Wow - not how I, or any of us wanted to see this thread finished out. My heart goes out to his family and friends - what an incredible loss.
I was reading all the updates he did - and was super impressed that he was taking it back in the direction I always intended and in particular, his attention to the little details. It was one of the things I always focused on when building and I had logged in to see what he had done. Words cannot describe....
I sold this car because I was concerned that some day I would end up allowing the car to take me somewhere I couldn't get back from. It was a trip to 199 mph one night that sealed the deal for me to let it go. This car was a labor of love, and what at the time I thought would be the last one I built for myself. I'll never stop building, but when a car you build and put your heart into is what someone was driving when the situation they were in resulted as it did, it gives you great pause.