Sad News: Harold Looney passed.

[Karl Wescott]

Harold Looney passed on May 30.


Harold founded Vintage Ford Parts and Vintique of Orange California. Harold was a pioneer and mainstay of this hobby and a true gentleman. He will be missed.


More information at the official memorial website: https://www.haroldsmemorial.com/

[TJ]

Another pioneer of the hobby is gone. Harold was a great guy with a grand sense of humor. He did a lot for the old Ford hobby.

[1942deluxe]

Love his final advice, my kind of guy!

[ford nut]

that's some great advice alright. that last picture shows bill from the early store in san dimas ca. vintage ford was on beach blvd. bought a lot of stuff there when they were opened. P.S. I may be wrong about the beach blvd. store being his.

[deuce lover]

The Beach Blvd store in Stanton was not his. He started on 4th st (1960's)in Santa Ana ,then there was the fire .He took that claim money and bought the old dealership bldg on Chapman Ave.Great guy.

[TJ]

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I remember Ford Parts Obsolete on West Willow in Long Beach. Bought a lot of Model A parts in the late 60's when I was building my A roadster pickup.

[deuce_roadster]

He used to come up to the Portland Swap Meet to vend and he would always stop and talk with the owner of our booth as they were friends and that is how I met him. It has been many years since I saw him but I always enjoyed talking with him. Was a real nice guy, too bad we lost another of the people who supported this hobby. What about wild man Bill Norton, did he pass away? I talked to him on the phone when he was in Texas years ago but heard he came back to LA at some point. When he had a booth at Portland it was always very entertaining to stop by and chat with him.

[barnfind08]

Bill passed away 2 yrs ago.Bill and Harold were best friends. Helped each other out with their antique parts businesses. Harold always used the phrase help the poor man out when buying parts from him. He was fun.

[bluardun]

Karl, thanks for letting people know that Harold had passed away. Yes, true he was a pioneer in manufacturing reproduction model T, A, and V-8 parts. We would not be able to enjoy our hobby as we know it without Harold's involvement, and parts. A true gentleman. With his friends Bill Norton, and Lynn Williams (AKA: C W Moss) they made it fun.

[ford nut]

I was just at cw moss last week. it has a different feeling going. I wonder what changed.

[1oldtimer]

I bought my ‘36 from Lynn. I only meet Harold after his son was running C.W Moss, but was a super nice guy.

http://www.cwmoss.com/site/about-us/