Folks Of Interest Sadly we lost a good friend today (Chaz)

I recieved word today that (Chaz) Chuck Kaparich passed away this morning. He was diagnosed with Multiple Myaloma about a month ago. Chuck was in good spirits and was looking forward to driving his 53 Ford Ranchwagon Woody to a few shows this summer.
Long time members of the hamb will remember Chaz and his sense of humor and talent as well as following the many builds that came out of the Strange Days Shop over the years.
Chuck was my friend and mentor for 30 some years and was the most talented guy I have ever know. I will miss him dearly. He could do it all, Cabinet builder, carver, welder, body man, home designer and builder mostly self taught, and I learned alot from him over the years.
If you google the name Chuck Kaparich you will get about 3 pages of links on him.

Here is some ofthe stuff that has come out of the Strange Days shop over the years.

The Shop/ home

Chuck, 53 Ford Ranchwagon

Steve, Cobra, Chuck in the green shirt

Restored camp trailer done by Chuck and Steve

My old gas pump we restored at the shop

The 58 Chrysler New Yorker in front of the shop

Scupper the shop rabbit

Steve's coupe

The Montana Rose truck

Dragon skull

My 50 Stude pickup

Chuck having fun in his bumper car Thunderpig

And of course the Finkosel at the 2008 Detroit Autorama

The Belly Tank


House/shop finished

 

Damn...C thing one of man's biggest enemies...Condolences to You and the Kaparich Family and Friends of Hamber Chaz...May he Rest in Peace...

Thanks for sharing this loss to the Community @Toymont...close friends...again, thoughts your way...

Regards,
Stogy

 

Wow, always dug what he had going on. RIP

 

Damn, that ruined what had been a pretty great day. I always looked forward to reading his posts.
My condolences to his family and friends.

 

Prayers to Family

 

Sorry..

 

so very sad to hear this.

 

Wow, I hate to hear this. Praying for his family and friends in this time of loss.

 

Man, this sucks. Praying for peace for his family.

 

So sorry to hear this. Godspeed Chaz.

 

RIP, Chaz. What a nice guy. Met him at Autorama, when he had the Fink-O-Sel there. Amazing workmanship! Complimented him on it, and immediately struck up a friendship. So talented, so friendly!

 

I hate to hear this. Chaz was always busy with his own projects, and encouraging others on their own projects. RIP.

 

Terrible news. What incredible talents and sense of design he had.
Condolences to his family and friends...

 

Very sad news..a very talented man..

 

So sorry for the loss of your good friend, Toymont... and for ours. Thank you for letting us know. God bless Chuck, family and friends.
That's got to be one of the coolest homes/shops I've ever seen.
Shop rabbit? LOL... that's great.

 

I hate to see this. I didn't know him personally, but always enjoyed his posts on the HAMB, and appreciated his creativity, and the attitude you could read in his posts. Thanks for telling us. RIP.

 

Oh No, Chuck was such a great guy and he was a huge motivator for me when I was building our Ranch Wagon and I followed ever inch of the way when he was building his own version of his wagon.

Another thing in common was we both has a wild rabbit take up with us, Scooper & Jack, it made for some interesting conversations.

Chuck was a amazingly talented man and wasn't afraid to tackle some huge projects, I am devastated to hear of Chucks passing, condolences to you and Chucks family, his presence here will be missed by all that followed his builds but he definitely left his mark on the Hamb, HRP

 

So sorry to hear. Always bums me out to hear about long time HAMBers passing away, as well as genuine car guys. He will be missed.
Vaya con Dios Chaz..........E

 

This is sad news for sure. I was always happy to read his posts and I am still amazed by his shop/home.
Our world has lost a great talented guy RIP Chuck may god bless and comfort your family and friends coping with your loss.

 

Sorry to hear this.

 

RIP Chaz

 

Prayers. RIP

 

Sincere sympathy goes out to his Family, yourself and all of his friends and fans - I lost my Sister to the same very terrible disease -

 

Thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends .. God Speed .. RIP

 

So sorry to hear this. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and the family.

 

I'm sorry for your loss, he sounds like a good friend of mine that I lost a few years ago named Larry Barnett. Incredibly gifted hot rod and muscle car builder, huge amount of knowledge lost when he passed, I miss him often and still want to call him when I run into an issue. Keep his memory alive and honor your friends legacy. RIP.

 

Very sad news! But if it helps at all, he definitely led an exciting life doing what he loved. He will be missed