Kim Howie

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It's never easy to say goodbye to friends. We develop relationships with many people over the years and those relationships vary as much as the individual personalities. Some are easy; some require a little more care, and then there are the ones that just can't be described in words alone.


This morning we received word that Kim Howie passed away last Friday. The words aren't coming easily for this one.


I first met Kim about 20 years ago and we quickly became friends through a common interest in SuperCars and primarily the Fred Gibb legacy. Over those years we've had countless conversations about cars, racing, people, relationships and some of the dumb things we've all done or encountered. Kim was well versed in the cars and had a passion for the Gibb COPO Novas. He probably knew more about them than any other person I've met, and actually owned a number of them over the years. We've all enjoyed his stories about his latest discovery, and laughed at his escapades as he told us of his latest 'accident', an encounter with 'some dumbass' (sometimes himself), or maybe the latest project he had taken on that wasn't quite going according to plan. He never hesitated making fun of himself. "Hell, if I don't, one of you WILL!" The phone conversations would sometimes last for hours. We would wind down toward an end, then something else would come to mind and an hour later we would try again to say Goodbye, most often, unsuccessfully. I'm sure many of you can relate to that and have hopefully had the same experiences with him.


In conversations this morning with some of the SCR committee members one thought that seemed to be universal was, "you never had to wonder what Kim had on his mind, or what he thought of you". His feelings toward you were open and honest. Thankfully, we all respected that and we all agree we were honored to have known him, and blessed to call him our friend.


Arrangements are not available at this time but we're in touch with his family and will pass that information along to everyone once we are notified.

Rest in Peace and Godspeed my friend. Thank you for some Great Times. You WILL be missed.