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| tdgray |
 Aug 6 2007, 07:17 AM
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Thank God Nemo is not here to see this  Group: Members Posts: 9,706 Joined: 5-August 03 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 984 Region Association: None  |
I rarely check in over the weekend... I am deeply saddend to see this.
We are all better to have had Howard as an influence however the interaction... web, in-person, on the phone... whatever. My thoughts and prayers are with the family... he will be sorely missed. Godspeed Howard (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad2.gif) |
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| rhcb914 |
Aug 6 2007, 08:08 AM
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member Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 3-February 04 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 1,626 |
A great loss to our community. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
My thoughs and prayers go out to Howards family. |
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| dekman |
Aug 6 2007, 09:01 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 12-December 04 From: Ojai,CA Member No.: 3,274 Region Association: None |
"Howard's Farewell Party" will be held at his house this saturday at 11AM in Thousand Oaks, CA. THE Adress is 776 Sunfield Ct., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. Just a bunch of his friends getting together to reflect on Howard's life and what he has meant to them..........................
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| Alison Baker |
Aug 6 2007, 09:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 8-June 04 Member No.: 2,178 Region Association: None |
QUOTE Then when he got together with Alison Baker, the laughs got even harder and more abundant. Howard and I never stopped laughing the whole weekend... I am totally lost for words.... Good Night & sleep tight Howard.... |
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| MartyYeoman |
Aug 6 2007, 11:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,559 Joined: 19-June 03 From: San Ramon, CA Member No.: 839 Region Association: Northern California 
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Bye Bye, Howard. I am glad to have met you.
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| horizontally-opposed |
Aug 6 2007, 11:21 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,456 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None
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And here I thought Howard was over the hump... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
As another who never got to meet Howard but enjoyed quite a few laughs provided by his wonderful, good-natured sense of humor, I'm gonna really miss the guy. Howard was one more of those around here I'd hoped to meet and figured I would. This is a real reminder for why it IS important not to put that kind of thing off. Perhaps the one thing that brightens my thoughts about this guy I knew but didn't know was the videos he kept posting more recently of him driving his 914 on those wonderful roads near his home. Two things: he was living and enjoying "life" the way he liked to using the same tool all of us choose; we can all ride along with him one more time now that he's gone. pete |
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| jhadler |
Aug 6 2007, 11:39 AM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
I haven't checked in recently, and was very saddened to read this.
Godspeed Howard. The wishes expressed here in these days tell how many lives you've enriched while sharing this world with us. -Josh2 Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| jeeperjohn56 |
Aug 6 2007, 12:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 479 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Antioch,Ca. Member No.: 6,407 Region Association: None |
I'm sorry to have never meet Howard,my prays go out to the family.He doesn't have to worry no more in this cruel world. God bless John
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| Toast |
Aug 6 2007, 01:23 PM
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Not bad for carrying sway bars. Group: Members Posts: 3,396 Joined: 20-January 04 From: Las Vegas Member No.: 1,580 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Howie, I'm going to miss you a bunch. You always gave me such a good laugh.
And helped me withough hessitation anytime I need it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grouphug.gif) I am truley honored to have had the opporunity to meet Howard and to have shared the laughs and times with him that I did. Howard's love for a good drive will be celebrated every time I turn the key. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif)  God bless the Dranow family and all of those who grieve for him now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) |
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| GTeener |
Aug 6 2007, 01:27 PM
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914 Girl Group: Members Posts: 2,348 Joined: 25-June 04 From: SillyCon Valley Member No.: 2,249 Region Association: Northern California |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I too am saddened by this news. I also never got to meet Howard personally, but he has been very supportive and generous with his advice to me over the few years I've been involved in this community. He will be greatly missed.
As part of his tribe, I offer the following mourner's prayer: Elmaley rachamim shochen bamromim, Hamtzey menucha nechona tachat kantey hashchina, Bemaalot kdoshim uthorim kezohar Harakeea mazhirim, et nishmat Howard Shehalach lolamo, Baavur shenadvoo tzedaka Bad hazkarat nishmato, Bgan ayden thay menuchato, Lachen baal harachamim Yastireyhu Bseter knafav lolamim Vyitzror bitzror hachayim Et nishmato, Adonai hu nachalato, Vyanuach bshalom Al mishkavo, Vnomar Amen. O God, full of compassion, Thou who dwellest on high! Grant perfect rest beneath the sheltering wings of Thy presence, among the holy and pure who shine as the brightness of the firmament unto the soul of Howard who has gone unto eternity. Lord of mercy, bring him under the cover of Thy wings, and let his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life. Be thou his possession, and may his repose be peace, Amen. |
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| jaminM3 |
Aug 6 2007, 02:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 418 Joined: 23-March 07 From: SLC, UT Member No.: 7,619 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
I didn't know Howard, but seeing all the people on this forum affected by his passing makes me sad and gives me a feeling that I missed out not knowing him.
