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Old 06-03-2025, 04:30 PM
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Sad news.

Hopefully his family will sell the business to someone who will carry on with the fine products Paul brought to the hobby if they should choose not to continue with the business.

Prayers and condolences to his family and friends.

Rest In Peace Paul.

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Old 06-03-2025, 05:19 PM
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Sad news for sure....I've dealt with Paul since the late 80's/early 90's.

A friend talked to him regarding a set of manifolds a couple of days before his passing, which I'm understanding was last week.

Paul indicated to him that there are about 100 sets waiting for machining...

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Old 06-03-2025, 05:24 PM
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Damn I am sorry to hear about this.
Drove to his shop early 2000's for d port manifolds for our 70 GTO.
Then again in 2008 for our 66. He set me up that time with headpipes and mufflers/ tails the whole thing. The car sounds so cool with the 744 cam thanks to his recommendations.
Rest easy Sir.

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Old 06-03-2025, 05:24 PM
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Def sad! Heard through 2nd hand news of Paul's passing last Friday, but could not confirm. Hopefully, his son, or another entity continues w RARE's Ram Air manifold product line.

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Old 06-04-2025, 11:18 AM
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Sad news for sure....I've dealt with Paul since the late 80's/early 90's.

A friend talked to him regarding a set of manifolds a couple of days before his passing, which I'm understanding was last week.

Paul indicated to him that there are about 100 sets waiting for machining...
That sounds right. I got a set earlier this spring (april or may).

When I spoke with paul he said there were 50 orders in front of me, that they were in process of machining the castings, and mine would ship in 3-4 weeks , which was actually about 5-6 weeks before they shipped.

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