Post by harvey on Nov 8, 2016 11:39:36 GMT
Just received this sad news from Peter Hunter, I had the pleasure of meeting Colin at a few shows remarkable chap
COLIN WILLIAMS
Our oldest member, Colin Williams, died peacefully on Sunday, November 6th, at his home at the age of 91.
Colin was a regular member of the TEC displays at the classic car shows in the north west for many years, with his Celica 2000 ST Liftback. Colin bought the car new in 1978 and used it daily until about 10 years ago, when he bought a similar Celica 2000 GT to use “temporarily” until he could repair his ST. The repairs never came about, and eventually he passed the ST on to good friend Billy Powell, who did get it back on the road. The photographs show Colin and Billy with both cars at Cholmondeley Castle Show in September 2014; the ST is on the left and the GT is on the right.
Before the end of the second world war at the age of 19, Colin was in the RAF, and flew as a navigator in Lancaster bombers and Mosquitoes: he met his wife, Nancy, in the RAF when she was serving in the WAAF. Colin was very proud of his RAF service and once amazed us with his account of baling out of a stricken Mosquito over the Indian Ocean and spending 5 days adrift in an open dinghy before he was found by a search and rescue team; the pilot was never found! Colin was also a keen Scuba diver in his younger days.
In his later years, Colin’s main social activity was attending classic car shows with TEC, and he loved sitting in the sunshine on a warm day surrounded by classic cars and sharing in the regular banter with the club members. When Colin finally had to give up driving due to failing eyesight, Ian Condliffe made sure his Celica was MOT’d annually and still brought him and the car to many of the shows.
We in the northwest have many happy memories of Colin and we shall miss him.
Peter Hunter
COLIN WILLIAMS
Our oldest member, Colin Williams, died peacefully on Sunday, November 6th, at his home at the age of 91.
Colin was a regular member of the TEC displays at the classic car shows in the north west for many years, with his Celica 2000 ST Liftback. Colin bought the car new in 1978 and used it daily until about 10 years ago, when he bought a similar Celica 2000 GT to use “temporarily” until he could repair his ST. The repairs never came about, and eventually he passed the ST on to good friend Billy Powell, who did get it back on the road. The photographs show Colin and Billy with both cars at Cholmondeley Castle Show in September 2014; the ST is on the left and the GT is on the right.
Before the end of the second world war at the age of 19, Colin was in the RAF, and flew as a navigator in Lancaster bombers and Mosquitoes: he met his wife, Nancy, in the RAF when she was serving in the WAAF. Colin was very proud of his RAF service and once amazed us with his account of baling out of a stricken Mosquito over the Indian Ocean and spending 5 days adrift in an open dinghy before he was found by a search and rescue team; the pilot was never found! Colin was also a keen Scuba diver in his younger days.
In his later years, Colin’s main social activity was attending classic car shows with TEC, and he loved sitting in the sunshine on a warm day surrounded by classic cars and sharing in the regular banter with the club members. When Colin finally had to give up driving due to failing eyesight, Ian Condliffe made sure his Celica was MOT’d annually and still brought him and the car to many of the shows.
We in the northwest have many happy memories of Colin and we shall miss him.
Peter Hunter