Sad News!! RIP hongkongphooey

[TonyLanciaBeta]

Sorry I have only just found out from Duncan23 that Betaboyz forum member hongkongphooey (Simon Baldwin ) was involved in a road accident with a truck at the end of Febuary
and sadly was killed.

Simon's project Spider has been an Inspiration to a lot of Beta owners (please see Duncans original post below)

RIP Simon and thoughts go to his family

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Post from Duncan23

I discovered some very sad news on retro rides - HKP was killed in a crash in his Celica.  :'(
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=98906

You can see the finished car on page 7 here:
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=71914&page=7

Never met him, but what talent he had...  :'(

[MattNoVAT]

Sad news indeed, I recall his Beta Spider restoration and I most definately thought about what he'd achieved when rebuilding the rear subframe, tie rods and rear ARB - those images stuck in my mind and were what I was aiming for but a little less bling!

May he rest in peace, in the great garage in the sky

[lanciamad]

Terrible news 
He gave great inspiration and fresh ideas to many of us, such a shame I never had the chance to meet him. I wish his family all the best and hope his gorgeous spyder lives on in his memory. A truly gorgeous bit of engineering inside and out.

[Pete]

That is sad news and my thoughts go out to his family.

I never met him but I did have some email conversations with him last year and he came across as a really nice guy who was willing to help whenever he could.

Pete