Thread: ASCD Founder Rex Orr passed away!!

Originally Posted by Gearhead43

I am really hit hard and sadded by the this news... I felt like I knew the guy peronally.. I've talked to him a few times while at Autofair, even before I got the Daytona... I won a hood at Autofair and Rex went OUT OF HIS WAY to MAKE SURE I got the correct hood I wanted. At the time he was out of stock of the SD-100 4 vent hoods when I called him up asking about it. He set to work and molded a hood just for me the night before I was to go to Maryville, TN to pick it up from his shop!! He had it ready to go on the GP late Saturday morning after John Kanaly and I made a trip up there to have it put on, Rex also had one of his workers come to the shop that day to assist in getting the hood installed and aligned on the car .

He DID NOT have to do all what he did!! I was and STILL am more than grateful for all he done that day!!! I will never forget what I great guy Rex Orr was! This Buds for you Rex!!!

Thats my point that I think people took me wrong. That kind of service is a thing of the past and companies should care what customer think and listen to what customers want. If you buy a dang honda you can get any part imaginable, but buy a GP and you have to be sherlock Holmes to find what you want. Its frustrating. Just not how I do business. I try to give my customer what they want not my opinion of what I think they want.

Sadly, we just don't have the demand to get many of the products that we want. It's just not justified in alot of cases. We have some good vendors and some new ones coming on board inside and outside of our community.

Rex was a great guy and true to his customers! Many members have similar stories of above and beyond measures taken by him personally (while he was in control).

I won't bash PFYC though either as I have bought hoods, and other products, from multiple vendors and all were great products. I was probably lucky at the same time. I also have nothing bad to say about Mike Lewis from my experiences meeting him, granted this was back in the early GPG days.

I know, I know... ClubGP used to be 7 feet tall, shoot lightning bolts out it's eyes, and fire out it's a**! My glory days, my stories.