Glen West died Thursday, April 18th...

WHAT?!

Oh my goodness. Man... 2013 really sucks. Glen was an awesome guy and a great friend.

Keep the wings level and true buddy.

Sandy and I will miss Glen, he was a good man. May God bless him.

Roger

Glad I got to meet him at one of the NY Wagonfests. Please give my condolences to his family and friends.

Agreed, this sucks!

He was a generous man as he offered both his garage (lift) AND his AAA plus to get my disabled car to his house so we could replace the fuel pump. I opted to drag the carcass home.....

You will be missed.

This is sad news. Glen was a great guy, a kind and gentle person. I am glad that I new him pretty well, but I am sorry that he is gone. He was always smiling and happy. This is a big loss to not only his family and friends, but to our community.

Prayers and thoughts to Glen and his family.

Tom & Diane Cummings

Agreed Tom.

@ Robert - I actually forgot about your issues this year. Man. This does suck.

WOW - Glen joined our club last year as a Long Distance Member. Sad to hear he left us. I am sure he's up there Cruisin in Heaven.

R.I.P Glen you will be missed

Damn, that's horrible news. I never really new him, but I enjoyed my few conversations with him at Wagonfest.

You'll be missed, Glen. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and his many friends.

Bummer.... I meet Glen at WFNY in 2010 when came up with his friend Ben. So sad.

Glenn was a great guy. One of the most laid back guys and a gentleman through and through. Although I only met him a handful of times, I felt like I always knew him.

When my family and I headed to Florida a few years ago, he met us off of 95 at a diner for a bite to eat. He insisted on buying dinner for the lot. We then proceeded to mess with my air filter before getting down the road.

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The last time a saw him was in Front Royal at the WF Mike put on. I bought my Z28 cluster from Glen at that event.



I spoke to him just a couple of weeks ago, as he was starting to collect T56 parts.

He will be missed greatly!

I just saw a cross post on FB. very surprised and saddened by this news. Glenn was a great guy and the past two years of WF Florida did a lot of things behind the scenes to help pull it all together with logistics, etc. I will definitely miss talking with him whether it was cars or good natured ribbing about college football. Both of us fans of rival teams we new some 'football history' to pull out and throw into a conversation at the appropriate times for a laugh.

Richard, please pass my condolences on to his family...

Sad news,..

Wow, quite shocking to hear. I had the pleasure of meeting him at more than one WF event, quite a nice guy. My condolences to his family.

Thanks for posting the photos and the kind words. I'll pass this along to his sons.

Glen was a great guy and a true friend. It was always a joy to talk cars, politics, life with him. I personally feel a great loss. He did go the way we had talked about not so long ago. We shared the piece Roger Ebert wrote about his impending death. It is rare to find someone with whom you can talk about such things.

I do not fear death: http://www.salon.com/2011/09/15/roger_ebert/

Richard Snipes

Don't remember if I met him or not. I did see his wagon at the hotel in Daytona. Sad to hear somebody in the community passed....

So sorry to hear this news,I only met Glenn once for coffee and came away feeling he was now a close friend.He was so proud of his boys and they were the topic of our conversation often.I am so sorry to hear of his passing and will always feel fortunate to have met him.

Very sad news...he was a very kind and generous man. He gave my Dad a set of 9C1 hoses outta the blue in Charlotte last fall (last time I saw him). He always had a little something tucked away in that WB4 of his...

So sad to hear this. I was fortunate enough to have met him in both Ny and Va wagonfest's. He was a good guy. That pix (standing by pass. door) was taken in Front Royal if I'm not mistaken.

So sorry to hear to hear this. Glad I got to see him at the Florida WF his year. He was a good guy and will be missed for sure.

Sad to hear of his passing. Like so many others, I met Glen at the NY Wagonfest. I'm sure he will be sadly missed by family and friends. He's in better hands now than Allstate and Mr Goodwrench could ever offer.

Dave

Longroof has changed it's banner page in memory of Glenn. The image will stay up for a month from today.

