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