DaveDorson Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Very sad. Condolences to friends and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Very sad news indeed, RIP Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jim Bell Posted July 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2018 I hope Dave's family and real world friends understand that Dave brought real light to this international troop of car enthusiasts. Some of us struggle with mental heath issues and it may be that some of us come here to escape the pressures and pains of real life. Dave always went out of his way to make us smile. He made us giggle. He dragged laughs out of us and made our days better. We are all poorer without him and we were lucky to have him. Joey spud, CGSB, Datsuncog and 50 others 53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Well said there JB, we've lost a good un Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 ... but why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Saves a few minutes time in the morning. Slartibartfast and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 We ought to get his "best bits" together. There'd be a lot of them. forddeliveryboy, djim, Craig the Princess and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonedepear Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Unbelievably sad news. RIP Dave numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 A very apt song for Dave Numbers is this, and it is from the year of his birth Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Can I also add this for those who may not have seen it. Just one example of fantastic engineering ingenuity, amongst probably hundreds you could choose from. http://autoshite.com/topic/29949-dave-does-a-diy-cylinder-head-pressure-test-and-skim-back-together-with-video/?p=1339870That is tremendous. timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 A true engineer, with some pretty awesome skills, cap seriously doffed to him, as many have said already, he summed up what is Autoshite, another case of you don't know what you have got until it has gone, we are going to miss him deeply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Indeed, his posts were a highlight of this place for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I am proposing that I pull together all his posts into some form of ebook or similar. Then make it available on here and if people wish to download a copy they could donate to an charity (tbc) It won't be anything fancy but perhaps creating relevant chapters around his key musings. Will have time to do it next week I think. Is this of interest to people? mercedade, stonedagain, tapir and 46 others 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 OMG, was trawling through his many posts, having a good chuckle the other night...as DW put it's amazing how much a death like this can effect you even though he wasn't a 'close and personal' friend...just someone with a head older than his body and skill overflowing everywhere!!! RIP oldcars and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Awfully sad tragic news. R.i.p. Dave numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Definitely of interest, but I think it needs some curation; some chapters on tools, fiats, pickups, girls with three children, france, etc. There can then be some select 'conversation' - the posts alone, out of context, will miss some of the humour. Happy to help work on it, if it could be a collaborative effort in O365 or similar? The Moog, tapir and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 The toothpaste on toast pic was one of the first posts of his that I looked at; I giggled a bit at the time and I just giggled a bit again. GrumpiusMaximus, LightBulbFun and DVee8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Definitely of interest, but I think it needs some curation; some chapters on tools, fiats, pickups, girls with three children, france, etc. There can then be some select 'conversation' - the posts alone, out of context, will miss some of the humour. Happy to help work on it, if it could be a collaborative effort in O365 or similar?I think for speed it just needs 1someone to do it. More than happy for someone else to do it (I have no real skills, was just going to busk it a bit). In my head I was thinking chapters on things like that love, work, cars, fixing, France, food etc. Mrs6C, GrumpiusMaximus, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Happy to create the cover artwork if required, probably of a Panda (or other Davenumbers car/motorised conveyance) on its side as suggested earlier in the thread. mrbenn, GrumpiusMaximus, SiC and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I've been on various internet forums for about 15 years now and I've never been so upset over a member dying before.I've thought about a man I never physically met before, all day.A very sad time for anybody who cared for him.Dave's Dismantling Blog was one of my favorite threads. Gutted there will be no more entries. HMC, myglaren, Datsuncog and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Charlie Knobcheese Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Terribly Sad. Rest in peace Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Link to Dave's YouTube channel with some clips of his projects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxSyHp1ScUhngrA2nS6-YRg/videos?shelf_id=0&view=0&sort=dd Jerzy Woking, hennabm, Mrs6C and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Happy to create the cover artwork if required, probably of a Panda (or other Davenumbers car/motorised conveyance) on its side as suggested earlier in the thread. Or an MGF with two steering wheels... mat_the_cat, Craig the Princess, vulgalour and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Chapters or topics proposals: 'Dave on the French''Dave's dating escapades''Dave's exciting engineering''Dave swearing at inanimate objects''Dave's anger management technique' Etc. HMC, Tam, DeeJay and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 A quick link to 66 threads started by DaveNumbers. Does not include lots of content posted in other threads. http://autoshite.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=user_activity&search_app=forums&mid=17837&sid=f3f015836e9abef451801fc5401f81f9&search_app_filters[forums][searchInKey]=&userMode=title GrumpiusMaximus, hennabm, chancer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I can't help but wonder... (Speculation removed)I guess we will never know. Please everyone, take good care of yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I remember reading that he almost single handedly depleted rhd c15 stocks by buying em up, moving them over, converting to lhd and flogging them to the French. A shiter genius. chodweaver, Stevebrookman, mrbenn and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Could be anything and could speculate on anything. Oil/diesel on the road, blacked out, sedatives not worn off fully from the hospital, swerve to avoid someone/something, shunted from the rear and other party drove off, mechanical failure, blow-out (he did repair one of the tyres on his truck) or just plain bad luck. Could be anything. We do all talk about driving older vehicles, but it's something we have to be careful of. They're not quite designed to protect their occupants than ones designed in the last 15-20 or so years. Please all drive safe and be careful out there, especially with the number of idiots on the road nowadays. Felly Magic, mat_the_cat, Slartibartfast and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Or an MGF with two steering wheels... Gassing moles with a MGF? Bye dave, it was a pleasure meeting you. The Moog and Craig the Princess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I'm still in disbelief over this. Just waiting for him to turn up in the grumpy thread having a rant about how terrible his weekend was. chodweaver and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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