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| Rick L |
Aug 6 2007, 02:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 405 Joined: 12-November 05 From: Columbia-ish, MD Member No.: 5,116 Region Association: North East States |
......I hear there's no need for Jackstands in heaven. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
Vaya Con Dios, Brother. My condolences to the family and friends of Howard. |
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| GaroldShaffer |
Aug 6 2007, 02:44 PM
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You bought another 914? Group: Benefactors Posts: 7,664 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Portage, IN Member No.: 865 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(Toast @ Aug 6 2007, 11:23 AM)  Howie, I'm going to miss you a bunch. You always gave me such a good laugh. And helped me withough hessitation anytime I need it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grouphug.gif) I am truley honored to have had the opporunity to meet Howard and to have shared the laughs and times with him that I did. Howard's love for a good drive will be celebrated every time I turn the key. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) God bless the Dranow family and all of those who grieve for him now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) Very nice (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) |
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| URY914 |
Aug 6 2007, 08:19 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 135,291 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Howard, we never met but I feel such a loss. I cried yesterday in church as I said a prayer for you.
May all your roads be curvy May your rust be forever neutralized May your oil leaks be small And may the memory of you be with us always Paul |
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| scotty b |
Aug 6 2007, 08:22 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Toast @ Aug 6 2007, 11:23 AM) Howie, I'm going to miss you a bunch. You always gave me such a good laugh. And helped me withough hessitation anytime I need it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grouphug.gif) I am truley honored to have had the opporunity to meet Howard and to have shared the laughs and times with him that I did. Howard's love for a good drive will be celebrated every time I turn the key. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) God bless the Dranow family and all of those who grieve for him now. Wow...what a tear jerker (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Nice Toast (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) |
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| Twystd1 |
Aug 6 2007, 09:04 PM
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You don't want to know... really..... Group: Members Posts: 2,515 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Newport Beach, California Member No.: 2,743 |
This is a story of cause and effect.
That means Howard is still having a profound and wonderful effect on me. So Friday evening night I call Joe Sharp to talk to him about how I felt about Howard's condition and then his passing.. I had been in my head for days around this. And thats not my normal way of being. Ya see... When someone I know dies. I simply go to a grateful spot in my heart for knowing someone as i long as I did and cherish the good memory's. Thats it... then I get on with my life. Problem is... I couldn't get Howard out of my head. I just kept hurting. And that was a very different emotion for me. And I knew I had to get out of the pain... And into the joy of who Howard was and the profound effect he had on me. So I call up Joe Sharp. We chat about Howard, cars, emotions and the regular stuff guys talk about. He tells me that he and THOMAS are going to the TRE swap meet in Los Angeles Saturday morning. And he asked me to come along. Thats when the magic started. I immediately thought I didn't want to go to LA and peruse through parts I don't need and I can't afford. And TRE is a 911 shop.. Not a 914 shop. Going with my friends to TRE would obviously be a waste of time. Thats when something in my head said. "Clayton go with the Joe. Have fun" I freaked when I heard Howards voice in my head and in my heart. Thats when I knew It was all going to be ok. So I pick up Thomas and Joe Saturday morning... head up to TRE.... And start looking for goodys. First thing I see are 2 TYPE IV engines sitting on the ground. I ask the attendant how much he wants for them. he says " How much you offering?" I say a hundred bucks. As we had to start the haggling somewhere. And I thought if I lowballed the hell out of him... That would be a good place to start. I figured at a hundred bucks an engine... he might go up on his price a little less than usual. The attendant radios to some guy named Gary and tells him I offer a hundred bucks for the lot... OOOOPss. I meant per engine as a starting price. Gary radios back... SOLD...!! Two engine for a hundred bucks. A 1.7 and a 2.0 COMPLETE with injection and sheet metal clutch and PP. I thought I had died and gone to heaven... then I remembered Howard had already done that.. So I didn't need to. Kewl. Bottom line. Howards had a profound effect on me in life..... He STILL keeps giving me gifts. AFTER he passes, They just keep on coming. How I feel and sense Howards passing is now full of joy and fond memory's. He wants me... And us. To live, laugh, love, care about our very unique family. And most of all.... have fun. So Howard... Thanks one more time for your help. I'll talk to you later my friend. Clayton PS: You folks have no idea how much I love this place and the NARP board. The people.. The cars. The care. Precious stuff............. |
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| Dr Evil |
Aug 6 2007, 09:30 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,044 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Good one, Clayton (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I have been having a time getting over this as well. I get all freakin misty eyed from time to time. Howard did teach me how better to deal with the elderly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Maybe that is why I am having some huge luck as of late in the car world. He gets to be with all of us in our daily lives in one aspect of another. |
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| rick 918-S |
Aug 6 2007, 10:14 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 21,370 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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I haven't posted much about our friend yet but I have his cell # stored in my cell phone. I can't bring myself to delete it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I'll miss you my friend.
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| Dr Evil |
Aug 6 2007, 11:09 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,044 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Aug 7 2007, 12:14 AM) I haven't posted much about our friend yet but I have his cell # stored in my cell phone. I can't bring myself to delete it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I'll miss you my friend. That did it, you got me all friggen teared up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) This hurts so much (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) |
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| TROJANMAN |
Aug 6 2007, 11:17 PM
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Looks nice in pictures......... Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 5-March 04 From: Colorado Member No.: 1,753 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Aug 6 2007, 09:09 PM) QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Aug 7 2007, 12:14 AM) I haven't posted much about our friend yet but I have his cell # stored in my cell phone. I can't bring myself to delete it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I'll miss you my friend. That did it, you got me all friggen teared up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) This hurts so much (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) I just had this conversation with Suzanne today. I did the same thing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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