 We lost another member over the weekend., stephen_lee, RIP. |
 Feb 9, 2014 - 7:21 PM
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As I'm sure many of you have seen on Facebook, we lost a member over the weekend. Stephen wasn't as active on here lately as he used to be but he's owned several 6gc's and was a very friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful member. I know I've personally had to call on Stephen for help on more than occasion and he never let me down. If he didn't immediately know the answer, he wouldn't stop working until he'd figured it out. He was one of the first members here to take on the V6 swap, and he did it all himself. To my knowledge, it's all but finished right now, just needs the final touches. After he had it swapped and running he was planning on turbocharging his 3VZ, and I personally would have loved to have seen that finished up.
Although I never met him personally, we used to text back and forth a decent amount, keeping each other up to date on our small projects, asking questions, or just seeing how everything was going. I remember one night we were talking and he told me he found a way to calibrate a Celica's speedometer using a sound on his laptop. I thought to myself, no way.... Sure enough, he posted a thread that's now a sticky about how to calibrate your 6th gen's speedometer. When I reactivated my Facebook last year I saw that he'd gotten married and had a son, and my news feed always had at least one story from Stephen about his house or his family. He was a good guy with a big heart and he will be greatly missed by all. Stephen, may you rest in peace. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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Feb 10, 2014 - 6:34 PM
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This sucks to hear especially first thing in the morning. I hadn't talked to him in a while and was hoping to give him a ride in the Supra since he helped me out a lot with the last one.
 You'll be missed terribly Stephen. Matt, would you be interested in getting together and finishing up his V6 swap? Maybe see if the forum members will be interested in helping with that as well? -------------------- -Alex {](O_o)[}
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Feb 10, 2014 - 9:59 PM
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Moderator Joined Jun 29, '08 From Denver Currently Offline Reputation: 59 (100%) |
QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ Feb 10, 2014 - 5:34 PM)  Matt, would you be interested in getting together and finishing up his V6 swap? Maybe see if the forum members will be interested in helping with that as well? I considered seeing what I could do to help finish it up but only if it's what his family and his wife would want. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. 1998 Celica GT- BEAMS Swapped. 2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium. 2021 GMC Sierra AT4. |
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Feb 10, 2014 - 10:15 PM
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Feb 10, 2014 - 9:59 PM) QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ Feb 10, 2014 - 5:34 PM) Matt, would you be interested in getting together and finishing up his V6 swap? Maybe see if the forum members will be interested in helping with that as well? I considered seeing what I could do to help finish it up but only if it's what his family and his wife would want. I'm willing to bet people around here would be willing to pitch in parts if we also used the project for logging notes to sticky for those wanting to do the same later. I've got some I'd be willing to send. -------------------- proud =3sgte SWAPPED= '95 Celica ST owner [calling it the GT2 or half-trac]
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richee3 We lost another member over the weekend. Feb 9, 2014 - 7:21 PM
MaskedMan Oh man, I'm just finding out now . Stephen wa... Feb 9, 2014 - 9:44 PM Keiri I can't say it better than Daniel did but I... Feb 9, 2014 - 9:49 PM Batman722 I heard this morning.
Tragedy. Feb 9, 2014 - 9:49 PM njccmd2002 oh, no just read this..... rest in piece my frien... Feb 9, 2014 - 9:51 PM kurt95gt Just checked my phone
We just talked a month ago ... Feb 9, 2014 - 9:55 PM JasonTX he was certainly a nice and helpful guy in the com... Feb 9, 2014 - 9:57 PM richee3 I'm waiting on DEATH to get back to me but I... Feb 9, 2014 - 10:51 PM kurt95gt Count me in for sure on flowers Feb 9, 2014 - 11:04 PM MaskedMan Count me in on flowers as well Feb 10, 2014 - 12:47 AM Rusty Oh wow, sad to hear. He's done some awesome po... Feb 10, 2014 - 12:53 AM cjh4l22 Anyone know what happened? Its a sad sad day for t... Feb 10, 2014 - 10:54 AM DEATH Thanks richee3 for making this post. I was still t... Feb 10, 2014 - 12:07 PM
Bigblock QUOTE (DEATH @ Feb 10, 2014 - 12:07 ... Feb 10, 2014 - 9:11 PM kurt95gt QUOTE (Bigblock @ Feb 10, 2014 - 10... Feb 11, 2014 - 12:49 AM easternpiro1 WOW.... just WOW.... too soon. The name didnt rin... Feb 10, 2014 - 12:52 PM rave2n Wow no good.
He will be missed =/
Always was a g... Feb 10, 2014 - 1:24 PM RabidTRD I'm in for donating. Really sad to hear... I l... Feb 10, 2014 - 2:01 PM Box This is terrible. My deepest condolences to his ... Feb 10, 2014 - 6:19 PM jesse09 Didn't know him personally but still sad to he... Feb 10, 2014 - 7:07 PM supershannon77 We lost a good one. My heart broke when I talked t... Feb 10, 2014 - 7:13 PM Poonicus Man I just txt'd him the other day.. He helped... Feb 10, 2014 - 9:26 PM Poonicus I'd help if nothing else but for stephen and h... Feb 10, 2014 - 10:40 PM richee3 As for anyone wanting to donate for flowers, I can... Feb 10, 2014 - 10:59 PM richee3 Taken from DEATH on Facebook:
QUOTE Thanks Jonath... Feb 10, 2014 - 11:34 PM NgoFcukinWay QUOTE (richee3 @ Feb 10, 2014 - 11:3... Feb 12, 2014 - 11:09 AM lagos Sad to hear this. He was a good guy. Condolences t... Feb 11, 2014 - 1:12 AM a2daj1 God only takes the best - Race In Peace brother Feb 12, 2014 - 6:41 AM richee3 The flowers have been ordered. A huge thank you go... Feb 14, 2014 - 12:54 AM trdproven R.I.P. never got to know him, but seen him around ... Feb 20, 2014 - 1:39 AM |
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