Terry In 69 TA

god bless his family

Yes a very sad day indeed..
I heard from his wife he fell and broke his hip ice skating!
after the opperation he was doing good till he got an infection then it got out of control and he couldn't recover.
I had sent and recieved business from terry over the years and got to know him but never met him in person! I will miss him as will everyone here i am sure!!
I would love to have his collection but It would be very hard to get to arizona! Hope some will be able to help her out and not just loose it all to lot owners.
Rest in peace Terry..

Bill Speer

hi every one jody here... just saying hello to you all.. i spoke with terry up untill the morning he went in to the coma. i just cant express how very much you all meant to him. i havebeen helping his sisters with so much. they didnt know were a lot of his hinancial buisness was or other things. its so hard to know he is gone i didnt get to go and say good bye as i live in conneticut now but i will be attending the funeral in new york. his sisters and i have stayed in contact even terry and i stayed in contact..... i just would like to say i know he love you all so very very much...........

jody

rip Terry. I'm stunned, a good man for sure.

I've been away for a few weeks...

OUCH!

God bless Terry.

Darn, I hate to come back after a short leave and hear of news like this. Terry helped me out quite often, and it was always a pleasure doing business with him. We didn't see eye to eye on a lot of things, but I admired him for his candor and humor. God rest Terry, you old rascal. My prayer will will be spinning for his family.

Same here! Glad he got to CRUISE, R.I.P. Terry

I just became aware of this after reading a few posts where they said things like " We wish we could ask Terry." So I did some looking and I see he passed away so unexpectedly. I dealt with him once where he actually contacted me to buy a part he needed. He was very nice and very helpful and informative. He offered a price and I said 'sure.' he sent a check right out and I had no qualms about accepting since he had a pristine rep.

The name 'Ritter' means 'Knight' in German. Terry was the KNIGHT of the Firebird for sure! God bless you man, and best wishes and condolences to the survivors in his family. )-:


Joe

I have been busy with other things lately and haven't logged onto this site for a couple of weeks and WOW! what a shocker! Terry was such a big contributer to this site and to the Firebird hobby in general. I never had direct contact with him but I still feel like I knew him. He will be missed. My condolances to his family and friends.

I can't believe he is gone. He was such a kind considerate person. He helped me a number of times with my car. He was always willing to help. We talked on the phone just this January on some parts. It just doesn't make sense. My condolences to the family.

Terry was a good man to do business with. I just found out about this because I was going to see if he had a posi unit for my car. What sad news. My condolences to his family.

Terry hope your in heaven. Where there is always a warm breeze blowing, the AW stand is open year round, guys like you all drive 69 T/A's and you get tickets for NOT street racing.

See you when we get there.

Turk

People do things in line of their passion. Terry was an expert at doing those things. He will be missed as an enthusiast, an expert and a person. God be with you Terry; Rest In Peace.

I never spoke with Terry but read his advice often and learned from it. I will miss him along with everyone.

Chad

Wow, i'm totally blown away! My condolences

I have not been here on FGF for some time and had some time and swung by and this just hit me like a ton of bricks. Wow, mind blown

RIP Terry

David

Sorry, I thought your departure date was the 20th. I miss you man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_sLu7sUbJI

Just sold my cammer to a guy in Sweden last week... I actually took two of his cards and put them in a car I finished in July.. all my birds have his business cards in the glove box. He was a genuine friend, grumpy at times but we always met for dinner in Fll, he did like Ernies.....Ron

The countless hours upon hours Terry and I spoke on the phone after publicly (and mutually) disliking each other for years prior.

A true gem, an irascible bastard and a genius to all.