Bad news

Lee ODell
Lee ODell Senior Contributor
edited October 2011 in HUDSON
Last week Jerry, a friend of mine, asked me to change brakes on a car of a friend of his. When we arrived, his friend turned out to be the famous catoonist Tom Medley the creator of the Stroker McGurk cartoons. The car (not Hudson) was a beautiful 40 Ford street rod. It had a mustang front suspension. Changed the calipers, pads and front brake hoses. Back like new. I have a new friend. He is not shy, loves to talk. He is a very remarkable individual. He is in his 90's and sharp as a tac. I was amazed to hear about many factets of his achievements. As we were about to leave he said wait a minute. He went into the house and came out with Stroker McGurk T-shirts for us. He took us inside to show us his home. It was like walking into a Stroker McGurk museum.

The sad news. I receive a email; "Last night showing Tom Medley's 40 Ford. The fire happened as he was trying to start it this afternoon. The car and garage are totaled."

I do not know how to transfer this email picture to the forum. If someone can show me how to do this I will post the picture of the burned 40 Ford inside the burned out garage.

This is a sad day for this to happen to such a nice guy.
Lee

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  • chopperchuck
    chopperchuck Expert Adviser
    well as long as your buddy is OK,you can alway replace cars/garage.but ya can't replace a great friend.
    sorry for his loss.
  • TwinH
    TwinH Senior Contributor
    Went through a garage fire when I was 23 and even though I only lost tools/equipment I was a wreck for almost a year. Tom is such a hot rodding icon I'm sure the troops will rally to his aid. I can't imagine dealing with this at 91 but at least he wasn't
    injured.Everything else can be replaced...

    Garage-Fire-3316-Verdugo-3_1.jpg

    Garage-Fire-3316-Verdugo-2_1.jpg

    Garage-Fire-3316-Verdugo--1_1.jpg

    And to try to have an upbeat note here's Tom and his coupe in happier days
    0711sr_21_zhot_rod_car_show_in_pomo.jpg
  • Terraplane33
    Terraplane33 Expert Adviser
    Bad news indeed...:(
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    edited October 2011


    Today the Jalopy Journal featured featured Tom Medley and the recent fire as it's daily story. Within that feature was a link to a car mag's recent story about Tom.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Kool...place additional information about Tom Medley and karma goes from 0 to -15 in three days ... Wow! must have a big group of followers!!!!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    heres a non related question in your avatar you show a bench of tail lights was that at a show? I am looking for good taillights for a 54. And karma means nothing on here.
  • Sarah Young
    Sarah Young Senior Contributor
    edited October 2011
    When someone like that's owned a car for so long, it's like losing a part of themselves. :(
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