Bob Garretson

[Rick Cabell]

Sadly Bob Garretson passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer at the age of 92. Bob was one of the great Porsche people. A world Champion. First met him at his shop in the 80's while taking the Anderson/Woods engine class.
Great guy. RIP Bob...

[Unobtanium-inc]

Sadly Bob Garretson passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer at the age of 92. Bob was one of the great Porsche people. A world Champion. First met him at his shop in the 80's while taking the Anderson/Woods engine class.
Great guy. RIP Bob...

I stopped off to see him a few years ago, he was kind enough to sign the dash of my car that he built so long ago. RIP Bob.

---Adam

[Chuck Miller]

This is SO sad.... What'a GREAT guy

[Chuck Miller]

Bob and Carl Thomson at the Lit Fair 20 years ago ....

[preS]

Bob and Carl Thomson at the Lit Fair 20 years ago ....

Bob is wearing a polo from the international Porsche 356 meeting in Vaals in 2011. So this picture was probably taken first weekend of March 2012.

Richard

[911MRP]

Sad news. I had a lovely chat with Bob and wife Ruth in the Silverstone paddock back 2021. They were over here visiting friends - she is English and he’d had previously lived and had a business in U.K. I recognised his friend Mike from the UK Porsche community which is how we began to chat . We spent the next hour or so standing together in paddock watching a few classic races and chatting. I was there as guest of Dave — MajorDad here — watching him race his RSR so that and being a long term Porsche owner plus me having worked in motorsport it gave us plenty to talk about. Particularly he recalled details of a race against a mutual friend, English Porsche racer Nick Faure, who he recalled had been a rival on a particular race day.

Steve

[gulf908]

pic taken at a 356 Registry show day in November 2010 in Melbourne AUS
standing next to my UK 1971 911 S 2.2

Dennis

[karlusmagnus]

Very sad news. Lovely man. Stopped by our Bergrennen event on several occasions, such as here in 2021

[Harvey Weidman]

I knew him for over 40 years and he always had that smile. Every meeting was a reunion and a story. Although I didn't see him every year, when we saw each other, it was always as if we had just talked...I was proud when he recognised me in a crowd at an event...and remembered my name.....We lost a big man in our Porsche passion.

[preS]

I knew him for over 40 years and he always had that smile. Every meeting was a reunion and a story. Although I didn't see him every year, when we saw each other, it was always as if we had just talked...I was proud when he recognised me in a crowd at an event...and remembered my name.....We lost a big man in our Porsche passion.

Good to see you posting again Harvey. I was wondering about you.

Richard