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Region Warrior 04-05-2026 02:01 PM

Cliff Ruggles still here?
 
Remember someone in family had health issues.God bless@

performerrpm 04-05-2026 02:09 PM

i thought i seen him say on another board he wouldnt be coming back to py.

didnt he sell his ventura? for that matter is even still messing pontiacs outside of quadrajets services

tempest1964 04-05-2026 04:17 PM

His web site is still up and running:
https://cliffshighperformance.com/

hojs69 04-05-2026 04:51 PM

He is still plugging along, so to speak. Bought QJ parts and spoke with him about my rebuild quite a few times last couple of months.

indymanjoe 04-05-2026 06:04 PM

why would he not want to come here to the most welcoming site on the web?

Held for Ransom 04-05-2026 07:25 PM

Member Cliff R was last on in Feb.

Region Warrior 04-05-2026 11:35 PM

Thanks. Need advise on older wise man...

Skidmark 04-06-2026 09:05 AM

He'd been saying for years he wanted to spend more time "playing fetch with his dog". He got a lot of exposure here selling carb parts so it served its purpose. He also took a lot of heat for his blunt opinions in responding to post. Either way he brought a lot of knowledge to the board and shared it freely. Thanks Cliff.

burd 04-06-2026 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indymanjoe (Post 6610828)
why would he not want to come here to the most welcoming site on the web?


He has his own great site. Stop by there.

77 TRASHCAN 04-06-2026 11:22 AM

I need to call him soon. I will report back......

Region Warrior 04-06-2026 11:54 AM

Thanks everyone.
Remember sold Ventura. Great test vehicle. Never cared for the Lama hide covered seats;)
His wife started a winery restaurant something? Hope still going well.
Forgot who he recommended q-jet builds since retired.
Need one built beyond my knowledge past 500hp.

1969GTO 04-06-2026 12:34 PM

If you can read, Thank a teacher [Cliff]

77 TRASHCAN 04-06-2026 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Region Warrior (Post 6610911)
Thanks everyone.
Remember sold Ventura. Great test vehicle. Never cared for the Lama hide covered seats;)
His wife started a winery restaurant something? Hope still going well.
Forgot who he recommended q-jet builds since retired.
Need one built beyond my knowledge past 500hp.

He told me that the Ventura had served its purpose. He wasn't driving it much, so it had to go.
He and his wife started a wine bar/biestro. He told me it wasn't generating any profit, so they got out of it.

A guy that used to work for Cliff started doing builds a couple of years back. His name is Ray Klemm. He buys his parts from Cliff and is close to Cliff.

Steve C. 04-06-2026 02:47 PM

I communicated with Cliff about the current spring hummingbird migration. He enjoys them like I do. I have three feeders going here in Texas. As of our communication he had not seen any yet at his home in Ohio.
Quite a few have been reported into the southern belt across Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Some up the eastern flyway into parts of Pennsylvania.

He has a garage full of quads, a side by side and a pontoon boat. They all get used a LOT! And he enjoys his grandkids.


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72projectbird 04-06-2026 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1969GTO (Post 6610917)
If you can read, Thank a teacher [Cliff]

If you can read in English, thank a Vet!


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