Hi Chuck,
Thank you so much for posting this. As a Devin owner and a big fan of Mr.
Devin's contribution to racing, I appreciate knowing of his passing.
I got to meet him at the Monterey Historics this last year after trying to
chase him down for probably three Historics prior. I always just missed
him. This time a fellow Devin owner pointed him out after just leaving this
owner's pit. Purely by luck I was carrying a picture of my Devin with me
and had him sign it. And I got a picture taken with him.
These don't seem like big things unless you spend years restoring some rusty
mess hoping it'll actually be finished and useful someday. Meeting him was
a moral booster. To honor the man is to honor the car and vise versa.
If Bill Devin had been twice as savvy in business, there would have been no
need for a Shelby Cobra.
Again Chuck, thanks for cross-posting this message,
Clark
My small tribute to Devin cars:
http://www.dnf.com/dnf.html/DevinHeaven.html
> From: Sadek Charles H DLVA <SadekCH@nswc.navy.mil>
> Reply-To: Sadek Charles H DLVA <SadekCH@nswc.navy.mil>
> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:27:33 -0500
> To: "'vintage-race@autox.team.net'" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Loss of a legend - Bill Devin
>
> All,
> From the Corvair bulletin board-Virtual Vairs:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Forman [SMTP:vairlover@forman.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 11:32 AM
>> To: fastvair@egroups.com; virtualvairs@skiblack.com
>> Subject: [fastvair] Loss of a legend - Bill Devin
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have sad news to share that a legend, Bill Devin, has passed on. He
>> died
>> yesterday at 10:30 AM. Bill Devin, who turned 85 this month on November
>> 13, suffered a stroke just before his birthday on November 12. On this
>> traditional day of thanksgiving, we all can give thanks to have one of the
>> great racers and automotive innovators who also saw the engineering
>> marvels
>> of our flat six cylinder engine and power train.
>>
>> While I only had the chance to really meet and visit with Bill earlier
>> this
>> month, I consider the experience quite memorable. Perhaps others can
>> share
>> some of their experiences or background on Bill
>>
>> Rest in peace, our friend, Bill Devin.
>>
>> Larry Forman
>>
> Chuck Sadek
> YS 73
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