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Hello everyone, My name is Mark and I am Doug's youngest son. As some of you may know, my father had passed suddenly yet peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning on October 9, 2021. My dad was a very hard working man and had a huge passion for automobiles which he adopted from his father, my grandfather, as most of you are aware. And well, as the old saying goes, the apple didn't fall too far from the trees and I too have a passion for the automobile and what it represents. As a result, I ended up with a masters degree in mechanical engineering focusing on engine combustion from the inspiration from my dad and grandparents. I was unaware of these forums until about a year ago when I decided to look them up and follow what my dad had been posting with regards to the vehicles and his daily life. Looking back now, I am so happy I have this so I can always go back and relive some of the memories through his own words and photos. It still amazes me that this forum dates all the way back to 2013 - wow, how things have changed since then! I wanted to let everyone on here know that I will be carrying the torch with regards to updating this forum. I want to honor my father by restoring his Buicks and posting the progress on here - currently, I have the 51 Nash Statesman at my house in the garage and am waiting for a carb kit and head gasket to get her back on the road. I know he would love to see the forum continue as it made him so happy to post on here. He would always tell me, "today my post reached XX thousand views!" He was proud of that and thankful for the comments and overall acceptance into this great community. I am currently working to put together a eulogy and figured I could come to his forum to find some inspiration from his previous posts, which I'm sure that I won't have too hard of a time finding. Thank you all for all of your kind comments and condolences. I have passed them all on to my mom, Doug's wife of 41 years, and rest of the family. This isn't goodbye, but rather see you later with more to come...