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