All Members Must Read This- Tone

[Bieredalsace]

My condolances and prayers to the family.

[don moore]

need to make up some kind of thing for him at MOAB.. rest well tony

[Cyrk]

OMG I am so sorry, Tone was the one who talked me into getting my VX, he got my my wind defectors from overseas and hooked my up with my VX to do the prototype clear corners. Sold me my supercharger and HIDS, seat extenders and door popper. I cannot believe it. I have some may emails back forth with him.

You will be missed... RIP Tone.

[Beavertractors]

RIP Tone TonyB

[isaac65]

I'm so sorry to hear this news. RIP Tone...

[monza]

I first met Tone through a former employee and friend, who was Tone's roommate at the time. Shortly thereafter Tone came to work for me, and as everyone who met him knows, he made an immediate impression.

Tone had a lot of things in common with me. Both of us were single dads of daughters that were the same age, we were both the same age, we both liked Macs, and both of us were into cars. He was on his second VX at the time, the first one being totaled right after he bought it. He'd already installed several gadgets and mods, including a sunroof, in the second.

Tone knew how to live life, and he loved adventure. I went on a few of those with him, such as when we went to the Houston Grand Prix. I was there when Tone took his VX down to Corpus to run in a Porsche club autocross. Everyone else had sports cars, but there was Tone trying to get every bit of speed out of his black VX...with the 3.5L indicator on the side of car altered to read "5L."

Tone added NOS and a supercharger to his VX, and became a forum moderator (not sure if it was this one) at one point. This became an issue when he was working for me, when it came to light he spent a great deal of effort getting other people to do his work, so he could spend time on the forums.

I have never met anyone more enthusiastic than Tone, and I learned things from him that I never otherwise would have, had I not met him.

The last time I saw Tone, I was entering the freeway driving an FJ Cruiser and he blew past me in his Mercedes SUV. This was a few months ago. He didn't know it was me, but I'm sure he was eyeing the FJ when he made his move. This was vintage Tone.

I just returned from the service today, there were many VX's in attendance, including some that drove thousands of miles to be there. Tone had a lot of friends, and was always willing to lend a hand or do whatever he could to help out a fellow enthusiast. He will be missed.

To Lisa and the family, my condolences.

RIP TM.

-Robert

[Baldwin]

OH MY GOSH!!! I have the chills! I am in total shock! So young! He was one of the first VX guys I met!

[E-ZooZoo One]

I just learned of this devastating news only today.

After reading all of the previous heartfelt messages, I find myself wishing that I’d had more contact with Tone, and deeply regret that I never had the opportunity to meet him in person.


Kathy and I offer our prayers and condolences to Tony’s family, friends, and the VehiCROSS community that will all miss him so.


With deepest sympathies,
J.R. Smiley

[taylorRichie]

I never met him, only had a few business dealings with him, and have read many of his posts.

Rest in Peace buddy... I think we would have got along just fine.

[geoman-01]

Very sad news indeed. Although I haven't been active on this site
for several years, I remember Tone all so well. Great guy...

[Petos]

Just found out.... sad, sad news...

When I bought my first VX 4 years back in Moscow, I placed one of my first messages on this forum, and Tone offered to send me 2 CDs with VX stuff and Workshop free of charge, all the way to Moscow... this is how I learned about the true "Vehicross community spirit"

I am offering my condolences to friends and family on behalf of all Russian Vehicross enthusiasts...... we will miss you, Tone

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...highlight=Tone

[Rickster]

I just hope they have a VehiCross and a Moab in heaven, I know that would be the heaven he would want to be in. My condolenses to the family, I was searching for something and just happened accross the post,

Thanks George,
Rick Lillard

[Vasha13]

Thanks George for posting this, everyone knows I am not good with words. This is an aweful time for us, but he is in a much better place. It would have been sometime the night of 3/14.

So sorry to hear this Lisa - thanks for letting me know. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you out.

thx j