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After an extremely busy week/weekend, I am finally able to sit down and spend a little time telling of the sad news of the passing of fellow bronco brother Lew Rosenberg (Tierra). Late last week Lew's wife Doreen contacted me that he had passed on after 3 1/2 years of battling a rare and aggressive soft tissue cancer. The origin of this disease is unknown as Lew lived a clean, habit free life. This type of cancer only makes up about 2% of all types.
Lew was a lifelong geologist, living New Mexico, but always seemed to be traveling to the California coast as this was his territory for work. He is very well known and respected for his documents, periodicals and maps he generated over his career in the geology world.
He and I became great friends over the past several years. I will never forget that first email from Lew asking and inquiring to me about those "1966 Bronco oddities"! He saw a post on CB here about some of us explaining the '66 uniquenesses. It was that "one of a kind tailgate line" that got us conversing. He went on to explain to me that he had been documenting the differences of all the years of the early bronco as well as the trim packages. From then on, Lew and I had solid intentions to collaborate on a early bronco book to explain those differences. He had a ton of experience compiling information and getting it to book form from his occupation. Unfortunately the past couple of years was very tough for him and that book was put on hold. My only regret is that we never met face to face!
Lew did love the "Bronco" very much as well as other vintage Ford vehicles. He owned a few trucks too. He had Steve from BigSkyBroncos do a full body-off restoration on his bare bone stock 1973 U153 Wagon in original Skyview blue several years ago. It was about as basic of a bronco as you could get. Just everything had to be correct and nos as much as possible!! And of course, he was very infatuated with the roadsters too! He never owned one but always reminded me that if I ever decided to sell my white survivor from New Mexico, he would bring it back home!
Will definitely miss Lew and never forget him! He was definitely a brother to me!
tim
Lew was a lifelong geologist, living New Mexico, but always seemed to be traveling to the California coast as this was his territory for work. He is very well known and respected for his documents, periodicals and maps he generated over his career in the geology world.
He and I became great friends over the past several years. I will never forget that first email from Lew asking and inquiring to me about those "1966 Bronco oddities"! He saw a post on CB here about some of us explaining the '66 uniquenesses. It was that "one of a kind tailgate line" that got us conversing. He went on to explain to me that he had been documenting the differences of all the years of the early bronco as well as the trim packages. From then on, Lew and I had solid intentions to collaborate on a early bronco book to explain those differences. He had a ton of experience compiling information and getting it to book form from his occupation. Unfortunately the past couple of years was very tough for him and that book was put on hold. My only regret is that we never met face to face!
Lew did love the "Bronco" very much as well as other vintage Ford vehicles. He owned a few trucks too. He had Steve from BigSkyBroncos do a full body-off restoration on his bare bone stock 1973 U153 Wagon in original Skyview blue several years ago. It was about as basic of a bronco as you could get. Just everything had to be correct and nos as much as possible!! And of course, he was very infatuated with the roadsters too! He never owned one but always reminded me that if I ever decided to sell my white survivor from New Mexico, he would bring it back home!
Will definitely miss Lew and never forget him! He was definitely a brother to me!
tim
