I am deeply saddened and somewhat shocked to hear this.....I thought he was "on the mend". I was looking forward to calling him after the week-end to see how he was.

I had never met Dan but spoke to him dozens of times, several times well into the night. He did the offset grind on my 517 motor, Which was the motor I built in Honor of Gary Davis as he said his next project was going to be a low deck stroker. Dan though this was a cool tribute and was very supportive to me all through the buiild.

We all worked together on the Engine Masters project and that was a lot of fun, Dan was a true "old school" master craftsman, I will miss him greatly and remember him as an honored friend. It's still 'sinking in' and I'm still a bit off kilter trying to process.....May God's grace be upon his family and all of us, his many friends.