..RIP Rocky (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| rick 918-S |
Mar 30 2024, 09:35 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,431 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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I see his wife passed a year later. I wonder if any of the SoCal R Gruppe guys were close friends with him. I am looking for ideas for a fitting tribute. Maybe one of the SoCal guys would organize a Rally or something in his honor and present the winner with the triangle window I was going to send to Rocky. From the conversations I had with him I could tell it meant a lot to him to be welcomed by the Gruppe. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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| rick 918-S |
Mar 31 2024, 11:04 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,431 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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Front bumper Test Fit went well.
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| FourBlades |
Apr 1 2024, 05:34 PM
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From Wreck to Rockin Group: Members Posts: 2,054 Joined: 3-December 07 From: Brevard, FL Member No.: 8,414 Region Association: South East States
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| Freezin 914 |
Apr 1 2024, 05:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 850 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(FourBlades @ Apr 1 2024, 06:34 PM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Total bummer…..I am saddened by the loss of any of our 914 family members. PS the car does look great. |
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| rick 918-S |
Apr 21 2024, 06:51 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,431 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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Fixtures are officially off.
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| 76-914 |
Apr 22 2024, 06:32 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,494 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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What an accomplishment! Fantastic workmanship throughout Rick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| eric9144 |
Apr 22 2024, 03:17 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California
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Sad the owner passed, bet he would have been stoked to see it back together, he was a San Diego guy -- from the obit memory wall (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) :
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| flyer86d |
Apr 22 2024, 04:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 422 Joined: 12-January 11 From: Corea, Maine Member No.: 12,585 Region Association: North East States |
It turned out really nice!
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| rick 918-S |
May 1 2024, 08:13 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,431 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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I haven't posted lately about the car. I am working on some slow, boring, tedious progress. I sprayed Encapsuator inside the rails and any of the weld seams. It flows nicely. I applied Epoxy to the underside, wheelhouses, inside the fenders and inside the lower section of the gas tank well. The seam Sealer work is completed and I started spraying on some Wurth under body rubberized coating. My friend I did the 280SL for ended up with 5 cans of Beige Wurth and gifted them to me. I was actually surprised they were still good but the factory foil seal preserved them.
  Seam Sealer Before the Wurth  Gas Tank Well  Front Panel  As a foot note to the work. I am not restoring this car. I am repairing it. Really the car does not "need" a full on restoration. However I will be pulling the front air box and Harness to "clean up" the bulkhead while I am that close into the area under the cowl panel. |
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