Passing of WNY Member Jim Frakes

[Gene M.]

It is with great sadness that I am letting you know that Jim passed away yesterday with his wife, Nancy by his side. He will be greatly missed by the Western New York Chapter.
Gene and Susan Manno

[Gary B.]

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Sorry to read this. I have known Jim for years. He was a great guy.

[Gary C.]

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Jim was a gentleman and good NCRS contributor. He'll be missed.

[Tom D.]

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We are sorry to hear... Thank you for the e-mail to WNY members.

[Clem Z.]

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sorry to hear that as jim was a member of "corvette club of western pa". when i knew him back in the 60s. he was a good artist and did the covers for our corvette club newsletter "the flying fiberglass". he was the member who came up with the name "flying fiberglass". i saw jim a few years ago when our corvette club was doing laps at watkins glenn. jim now can be swapping corvette racing stories with his CCWP friends ed lowther,ed myers,ed smith,don yenko and donna mae mimms. GOD SPEED JIM !

[Henry J.]

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Gene:

This is sad news.

Jim and Nancy befriended my wife and I at the National in Monterey at a time when we knew virtually no one in NCRS. We had a great time together, in particular, driving down the Pacific Coast Highway to Big Sur. Thereafter, for years, I seemed to bump into him routinely at Carlisle. It was always a great pleasure to do so.

He was a gentleman and a true Corvette enthusiast. I miss him.

[Mike M.]

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RIP Jim. they don't get any better than Jim. mike

[Clem Z.]

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one of jims many cartoon covers he did for the flying fiberglass

[Loren L.]

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Jim was a car hobbyist for all the right reasons - he enjoyed them, wanted to know more about their history, the whys, the hows and the stories of what happened and when. He dug out production data on the building of 1956s that remains the best example today. He showed up at one of our Sedona Regionals because the timing "was right" and he was "tired of looking at postcards of the western US". He was a class act. Somehow it's fitting that he owned his '56 for fifty-six years. RIP, friend.

[John H.]

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Jim was a good friend and true enthusiast - he helped me with many details years ago when I did my first '57 restoration. RIP, Jim.

[Nick C.]

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It is with great sadness that I am letting you know that Jim passed away yesterday with his wife, Nancy by his side. He will be greatly missed by the Western New York Chapter.
Gene and Susan Manno

He is one I'll forever respect as a genuine ambassador to the Corvette hobby.

[Terry M.]

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It is with great sadness that I am letting you know that Jim passed away yesterday with his wife, Nancy by his side. He will be greatly missed by the Western New York Chapter.
Gene and Susan Manno

Jim was a frequent poster on this board. He will be missed by many of us. My condolences to his family.

[David G.]

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Jim was always willing to lend advice on early Corvettes. He will be missed in our hobby.
Rest In Peace Jim.

Dave Gray

[Susan M.]

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Thank you to all who have been sharing their experiences with Jim. It is very heart warming and we will be sure that they are shared with Nancy and his family.
Susan Manno

[William C.]

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Just got back in town, but very sorry to hear of Jim's passing, a first class guy all the way..