John Corbani

Rest In Peace John and thank you for all your wonderful contributions. Say hello to Coachi and Carlo for all of us here!

 

If I may add to my earlier condolences, w/ utmost respect and tribute to a man who lived to his max, ...to be on the positive note, maybe and probably John's being entertained in a new Dino w/ wings,...up there in the sky. Jimmy

 

Aloha....this may have been John's last post........helpful as ever.....he typed "GT-40" instead of WD-40......I thought that was kind of strange......I'm SURE he is resting in peace.....what a full and wonderful life he led...


01-30-2009, 01:03 PM
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GT-40 has worked for me on all kinds of outdoor electricals and electronics. I use it on pool heaters and pumps. The Dino is outside so condensation is a problem. I spray all push-on connectors and multi-pin connectors. Door connectors get wash water too and spraying them keeps windows running at full speed. WD-40 seems to last longer than electronic contact cleaner and is available everywhere. Good stuff.
John

 

Rest in Peace John.

 

One of the kindest and most sincere gentlemen that I've ever come across.

We had dinner in November on Stearn's wharf and went to a seafood restaurant where he ordered a Pastrami sandwich. Iconoclast, entrepreneur, and family man with firm values. They don't make them like Dinos any more.

My condolences on the family loss. Here are a few photos from our trip to Avila Beach and when Candi and he attended Bella Italia.
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If you see a cloud shaped like a Dino you know who's driving.

RIP.

 

Andy,
Please give our condolences to Candi and John’s entire family. On our last trip to California my wife and I stayed in Santa Barbara for a few days and met John and Candi for a drink on the wharf. John graciously gave us a tour of his wonderful car. All eyes were on his Dino as it arrived and left. Although his regular posts on this forum, all filled with insight and knowledge, will be greatly missed, his presence will always be felt here.
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For those interested, John's car was featured in Forza issue no. 80

 

Rest in peace John you were a Legend,always there to help your mates.

 

Thank you rob for posting and thank you candi for the lovely letter to the community. itgave me chills.

I drove my ferrari today and muttered here's to you john! Hard not to smile as I looked to the clouds.

You remain in our hearts.

Peter

 

Je ne connaissais pas John personnellement.

Des milliers de kilomètres et un océan nous séparent.

Cependant, lorsque tout à l'heure, je suis allé sur le forum, j'ai été affecté et très attristé d'apprendre sa soudaine disparition.

En effet, je plus ne compte les fois où, grâce à John et à la clarté de ses explications, j'ai pu résoudre les problèmes rencontrés durant la restauration de ma Dino.

Il était devenu une référence pour moi. A tel point qu'avant même de tenter d'essayer de résoudre une question par moi-même, j'avais pris l'habitude de me dire :
"John doit savoir. Il va me dire comment faire...". Et c'était vrai dans la quasi totalité des cas !

Lire ses conseils, c'était tout comme si je lui avais téléphoné pour les lui demander tant ses remarques "collaient" à mes questions.

J'ai pris du plaisir à lire tous ses écrits. Il m'est arrivé fréquemment de sourire à la lecture de certains de ses commentaires, voire de ses mésaventures qui étaient tellement similaires à celles que nous avons tous connues, un jour, dans notre vie de collectionneur.

John était un passionné. A ce titre il était passionnant.

Je ne l'ai pas connu. J'aurais aimé le connaître.

Si tel avait été le cas, il aurait été un de mes amis.

Cela ne fait aucun doute.

Je m'associe de tout coeur à la douleur de sa famille et l'assure de ma plus sincère sympathie.

Gildas GOUARIN (FRANCE)

(PS : Veuillez m'excuser de m'exprimer en français, mais il est des sentiments qu'on ne peut réellement bien traduire que dans sa langue maternelle.)

 

It was a beautiful day today to ride in my Ferrari. It is sad news.

 

I did not know John personally since we were separated by thousands of kilometers and an ocean. However, upon hearing of his passing through this forum, I was deeply saddened. John's insight has been an immesurable help in my own restoration of my Dino. I held his knowledge with great esteem and respect...to the point that whenever I had a question I said to myself: "John surely must have discussed this at some time". More often than not...John had the answer. It was as if his posts were directly speaking to me.

I took great pleasure in reading his posts and sagas. Often, they would make me smile since his adventures and anecdotes were such that all car collectors could easily relate to them.

Joh was very passionate and subsequently, very facinating and inspired our own passion.

I truly would have loved to make his aquaintance. A friendship would, without a doubt, have budded.

My heartfelt and sincerest condolences to his family during this painful moment.

Gildas GOUARIN (FRANCE)

 

thank you for translating, that was beautifully written by gtrandbleu , and i am glad to be able to read it.

it was a beautiful day today, and i too ripped through the gear in my Ferrari for John this afternoon.

 

My deepest condolences to the family. Truly a great loss....a legend in his own time.

George

 

Can you imagine ? - being in that cloud like room - with Enzo, Carlo, John C. and the many others who embraced, both past and present, the "concept & lifestyle" of DINO.

RIP John - you are now, as you have always been, embraced and cradled by those who know and love you.

Respectfully,

Hank

 

Very Sad News.

 

May he rest in peace, truly a great lost for the community, I loved his Sagas and the way he make you felt how much he enjoyed his Dino

RIP John

 

RIP. Did not know him, but enjoyed his writings and he was the embodiment of what fchat is to many.

 

Sagas are tales of worthy Men, fulfilling their Destiny. John Corbani was and remains a worthy Man, Resting, In Peace.

 

RIP

 

I will miss John greatly, he was always helpful and treated my Dino as if it was every bit as nice as his even with the different name plate. I know my Dino is running better because of his suggestions when I had distributor problems. He was amazing with these cars and could diagnose almost anything. I was looking forward to taking him for more drives in both my Dino and of course his, glad we took his car out last time.

RIP John !!!

 

I think that says it all, as eloquently as is humanly possible. Fred

 

My condolences to his family. RIP. A great loss for the Ferrarichat community.

Dom