Very Sad to hear this , been awhile since I talked to him , but remember a few years back pulling a jet on a TX16 (clean out was cemented shut) when I popped it loose "encased" inside the suction was one of Dicks perfectly preserved business cards, I met him the first time one morning at Naci making spped runs in Las Tablas in a Red TX (we used to call it a "bass boat" ) Tom