Happy heavenly birthday, you sure are missed

Does his wife still have his roadrunner?

Spoke to him twice on the phone (garage door liftmaster advice), he was truly a nice guy! RIP Stu, your passing was a loss to many people.

i also talked to Stu on the phone about replacement garage doors and openers.
taking his advice, the doors he recommended as well as the openers, has worked flawlessly since their install many years ago. they were a little more money than some, but time has shown his advice was spot on.
i sure miss him, although we never met in person. he seemed to have a great sense of humor, and everyone he came in contact with got the treatment they were his friend.
R.I.P. Stu..........

I never met Stu in person but did spend a long time on the phone with him as he walked me through a garage door repair I needed. I was in New Jersey, and he was in California. He was truly one of a kind.

Yep, Stu was good guy. I had some business to do in the Norcal area years ago and visited him a couple of times at his house. He would grill something up and we would eat and have a few beers. His wife and the daughter I met were nice people also. RIP Stu.

Yep, met him at his clubhouse and the wife and I wore the Viking horn hat! Couldn't ask for a better guy...

Quality human being!

Clubhouse! I was trying remember what he called that great garage he had. I kept thinking playhouse but I knew that was wrong so I just left the name out of my post. Thanks!

The Clubhouse was quite the setup. You couldn’t meet nicer people. Be interesting to know if she kept the Roadrunner. Rico probably knows. On another note the wife and I were in town so called him and on the fly invited us over. Cooked up some steaks, put on a real spread. He’d like to play jokes on people. While we were sitting there eating, the radio playing all of a sudden the broadcaster on the radio announced an emergency broadcast message. I can’t remember the exact text but it had something to do with an earthquake. My wife and I looked at each other and I looked at Stu. He just carried on like not her happened. For a minute I was concerned but just went on with my meal. Later that evening before we left I asked Stu about the radio message. He just smiled.

Still have the small plaque he sent me from Mopars At The Pub from back in '07.
RIP, Stu, you are missed, my friend.


Tim

Stu helped me several times with DIY garage door repairs. If he told me once, I bet he told me 3 times that the 3/8 ratchet extension I was using to wind the spring would bust my brains out if I let it slip. The 1st time he told me that, I asked him how he knew that was what I was using. He laughed and said that everybody that has never heard one whistle by their head still uses them....until the learn better. Stu was one heck of a great guy that I never got to meet in person. If I have friends pass away, I typically remove their cell number from my contacts so I don't fat finger it and upset their family members if they have retained friends phones. Stu's was one of the really hard ones to let go. R.I.P. Stu

We miss you Stu!

I believe she still does. I think his daughter drives it to car shows.

Amen - Stu always helped others - Still miss him, and his sage advice

i remember him telling me about winding up the spring, not to use a small/short item [like the 3/8" ratchet handle above], so i made up two long large diameter [1"/1 1/8"] "winders", machined on the ends to fit the winder holes.
that way, i could wind up with one and clamp to the roof truss, then insert the second winder, have a good grip on it, then release the first. just rinse and repeat. that method worked great, and my head and teeth thanked Stu profusely for that tip !

For the benefit of the newer members if you have a pic of Stu wearing his Viking helmet please post it.

And here's a link to the thread when he passed. No pics of Stu in his viking hat, but there are pics of him and friends in the clubhouse. Stu Linky

GEEZ, it's been 5 years already??

Here are some clubhouse pics, first one is Stu. My camera was on it's way out, but here are some other pics with my wife in the Viking hat on the right second pic and left third pic...

Luckily there was a car show when we were there so I got pics of Stu's Roadrunner...

if i remember correctly, didn't Stu park his 'runner on the street in front of his house because his garage was the "clubhouse" ?

Yes,it looked like his parking situation was challenging to say the least. Not uncommon in SF.

His wife cleaned out the garage so the Roadrunner can fit in it.

Remember all his exhaust changes? I swear he tried 4 different versions over the years on that car. Most were pretty wierd.

wonder what happened to all the "clubhouse" memorabilia ? [especially the viking "horn" helmet]

Coming on here & reading his posts always reminded me that this car stuff is supposed to be fun.

The dude lived it very single day.....this place is much emptier without him.

".....this place is much emptier without him."




very, very, true..............

Not sure whether Stu ever knew it or not, but he helped put my art on the map when he had me do this cartoon of his Road Runner. Before the side pipes... 2008 was a very long time ago!

In Stu's honor, for those of you who have kids or grandkids, print this one out and let them color it. We'll never forget you Stu!

That’s awesome!

Came across this pic from his goodbye thread........

Couldn't have said it any better myself.

i also concur !
here's to Stu !