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PostPost by: Verve » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:05 am

SUPER , SUPER BLOKE ... like Mike , I couldn`t get a reply recently ... will definitely miss John with his great wit & sense of humour ... including his free to eat "do-nuts" he used to place on his Elan bonnet at Castle Combe .... !

RIP John ...

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PostPost by: archigator » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:43 pm

Very sad...

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PostPost by: terryp » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:50 pm

:(


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PostPost by: john.p.clegg » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:23 pm

I'm not the man to do this,but the man to suggest it...can we have a collection for a floral tribute ( or whatever ) in his memory....maybe someone who lives local and can attend his funeral ?

John :(
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PostPost by: elan66 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:26 pm

Sad day, i enjoyed his articles,
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PostPost by: pharriso » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:30 pm

john.p.clegg wrote:I'm not the man to do this,but the man to suggest it...can we have a collection for a floral tribute ( or whatever ) in his memory....maybe someone who lives local and can attend his funeral ?

John :(


Great idea "from all your friends at LotusElan.net"... if someone volunteers I will paypal straight away...
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PostPost by: Spyder fan » Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:41 pm

john.p.clegg wrote:I'm not the man to do this,but the man to suggest it...can we have a collection for a floral tribute ( or whatever ) in his memory....maybe someone who lives local and can attend his funeral ?

John :(

Hi John / All
The funeral is being organised by Mike Serle who is one of John Pelly's oldest friends (over 50 years) and the executor of his will. It's been requested that rather than floral tributes anybody who wishes should make a donation to the hospice that cared so very well for John in his final days.

However, I know for a fact that Mike has organised a floral tribute "LOTUS" and it could be suggested to him that this is paid for by donations from his friends at lotuselan.net and any surplus goes to the hospice. I will happily approach Mike and ask if this is acceptable and collect donations via Paypal.

I am attending Johns funeral on Friday next week and so is Mike Duff (Miked).

Thoughts or other suggestions?

Also I intend to take over John's Do-Nut duties at Castle Combe as a sort of memorial to him and will request a few pennies in exchange once again for the hospice.
Kindest regards

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PostPost by: john.p.clegg » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:26 pm

Waiting Paypal details...

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PostPost by: Spyder fan » Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:02 pm

I have a paypal link at the ready, just awaiting a response from Mike Serle and perhaps I will have a target amount for us to smash for the floral tribute with the balance going to the hospice.
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PostPost by: elansprint » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:01 pm

Such a sad loss I always read John's post with interest particularly those of a technical content RIP John and deepest sympathy to his family
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PostPost by: Galwaylotus » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:33 pm

I read the notice with a bit of a shock - and certainly not a good one! Rest in peace, John.
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PostPost by: John Larkin » Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:36 pm

May he rest in peace.



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PostPost by: rgh0 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:10 pm

Johns wisdom and experience on all things automotive was something I truly valued. His contributions will be sadly missed. I will ensure I try to live my life as fully as he did.

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PostPost by: CBUEB1771 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:51 pm

This is very sad news. John and I had many interesting PM chats following some topic that had been posted to this board. John's Elite was one of the preproduction prototypes which was the basis of many of our chats. John's professional experience was very valuable here. He knew that changes or modifications needed to be carefully thought out in terms of an automobile as a complete system, unintended bad consequences often result otherwise. I had hoped to meet him in person on a future trip to England. Godspeed, John.

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PostPost by: Stratosboy » Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:58 am

Really saddened to hear about this....RIP John, I am very grateful for all the good engineering advice he gave on here. He will be missed.
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