We Lost a Car Guy

A couple weeks ago, we lost a "car guy". My nephew Rob passed away from a sudden heart attack at age 40. He lived his whole life in the small South Dakota farm town where I grew up.  He was a farmer, and also worked at the local Ford dealership, Bair Ford, a job he loved. Rob was a car enthusiast, and fellow Mustang owner.
As a teenager, Rob spent a summer with me at a time when I was finishing restoration of a 1970 Cobra-Jet Ranchero.  From that time on, Rob was a car guy. In the last 15 years, he has owned and enjoyed two Mustangs, along with several other cars, trucks, motorcycles, and ATV's.  Any time we've got together in recent years, we always talked car stuff.
At his funeral, we led the precession to the cemetery with Mustangs, his Mustang in the lead driven by a close friend. Rob would have liked that.  Rest in peace Rob, you will be missed.

Mustangs lead Rob's funeral precession, July 1, 2015.