I miss my friend so much! Still trying to process. RIP Bro!
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I miss my friend so much! Still trying to process. RIP Bro!
Last night was The Celebration of Life for Nick...
Met Nick at !st Unstock Event in HB a couple years ago.
Such a nice guy and so helpful. And his cars were the BOMB
RIP Nick....
Condolonces to the family, we shared lots of emails re ST replicas as I had attempted a many years earlier what he did so well only a few years back.
Also saw his great S at Pederson on a recent USA visit.
I'm so sorry to hear of Nick's passing. He always had an infectious smile on his face when we met over the years.
A true ambassador to our hobby.
RIP my friend.
I was always interested in Nicks cars, and hoped to meet him and his 911’s someday around Solano beach. Today I was at the Peterson and was excited to see the “Top Gun” 911, but I did not see it there. Did I miss it or is it gone?
Godspeed Nick.
I just saw this thread....what a shock! I spent many hours talking and emailing with Nick while he was building his fantastic 72 ST. We always met up at the LA Lit Show, R Gruppe, and RR events to talk about our cars. Nick had no ego about these long hood cars and eagerly sought out details about period correct issues. His stable was outstanding, but he was always complimentary about other cars, and interested in different ways to express neat features.
I reached out to Nick when the Top Gun movie came out, and as usual he was humble about having his 73S included in that movie. I introduced my son (Gib III) to Nick because Gib is now with the Gary Sinise Foundation which sponsored several events associated with the Top Gun pilots and the movie. They discussed having the 73S at a GSF event, but it didn't happen.
He was just too young to leave his family and us! His passing hit home with me in another way as I have metastatic prostate cancer, which is now 'stable' according to a recent scan. But none of us know when that 'X' appears on our persoanl calendar as an expiration date.
My son met with Nick in Nov. 2022 to look at the now movie famous 73S. Gib drove down to San Diego in the Lt. Dan Van, which is a vehicle owned by Gary Sinise Foundation to show it to Nick. Nick took this picture. Gib was trying to arrange having Nick's car at the I-Bar which is the original movie bar. GSF held a special event at the bar following the release of the movie.
I'm still in shock over Nick's passing....
I am helping Nick's family divest some assets. This includes Nick's Trailex enclosed aluminum trailer that I have listed, on the family's behalf, on Bring A Trailer.
As instructed by the moderators, I will make a separate For Sale post here on ESR under Other Car Cultures, but in the interim, I'll share this here in hopes that the community will help get the word out (including the R Gruppe list, which I don't have access to). It takes a village, I (and the family) appreciate this community's help...
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...ilex-cte-1741/
Nick and I towed my '87 911 2,500+ miles in this trailer to the Texas Hill Country Rallye 2023. It was a bucket list event for both of us (especially after misfiring in 2022). I am so glad we were able to check it off of his list prior to his passing. We'd intended to co-drive his Tangerine ST at HCR 2024, but, as you know, that wasn't in the cards.
Neither of us was very well versed in towing, so some hilarity ensued, including running out of gas on the return leg. I regret not getting pictures of us on the side of Hwy 10. Here's some memories from HCR '23...