Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General General A Great loss to the Contour Community

As a fairly late addition to this board, I didn't get to know Ray, but certainly his family and friends will be in my prayers.

I miss him and Toto greatly!

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Clinton
'96 T-Red Contour SE V6 ATX

I knew the OF for the past year and a half plus from the boards. Great and colorful man. He was always a help to the contour community. He has helped out many in his life, with GREAT feelings of joy.

Ray We do miss you! We will be thinking of you and pray for your loved ones also. Ray thanks for you care and knowldge.

Sincerely

merlin

Condolences from The Great White North,Ray is truely an international car enthusiast now.

I can't believe that he is gone. I knew he was sick for the last several months, but I kept hoping that I would see his presence grace our email inboxes and forums soon.
Ray was the pillar of the CEG community, and he was the first person that I communicated with back on the email lists. His opinions would be the "last word" in my book when it came to technical matters. We need some way to have a lasting memory of Ray. If I'm not mistaken, the throttle hang fix was invented the the OF. I propose we rename after Ray so we can pay homage to a man who guided over us and our contours.

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Alex S.

95 SE MTX
Midnight Red w/all options

Susp: Koni, Eibach, Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 205/50Z/15

Motor: KKM, ASP, Magnecor, +4's, Grizzly Street clutch, SVT flywheel, SVT rear motor mounts, resonator removed, TH fix, EGR restrictor, Ported MAF, Mobil 1

Audio: Kenwood eXcelon X815, Infinity Reference speakers

Other: Badgeless, KKM pedals, 885 fog bulbs

Alex,

you are right about the TH fix. (In fact one of the last messages I wrote to Ray was about TH fix.)

Funny you should mention. The last issue of R&T in technical correspondence talks about TH in Cougar "Shifting Killjoy". Could someone with good writing skills write a letter to R&T and refer them to the site. It would be great to mention who was the author of the idea.

Want to know why I read R&T? Well I asked on the list what would be a good read and Ray mentioned R&T. That made my choice...

I miss you Ray.

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--alex | 96 GL(sort of) V6 ATX | 98 SE V6 MTX Sport

Alex, I never heard back from you in regard to the pictures; please email me at zkukovol@yahoo.com

[This message has been edited by alex_96GL (edited December 21, 2000).]

I agree!

I think we should name 2 things after him
The TH fix... We can call that OF's Fix

and if we ever take an off road excursion in our 'Tours we can say "We pulled an OF"

how about it?

Ray, OF, you will be greatly missed. I would
like to extend my sympathy to Ray's family. I
hope they know how good he was to all of us.

OF was one of the most kind and knowledgable
members of the CEG list and a constant source
of assistance. It's hard to believe he's gone
and his loss should remind us all how quickly
good people can leave our side in this world.

My advice: take time to really pay thanks to
someone you respect this holiday season. The
chance to do it later isn't afforded to us in
every case... Goodbye, OF.

T.

Just returned from a week away, and hearing the news was like a punch in the stomach. Ray meant so much to this group with his generosity with his wisoom. Like so many others here, my first mod was OF's TH fix. After buying my SVT, it was all I could afford. When rediculous posts like Moser Gill and the big post on speeding tally up hundreds of replys, I would think that the replies to this thread should blow those away. Ray touched so many people on this list. May his family and friends have peace at this time knowing that ALL is right with Ray now.

Still stunned . . .

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Ben
Castle Rock, CO
1998 T-Red SVT #4406/6535
fast80svt@aol.com