All Members Must Read This- Tone

[geshaw30]

Continue to rest in peace Bossman & we'll all see you around the big cement pond one day.

[PHO2GR4]

Just photographed a wedding at Riverbend Church yesterday, so I made sure to send some VX thoughts to Tone "up there". He had a great memorial service there a year ago, and it sure was nice to hear all of the wonderful things that were said about this fine man.

[Dare2Dream]

Haven't been in for a long time, but truly sad to hear about Tone! He was very knowledgeable and used to post frequently a few years back.

This is also a time for SELF reflection, if there is anything certain, it is that each and every one of us will leave one day. What matters in the end is really how we lived that life and how we spent the time we had here.

[Deusbot]

I was just thinking of looking him up and find this. He installed a front guard after my deer strikes and the "rear tire superwoofer" on Starbug or "that silver moon buggy" as he called it. A friendly guy I'll always remember and now wish I got to know better. One thing I am sure of though is he did get his money out of life, and gave many people reason to smile with his overall passion while he was here. I remember he was doing some kind of "Hell Bus" for a schools Halloween when I was visiting, and he stayed a few minutes more to give my engine a good cleaning cause he couldn't let a bug go out of his shop like that. That's how I remember him in person, and I bet there are hundreds of similar memories of all types.
It's nice to imagine him driving that airborne VX that was in his tag (only this one don't crack when it lands...). R.I.P. Tone.

[BlackVX]

Oh no, I didn't know this. I thought Tone left the group because he sold or wreck of his VX. In the old forum, he was saying something like he will go with a VX until the porsche cayenne comes out. He never switched his VX to anything else after all.

RIP Tone, thanks for all your help.

Sorry to bring thread up again but I was too shocked to just read on.

Michael

[Anita]

Hey old friend! Good to see you again

[nocturnalVX]

In the old forum, he was saying something like he will go with a VX until the porsche cayenne comes out. He never switched his VX to anything else after all.

Michael

He ended up getting a wicked black AMG Mercedes, but that didn't prevent him from wheelin' the heck out of it! There are videos on YouTube, check them out! Tone will never be forgotten, he made sure of that!

[BlackVX]

Hi Anita! Hope all is well!

AMG!? I'll check this out for sure. I remember when I saw Tone's photo of his VX flying 4 wheels of the ground. I couln't believe my eyes!

[VX crazy]

Wow, I just spent the last 1 1/2 hrs rereading all this since it was brought back up to the top......ironically just last weekend I was going through some of Tones stuff when I had a mini breakdown saturday night (those come and go) and just wanted something different than a photo of him (like a smell or video), I found a DVD he made back in 2007 when we went to a mercedes driving event at a track outside of Ft. Worth, he mounted a camera to the drivers headrest so you can hear our conversation, and see the driving from me and from him! That is exactly what I needed to see, our interactions as he was telling me how to take the corners etc......and the tires squealing (and how they should not be if I was taking the corners correctly LOL).....then he was driving and I was demanding that he let me out LOL.....a great video he made and about the only video I have of us. Ahhh gems like that......still miss him and reminisce every morning with him on my way to work with music we both loved, and in the Tone Monday Edition VX LOL.

[Scott Harness]

Hey Lisa...Glad you're doing well!!

[VX KAT]

Sounds healthy to me Lisa, and shows you're slowly moving on with time. Glad to hear that girlfriend!

[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

[HeckaTrebeka]

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.

[ocwiley]

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

[VX crazy]

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!