Sounds healthy to me Lisa, and shows you're slowly moving on with time. Glad to hear that girlfriend!![]()
Sounds healthy to me Lisa, and shows you're slowly moving on with time. Glad to hear that girlfriend!![]()
VX KAT
....the adventure BEGINS ANEW! ...2015......
Remember that life is not measured in the breaths you take, but rather in the moments that take your breath away.
Oh man.... I just now heard of Tone Monday and was going to see about what all he had. I'm sorry to hear about his passing. Wish I was here to experience the coolness that was Tone.
Oh man! I just hired a guy at our work and he had a vehicles, started talking and of course Tone' s name came up and he told me he had passed away!!! Sorry to hear that, my prayers go out to his family and friends!
I flew him out here to Hawaii to install a supercharger on my 2001 vx that was back in 2002. Spent some quality time with him and his daughter and of course he put some extra gizmos on my vx. He was a great guy that was always willing to help you out.
Aloha Tone! Sincerely, ocwiley
Hi there, it was 4 years ago this coming Friday that he passed away! I was watching his house and dog, and shipping products while they were in Hawaii doing your truck! His legend still lives on, my second VX that he redid just like my original I still get a thrill driving once a week or so!
Ask forgiveness, not permission.
Hey there I feel kinda out of the loop I have sent x- mas cards to Tone in the past and didn't think of anything when I didn't get a response! I should have followed up! Sorry my bad. ( I have Kona-itis)
I ended up totaling my baby in a head on crash the only fatality was the vx my loving wife told me to buy whatever makes me happy so I picked up a 74 detomaso pantera and had it completely re- done, however I still tear up when I see a vx!
Oh and I question...... The quote you use , that was my boss's saying and I truly believe it works! Did That get past on to you thru Tone?
I'll have to check to see if I have any pics of him on the beach here .
Aloha. ocwiley
it ok......We all wish he was still around .
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Hey all,
This is my first VX post but thought I'd post since just today I found out about Tone...we first met in 2000/2001...I'll just copy what I posted on Tone's RIP FB page...I have more photos and I believe video from our crazy rallycross days. I'll post more when I find.
Geez...I've been getting psyched up for my return to rally racing and looking up my rallycross buddies back in the day and just came to find out that my buddy Tone Monday passed away. For those who've seen Rush or know the Lauda/Hunt rivalry, he was the James Hunt to my Niki Lauda when we battled for the tops of rallycross.
He and I were the ones to watch when on the track...going out with 120%, driving like possessed to win. Making bets like concert tickets, etc on who won that month's race.
I remember one race, we all met at the track, crazy early in the morning like usual, and Tone had a *really* dirty evil grin on his face...the first rallycross since he threw a supercharger in his VehiCross...that's the day we both went into the next level of competition mode.
Even when his VX broke down and was being fixed, he coudn't skip a championship points....so he RENTED a Pontiac Grand Prix to drive...removed the whole intake silencer system, throttle body filter, the air filter, and drilled a hole into the hand brake handle to route a zip tie to hold down the button, to work better for handbrake turns. He drove that automatic in manual mode and drove it like a mad man...every run sliding across the finish line with the car smoking and smelling like rotten eggs.
(I really, really, really, wanted to be there when he returned the car.)
Then of course after the day of racing my Dad would come over just to say something like..."Good day of racing guys...just too bad one of you missed your drift line on corner #6." Then he'd stand back and enjoy the show that would be Tone and I arguing about who he was talking about.
Was really looking forward to competing again Tone....RIP buddy.
One of the shots I took of him owning the course:
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[QUOTE=RallyGuy2k;286772]Hey all,
This is my first VX post but thought I'd post since just today I found out about Tone...we first met in 2000/2001
You must have met him prior to 2000, because he passed away in March of 1999 or.....................![]()
3" suspension lift, shocks: Rancho 9000, tires 33"x11.5", wheels 16"x8", offset= 0, no front sway bar
I've been off by a decade my whole life, lol. Thanks!
LOL No worries...I've been running into images and videos...vids we took of each other, etc...