In Memoriam

[Tom Geiger]

John Agugliaro of Queens, NY passed away today.  He was known here on the forum as Fastback340 after his 1:1 1968 Barracuda. His last post on the board was September 26.  He was a member of the Liars Club.  I knew John for over 20 years, first through the interaction of our clubs, but we got friendly in the old AOL Model Car Chat where he was known as NYJON58, which let me know we were the same age.  His wife Amy always accompanied him to shows and it was always nice to see them.  John worked full time in auto restoration, and hadn't built a model in a few years.  He was very excited to build and finish a model for NNL East last year.  I believe he had a build thread for that on this board. Last I knew he was working on a model of his 1:1 Barracuda.  I don't know if he ever finished this.

So in sadness we send condolences to his wife Amy, his family and many friends.

 

Edited October 13, 2015 by Tom Geiger

[jeffs396]

Oh no, terrible news!

Never met John in person, but interacted with him here in threads and PMs. Seemed like a GREAT guy.

Condolences to his friends and family...

R.I.P. John...

John's 1:1 thread on plymouthbarracuda.net

And his 1/25 build thread here:

Edited October 11, 2015 by jeffs396

[Petetrucker07]

Hate to hear news like this. Never met him person. But he seemed like a good guy on here. 

May the big highway in the sky be traffic, gas tank forever full, windows down and pedal to the metal. 

RIP John.

[High octane]

May John R.I.P. and condolences to his family for the loss of another fine modeler and "car guy."

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Always a nice guy on here. Rest in peace, John, and I hope his family is doing well.

[Tom Geiger]

Jeff, thanks for posting the link to John's posts. I lost track of time and details, old age I guess!  It must have been 2013 that John came to NNL East with a finished model and his follow up with 2014 with the replica of his Barracuda.  I didn't remember if he finished it, but there I was, the last post in his thread after I had seen it finished! I'm glad he completed it. Otherwise, I would want to see someone finish it for him.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Sad news. So young, always a good guy here, and knowledgeable about the 1:1s. Very sad news.

[aurfalien]

My sincerest condolences.

At least he had you Tom to let the board know.

Imagine the poor soles who used to actively grace this board and all the sudden go silent w/o further word.

You're both lucky to have been friends, its a precious commodity.

[Danno]

Shocking.  And sad.  I agree, he seemed friendly, amiable, knowledgeable, and giving . . . always willing to share his unique storehouse of knowledge.  

 

He'll be missed.

[Agent G]

Fair winds and following seas shipmate.

RIP friend.

G

[charlie8575]

I never met John, but a lot of the MassCar guys knew him, and I never heard a bad word about him at all. My interactions here were always pleasant and I enjoyed seeing his work, especially his Barracuda. 

This is a sad time in the Northeast's modeling community, and I'm sure his family know we're all by their side if they need anything.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

What a shock, he always posted pictures of some of the cars he would be restoring. May John R.I.P. and condolences to his family and friends..

[Miatatom]

Sad. I didn't know him but he must have been a nice guy based on the response here.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Unbelievably sad. I remeber him posting a while back thatvhe had gotten his dream job. More recently he was in the process  of moving to a better home closer to work. Just goes to show we never know when our number is up.

My deepest condolences to his family.

[Ramfins59]

Very sad news indeed.  I'd known John personally for about 20 years from when I lived in NY and I'd go to model shows there.  We had a few model building sessions together at another departed modeler's home (Dave Dickash)   John was a great friend, modeler, musician and car guy.  My heart goes out to his wife Amy.  John will be missed.

[Quick GMC]

what a bummer, hate to hear this. My condolences 

[Belugawrx]

Very sad news

I was waiting for his report on starting up that Cuda in the new driveway, some Sunday morning...                                                               Rest in Peace John

[disabled modeler]

Tom that horrible news...I had messaged with John many times seemed like a really nice guy...RIP John...MY deepest condolences to his family and friends... 

[wayne swayze]

RIP John. Condolences to his family and friends.

[MrObsessive]

Wow what a blow!! This is like a kick in the stomach as I saw this thread on my phone heading back from Toledo very early this morning. I just saw John and Amy at this past NNL East and we had a very good conversation. It was the first time I had seen him since '08, and we had some stories to exchange. I too knew John for about 20 years as he came to the CPMCC club meetings quite a bit back in the mid/late '90's.

My heart goes out to you Amy.............you and John were inseparable.

 

[madhorseman]

Condolences to His Wife and Family. Rest in peace

[Joe Handley]

This is sad to hear about, didn't one of them recently lose a parent and had just finished up dealing with that estate  too?

[mikemodeler]

So sad to hear this, based on John's postings here he and Amy were looking forward to a new house and getting back to having some fun after dealing with the death of Amy's mom. Never met John, but his postings here seemed to be a of great guy who finally found his dream job, loved his wife and was enjoying cars of all sort (1:1 and scale).

 

May he rest in peace and may God comfort Amy in these difficult times.

[Kris Morgan]

Wow, What a shock. R.I.P. brother.

[Danny Lectro]

Oh, no.  I'm so sorry to hear this.  I never got the chance to meet John in person, but he always seemed like a truly decent guy in my interactions with him here.  My sincerest condolences to his family.