I must admit I've had nothing but good dealings with everyone I've dealt with on the site. Marcsrollin found and mediated the Crower injection setup purchase a few years ago, Howard19 has fronted money on dealings at his shop for me, being closer to you guys, and even drove a blower down to me he found and negotiated the purchase of for me, Skip has picked up, sat on and delivered engines and other things to me, all the Vegas crew, don't even know where to begin with those cats, they do it all! Flytime even picked up a boat for me, worked on it for days, got it running, and delivered it! Crewcheif and I have had many parts swapping between us either at events or at the nearest I-10 eit to his home. Considering running Apple Pie for him to deliver to the PHX valley as a side job..........
I don't think there's a members garage on the site that wasn't sitting on parts or even boats for long periods, and I have reciprocated in eyeballing, purchasing and storing boats, engines and other stuff for a few members here with no issues. I still have parts sitting in some garages in SoCal, lol. And I know they are safe. I've given parts away to many, and received free parts from many.
I have stayed in some of your homes on Boating weekends, and some of you have stayed in mine. If I didn't call your name out specifically, don't feel slighted, I do remember! but the post was intended to be short. Probably too late, so Ralph, Pat (Ibhsz), John (Glasscutter), Jason (Riverdad), Proppy, Jon (BrendellaPickle), Josh (Nordie), Branden(Nordic454), Brian (Boost), awww hell, just look down the members list and probably 70% of them I've had dealings with, met and was always a pleasant experience.
The Member in question I have met several times and can say the same. He has been the mediary delivering parts to me from SoCal to a gathering a time or two as well, and I have donated parts to him just as I have many of you on the site, and helped (Or tried to) in many parking lot fixes. This does not justify Harry's situation in the slightest, as this money to Harry was for me to build him a 460 for his Howard. Short block is together and is basically what Moo's engine was when I had her.
The Memories though! I remember one time Skip brought me a complete 460 engine I had bought out of Stockton to Big River. I hadn't even seen the engine, it sat in the guys garage for months, and then Skips for months. I brought my cherry picker and we pulled it from his truck to mine. This was Friday night. B-rad needed an alternator, so we yanked that for him and got that running, Chromey needed some spacers, bolts and brackets so belts would stay on his, so that's where they went, we pulled the dizzy and put in on another boat (I forget whose), the fuel pump went on a 4th......Rivertard had blown his up and we thought seriously about dropping the rest of the engine in his.
I guess I hope that incidents like this do not stop or even slow this type of interaction. Most of the members on here I have met IRL and boated with and their integrity I would hold above my own.
Ray
