[Jeff Higgins]

I don't have any real details beyond that which our mutual friend Eric Linden (of Auto Foreign Services) posted over on the Early S registry, but we lost Gary last night. Rod put something up on Instagram as well, saying his dad passed peacefully in his arms, surrounded by family. RIP, old friend. Boy are you going to be missed.

It would be hard to over state Gary's influence on the world of Porsche Outlaws. I think it would be fair to say that there wouldn't even be such a thing were it not for Gary. Granted, Gary was a 356 guy through and through, and I'm a 911 guy, but the time I was able to spend with Gary at his place in McMinnville went a long ways towards defining, for me, what my 911 "outlaw" could and should be. He was a huge influence.

Oh, and the good times at his campouts over the years. "Story time with uncle Gary" is how I would tease him as he sat in his big old barber chair, holding court way in the back building. And boy could he spin a yarn... Stopping on our way down to or coming home from various R Gruppe Treffens in California, Gary always had time for us. Or any other time I just happened to be anywhere near his place.

Gary's legacy will live on, of course. Rod has been knocking it out of the park on his 356 builds for many years. My condolences to Rod, Linda (Gary's wife), and the rest of the family.