Tuesday, August 5, 2025
At this time my thoughts and prayers go out to Dave’s family. Great mechanic , could fix an issue when others would give up or say they could not solve a problem. I can recall many of his great own cars. When I first knew him he had a 1964 Chevy Impala with a four speed and a V-8, I want say it was a 409 motor but I’m not sure. Then I recall riding in his 1971 Chevy Malibu 4 speed bench seat ,with a high output 350. Nice ride.He was working as one of the top mechanics at Downs Motors at the time,before he went out on his own. He worked on so many of my own cars after that. Great work , fair price, always did his best. Always had many clients wanting him to fix their car.i sent many friends and family to his shop. I recall seeing a 1964 Blue Pontiac GTO that was sitting around his shop on Rt 202 Mt Kemble ave . It sat there not running for a while. Back then I would be having a brake job or other work done by Dave and he would say how someday he wanted to restore that car. I later on suddenly saw that same GTO totally restored ,and on the road. Beautiful paint job and a solid drive train. He lent the car to producer of a video later on. I saw the video on tv one day! So cool! I know he enjoyed that car. He did a great job on it. He held onto it for a long time. Dave was one of the people who was truly a Morristown guy. Grew up there , worked there, had a business , made a family , had so many friends , will be missed by so many. In later years we would always talk about cars, current events, the world , life and celebrate life. I will always think of him when I am around his shop on MLK Ave, Mt Kemble ave , or his house off of James st or his family home on Vally View Drive. He was a family man he loved his wife , children and grandchildren. He will always be in my prayers . Very sorry to hear of his passing.
