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About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone

Many of us have come to know Patrick Malone (Lugnut) as a friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and kind individual. He is a frequent and enthusiastic contributor to our analog discussion forum. He has initiated only 17 threads, but responded to 559 threads. I would guess that many, if not most, of us can recall a time when Pat replied with helpful advice to a question we posted or helped us track down a rare recording. I have come to love Pat as a friend, and to respect him as a man, and I suspect many of you share those feelings.

Today I write to share difficult news with you. Pat has been diagnosed with an aggressive stomach cancer. It has yet to be determined whether surgery will even be worth it. If surgery is performed, most or all of the stomach will be removed, and Pat would face a difficult and long post-op period in the hospital. The medical course is still uncertain, but will be determined soon. Whatever is decided, it will not be easy or pleasant.

Something may be planned in the future to assist the family. For now, Pat could use some of the friendship he so often and willingly showed us. You can email Pat at: lugnut50@msn.com. You can also mail cards, letters ... or whatever. You may email me for Pat's mailing address. My email is: pfrumkin1@comcast.net.

I hope to spend a few days with Pat in Idaho or Nebraska (from which he hails) soon. Between this news, my legal work, getting ready for family arriving for the holidays, Audio Intelligent, and trying to make plans to visit Pat, my head is spinning. If you email me and I don't respond, please understand that I am not ignoring you, but rather simply do not have time to reply.

Pat may or may not have time to respond to posts here, to emails, or to cards mailed to him. But he has asked me to convey to each and every one of you that he has cherished your friendship, your comradery, and sharing our common hobby on this great website.

As we prepare for our holiday season celebrations, and look forward to -- as we should -- enjoying this time of year, I ask that you keep Pat and his family in mind ... and softly offer up, in quiet moments in the still of night and early morning, prayers for Pat and his family. God bless.

Warmest regards to all,
Paul Frumkin
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jmcgrogan2
6,346 posts
 
Oh behave.......Yeah baby.......Groovy......

Doug, you sound just like my sworn enemy, Austin Powers.

BBBWWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
BBBWWWAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAA!!!!
BBWWWAAAHHHHAAA!!!
BWWAAHHAA!!
BWAHA....

Hey, is this thing on.....tap, tap...............
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rx8man
1,475 posts
 
Thanks John,
I didn't think being a hobbyist mechanic made engine swaps morbid, maybe I am mad.
I came up with RX8 WAY before Mazda conceived theirs.
The car is professionally retained in its form, 50-50 weight, so on, so forth, just go to Grannys Speedshop.com

My main post here was to say hi to Patrick and wish him well, with a touch of humor.
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rockinroni
287 posts
 
02-27-05: Dougdeacon
Rockinroni,
Why would you put a big block (or any block) in an RX-7? Are you mad? MAD?! What could be more fun to drive than a rotary?

Hey Doug, I thinks you have me confused with rx8man

Besides I like my STS just fine, love that dual overhead cam 32 valve 300hp kickass V8! zoom zoom

I was also glad to here a digital ear guy got to here a Walker.

Now that is life in the fast lane, Zoom Zoom Zoom!!!

Peace
Ron
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
Oh no. Doug's going to think less of me. I helped my neighbor slip a 350 into his old RX. One reason for doing so was that his motor went belly up and there were no replacements to be found. Now, get this, this was just about the cheapest and cheesiest transplant I've ever seen. We had to leave the hood off permanently since the only radiator we could afford was too tall to allow it to close. Because of a lack of funds we didn't do any front end modifications to handle the extra weight. The car proved to be dangerous but the owner had fun. He later put some slicks on it and added nitrous and went street racing against my advice. He is a fun guy and luckily outlived the Mazda.

I can't remember the cars name but another friend took the original rotary coupe from the 80's and inserted a motor that dyno'd at over 1000 h.p. before the four stages of nitrous kicked in. It made approximately 2500 h.p. on the bottle and ran in the low, low seven second range. This was a real street legal car that was driven regularly. This fellow hauled this thing around the U.S. competing in the fastest street car shootout races for big bucks. Deep down he was a street racer and lost his life behind the wheel of this car in a spectacular crash while racing another car for pocket change. When I later drove out to the crash site of this lonesome two lane road I found that the quarter mile measured an actual third of a mile with a huge dip and corner at the end of the straight away. His wife and daughter were spectators at this late night illegal event.

I like Doug's car a lot and yes, it is very sexy. Too bad that he is flying into Miami. If his car were there I'd love to be a passenger while he pushes it to the maximum. From what I've read about these cars the cornering is unreal. That would probably raise my heart rate higher than listening to tonearm and cartridge changes.

Gimme a BOSS HOG!!!
dougdeacon
3,338 posts
 
Ron,
Sorry for the confusion. Overhead cams? What are cams? What do you use them for?

RX8man,
Great website! I love winding the rotary out and I'm not into drag, on street, track or nightclub, but that's some cool stuff. Have you posted on rx8club.com? Lots of modders there.

John,
Austin who? Them's fightin' words baby!

Pat,
We could always try to wangle a test drive out of a dealer. No good roads near Miami though. Everything's pretty flat and straight AFAIK. Give me New England hills or your mountains for RX8 driving.
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