Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 21:41:25 -0500
Reply-To: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: A sad day, Scott Foss has left this realm
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I am remembering him well from way back on the mailing list. I
contacted him once after Karl M posted his phone number but never got a
return call. RIP.
Karl.
On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 9:38 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
> A Sad Day Indeed,,, but The Truly Sad Day was the day He had the
> accident ~~
>
> > On 27 Dec , 2023, at 4:23 PM, Alistair Bell <
> ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh man, he was so alive . Yeah I know that seems stupid comment but he
> was so alive.
> >
> > Speed on Scott … speed on
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> >> On Dec 25, 2023, at 6:46 PM, Karl <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm sure a few of the oldsters here remember Scott Foss aka Turbovans
> >> aka Scott Daniel depending on where he was posting. I met him quite a
> >> few years ago when we were both deep into turbodiesel Vanagons. He moved
> >> his shop around a few times, from northern California, to Port Townsend
> >> Washington, to Talent Oregon as the last location. He once had a printed
> >> catalog of new and used Vanagon items he sold. He also had an online
> >> journal which he updated occasionally with his thoughts.
> >> https://turbovans.livejournal.com/
> >> A search on Scott Turbovans etc might turn up more of his writing.
> >> He had semi-retired and was living in a small community in Hawaii where
> >> he bought - or rented - a two-story cottage, coming back to Oregon
> >> occasionally to play with van projects, of which I think there were 17
> >> at the time. In 2016 he had a tragic accident one night, falling over
> >> the railing of the second floor deck of the cottage after tripping over
> >> a bucket, down onto lava rock where he laid partially paralyzed for
> >> three days until a friend found him. He told me he was incredibly lucky
> >> to be alive. He had been in different hospital and treatment facilities
> >> around Colorado, Oregon, not sure where else, ever since the accident. I
> >> visited him a couple times in the hospitals and tried to stay in touch
> >> via his cell phone, conversation often gravitated towards Vanagons as
> >> they were the main love of his life even then, it seemed. Because he
> >> couldn't pick up the phone, I'd call and leave a message, then the nurse
> >> would set him up to talk with a headset and call me back. I hadn't
> >> spoken to him for over a year so I recently called on his birthday to
> >> see how he was doing, his recorded message was gone, I never received a
> >> callback.
> >>
> >> Concerned, I messaged a friend of his, Ruth Temple, who accompanied him
> >> one time when he had visited my first shop here in Oregon, and received
> >> a reply yesterday that read:
> >> "Scott did pass away a year and a half ago. He had amazing stamina and
> >> lust for life as you know. Thank you for your concern."
> >>
> >> I spent most of the evening yesterday in sadness over the news of my old
> >> friend. I had hopes that he would someday spend time outside the
> >> hospital, even if it meant in a wheelchair. He was an fun, energetic
> >> guy, out of the box thinker and a bit of a 'McGuyver' like me, and I
> >> will miss him greatly. I'm sure those of you whose lives he touched feel
> >> the same. I just wanted you to know.
> >>
> >> Karl
> >> westyventures.com
>
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