Sad Passing Away

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tonyvan

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909 posts

208 months

Sunday 14th February 2021
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Hi all, some of you on here will remember Gary Reynolds he ran a dyno day for TVR Owners just outside Stratford apon Avon, and other venues around the country. He passed away last week and I for one will dearly miss him. I own a Noble and he was the only person I trusted to work on my car. He was always so helpful and a really nice guy. Those of you who met him at these dyno days with his mate Barry (Baz) will Agee he was a top guy and worked his arse off to give us a good day out: I have truly lost a good friend. He will be remembered and every time I go out in my car I will think of him.
Rest In peace mate 😢

spitfire4v8

3,992 posts

181 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Oh gosh sad news .. had he been ill ? Many owners will know him from the dyno shootouts RIP.

Moycie

536 posts

197 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Terrible news to hear of Gary's passing. He was a regular character on many Griff Growl's providing the Crazyhorses dyno. Thoughts go out to his family and of course side kick Baz frown

rev-erend

21,415 posts

284 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Sad news. RIP.

Pretty sure the Crazy horses guys did the Wedge fest one year.

eliot

11,428 posts

254 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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What was the company name (if any?)

I did a DD at the growl many years ago with my late friend Matt - i think the company was crazy horse?




5.0ltr

2,761 posts

199 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Yes sad news of the ‘Geezer’ passing, always time well spent in his company. (Did a few Neil Garner open days as well.)

5.0ltr

2,761 posts

199 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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eliot said:
What was the company name (if any?)

I did a DD at the growl many years ago with my late friend Matt - i think the company was crazy horse?

Yes that’s Gary’s company, he would be the ‘driver’ on the dyno run.

tonyvan

Original Poster:

909 posts

208 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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If anyone has any pictures/photos of Gary at work on the dyno please post on here or you can send to my e.mail at tonyvanrooyen@hotmail.co.uk so I can print some off to take to his funeral.
Thanks
Tony

macdeb

8,510 posts

255 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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That is sad news, he was a great guy, very friendly and easy to get on with. Condolences to then family. cry

angry jock

1,005 posts

199 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Great guy and many drunken chats with him. Deepest condolences and thoughts with family and close friends

KKson

3,403 posts

125 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Sad news indeed. He did provide the rolling road for the half dozen Wedge fests I've attended, and he's dynoed two of my Wedges. I think I've got video and photos. I'll check this evening. My thoughts are with his family.

Moycie

536 posts

197 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Hi Tony - here's a couple of pictures I had from the Griff Growl's:

Griff Growl 2011
DSC03145 by Aaron Moyce, on Flickr

Griff Growl 2013
P1010294 by Aaron Moyce, on Flickr

FlipFlopGriff

7,144 posts

247 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Very sad to hear he had passed away. Did 5 or 6 Growls for us plus seen them at a number of other car meets. Always made sure we had a good chat and plied them both with beer as they were non stop most of the time. Last time we spoke he said he had been working on a Bourne movie in Tenerife. RIP Gary.

ThePrisoner

1,056 posts

208 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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That is so sad.

Remember him from the Back Home event in 2012 and many Griff Growls after .

Really nice guy .

RIP mate

Ant.

5,254 posts

281 months

Monday 15th February 2021
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Very sad news, he became part of the family at the Growls and as said above worked really hard on what was probably the biggest attraction of the days

ThePrisoner

1,056 posts

208 months

Tuesday 16th February 2021
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From a Back home event 2010 .


Edited by ThePrisoner on Tuesday 16th February 13:40

ThePrisoner

1,056 posts

208 months

Tuesday 16th February 2021
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That Cerb was a monster [url]


Hi Tony

I have added another .


|https://thumbsnap.com/CeXWxjfR[/url]

Edited by ThePrisoner on Wednesday 17th February 22:09

mrzigazaga

18,557 posts

165 months

Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Very sad...Baz & Gaz did a few Wedgefests...I have a couple of pics from Big Bad Wedge Fest 2014 & 2015, North London Dyno was at the previous years as well...Barry did 2016 for us but I think Gary was doing some film work...?...I am sure some more Wedge guys have some pics, I will ask..

R.I.P Gary


(Dynoing Peter Wheelers 390SE)

I will email any that I have.....

Mark.

adam quantrill

11,538 posts

242 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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R.I.P. Gary, he did the 400SX one year at BBWF, while I tweaked the mixture pot on the ECU from the other side.

Not sure I have a photo or vid, will take a look.

Englishman

2,219 posts

210 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Not a good picture of Gary (unless you zoom in), but this was him in action April 2012 at Neil Garner's, doing what he loved best in my Griff.