Auto parts stores and speed shops

When I was gathering parts for my early Hemi build maybe 12 years ago I found a guy in MA that had a NOS Cragar intake. He owned a speed shop for many years and was clearing out his old inventory.

I sent the cash.

A week or so later I went to the Good Guys show in Indy. There was a crash down the track... didn't seem to be a big deal.

Many weeks later I still had not received my intake and the guys phone went unanswered.

Then I got an email.

It was from the family of the speed shop owner. He was the one who crashed that day in Indy and he died in the wreck. The family was contacting everyone who had not received parts that they had purchased before their Dads death.

Wow.