Folks Of Interest Dale Greer, Richland,Wa. R.I.P.

Yesterday,I got the bad news from Dale's wife Barbara. For those of us in the Pacific Northwest that have been in this hobby for a while, will remember Dale from the majority of the swap meets. Dale was one of the premier suppliers of a quality line of parts. When you bought from him, you received more than parts, you got knowledge and satisfaction that is a rare commodity today. He not only knew his stuff, it carried a personal guarantee, that's why you always had to stand in line at his parts trailer. I remember reading about Dale in a 1961 Hot Rod Magazine, an article about his home built "Slingshot Dragster", with a Potvin Blown Chrysler engine. He raced 3 different Gas Dragsers from '59 thru '69, and when he started his parts business, he built a '40 Sedan Delivery. Dale was one of the nicest people you could ever meet or deal with. R.I.P. old friend.

 

Didn't know him but, as fellow hot-rodders, we're all a little poorer with his p***ing. Rest in Peace.

 

I did not know him either but could not p*** the story without saying….

Rest In Peace Dale.

Condolences to family and friends.

 

Sad to hear. I bought a lot of my ch***is parts from him in the 90's. Good guy to deal with.
Dave

 

R.I.P. , brother hotrodder Dale. Sad news.

 

Didn't he have a light blue '34 Ford with an ear splitting train horn?

R.I.P.

 

I bought parts from him years ago at the Turlock swap nice guy to deal with. R.I.P.

 

I bought a lot of parts from Dale, a very nice guy and always had good advice if you asked.
RIP Dale.

 

O, so sad, sorry to hear that.
Dale truly was "one of the good guys" , A great person, and so gentle.
I have known him since the seventies, I never made him wealthy, but I stood in line a long time, to buy from Dale. He had the parts and a wealth of information..

 

I must have met Dale 35 years ago and always took time to stop & say hello at the swap meets. He was truly one of the nicest gentlemen in the sport. I have thought of him several times lately and wondered how he was doing with his battle with cancer. Dale "believed", so I know he is in a better place. We'll miss you.

 

Dale stayed at my house a few times when he setup at the (Fall) Portland meet, some of his local friends and customers would meet us for pizza, we always had a great time. During those times, I got to know him well and really appreciated his friendship. When I was racing Dragsters, he looked in his stash and found some flywheels and multi disc clutches that he had stored for 20 years, he gave them to me. I still have one of his flywheels hanging on my wall, I think I will make a clock out of it, to remember him by.

 

My condolances to the family.

 

I bought parts from him at the Corvallis Swap meet, and my first "Mail order" parts. Attached is 2 pages from Hot Rod October 1960 showing he and brother Larry's rail and their car club. Not my pic.

 

.....Made that bigger.

 

Another one of the Northwest Old Guard of the car hobby gone. A personal friend no, but friendly knowledgeable, and polite when doing business at the swap meets. God's speed to hot rod heaven!

 

I hadn't seen this before! I got to know Dale a few years before his p***ing. I met him at the Vintiques rod run in Yakima in the Sun Dome. I was seriously thinking of buying his business from him and did a couple swap meets working with him. Monroe was the first one. Wish I could of swung it but at the time it just didn't pencil out. I would go spend the night at his house then head out with him to the swap meet the next morning.
As others have said he was a super nice guy. I bought quite a few things from him for my '40 Tudor. 6 volt electric wiper motor, lot's of chrome parts, and a Walker radiator. First time I bumped over the starter it went THUNK!! and stopped. He had ordered it with transmission cooler in the bottom tank and the fittings stuck out far enough the (flathead) crank mounted fan wacked right into the fitting! Thank goodness the ignition was not on! Replaced the fittings with flush allen plugs and all cleared and worked great. Took care of my overheating.
I am very glad to have known him.

Dave

 

I don't remember seeing this either even though I knew he had p***ed. He was one of the first rodders I met after moving back from Texas both as a customer and fellow rodder. Back in the pre internet days "call Dale and see if he has it or have him get it for you" was a pretty common answer on parts in Central Washington.
He was a great guy too and everyone I knew who knew him called him a friend.

 

I knew him when I was a child, always had a smile on his face and a good story or two. When I first met him he was driving a black 34? Ford truck that sat so low you couldn’t get a piece of paper under it.

 

Condolences to family and friends. Dang.