It was an honor to know the man since the old BGNRA days. He would give Trans Tech session to members for FREE! Recently I needed some hard to find 200r4 parts (not expensive just hard to find), so I drove down to his shop and of course he was still at the front office. Kicked around a few stories of old had some laughs. We walked to the back and into the shop, he had his manager find me the parts while we still were chatting about my current new build. After I got the parts in hand I pulled my wallet and he said "Forget it, okay you owe me a quarter...make sure it shinny". Parts were only a couple of bucks but it was GREAT to watch him calmly and quietly still making jokes. I'm still running his shift kit and his 16930-3600 NL from the 90's, and will until they break.
RIP ART