Thanks to Diane for the picture and placing the text.

I, too, met Glenn at WF. It's always sad to hear of the passing of someone. I hope his family and friends are doing ok during these difficult times.

i am shocked i talked to glen at the wf both at ny and va. i always remember the photo of him sleeping by the water at one of the ny wf. he will be missed

That picture is a classic, we used to chuckle about that. I will dig it up.



Tom

I did not know him well, so I can not say much. He was surely an asset to the wagon community, and I would surmise the society in general.

Sad news. I met him at my first NY WF. Don't think I ran into him in FL unfortunately.Wicked nice guy. The wagon community lost a great person.

Just checking back in to see how folks are doing with the news on Glen. The response is quite heart lifting. I spoke with the family yesterday. They have visited both forums and expressed thanks. I believe they can be proud of the high regard held for Glen.

I still expect him to call or email. We had so much more to talk about.

The photo header is a fine honor. Well done!

Richard Snipes
4501 Safari in Jax, FL

I am newer to this forum and never had the honor of meeting him. He seems to have great respect from this community. It is always difficult when someone passes. But please, remember all the great times you all had with him. It's amazing how great cars can introduce us to great people. Glenn sounded like one for sure.

That's too bad. I never had a chance to meet him, but I always liked his posts.

sad to hear. I use to bombard gwturbo with wagon questions when i first bought quickssilver. Always was helpful and informative Ride In Paradise glen.

Glen seemed like a great guy,I knew him only by his posts, it is always sad to
loose anyone,especially a "car guy",RIP. ed

this sucks. losing a cars guy stinks ...but when its a good guy as well.. that sucks worse. RIP Glen

My respects to his family, never met him but looked and sounds like someone greatly missed by all here.

“The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.” - Tavis Smiley

Glenn seems to have left a beautiful legacy... I've never meet him but with what everyone has said about him and his obit, I wish I had. Here's to an eternity of cruise nights, Glenn. God Speed.

I'm sad that I never got to meet him in person.
He left a lot of smiles along his way, and that's a good thing.

I'm so sad to hear that. I met up with Glen at several of our wagon shows, and we'd always talk shop for a while. Glen always made it a point to seek out the 'ol regulars and have a nice chat; I always looked forward to it. He was very enthusiastic about wagons, for sure! He will be missed, and remembered fondly. That banner is a nice way of honoring his memory.

I am sorry I did not get a chance to meet Glen. My sympathy to his family and friends. I am sorry I have not met any of you. I am the same age as Glen and not ready to take that road yet. Are you?
I am planning a long, long trip begining May 2014 in our OCC and Airstream. I hope to meet up with some of you at a Wagonfest in 2014.
Dick

I'd like to take a moment this morning to remember my friend Glen West, gwturbo on this and the impalassforum. Glen's been gone a year today and I know I miss him and probably some other folks do as well. Take a moment to appreciate his memory. I believe as long as someone can remember us we live again for that fleeting moment.

Glen was a great guy. If you have a story, add to the thread. His obit link is set to disappear on the 20th. They got the photo up of Glen on our June 2011 trip to see Dal. (It's the one on this thread of him standing by my '95 wagon.)

Kinda appropriate for Easter Sunday I reckon.

Richard Snipes
4501 Safari in Jax, FL

I certainly didn't know Glen near as well as Richard, I knew him for 4 or 5 years; we crossed paths quiet a few times.  He was such a pleasant guy to be around, he made me feel like I knew him almost as long as Richard.  We all missed him at our FL meet.

One of my favorite memories of Glen was at the WF in NY.  He and his buddy Ben drove there from FL.  I think he did it in 2 days, which was grueling.  I caught a good picture of them sleeping in chairs.  I didn't tell him about and then posted it on the forums.  He got a pretty good chuckle out of it.

Guys, scroll up and read all the notes from the guys from a year ago.

Tom

PS, Richard got your #, one of these days, I'll give you a call.

Tom

Ben and Glen



Glen and Myself