I got word tonight from Jack Sim's wife Cindy that Jack had a heart attack yesterday. He is currently hospitalized and in stable condition.
Jack has done a great service to the hobby with his book Illustrated Guide to Gas Pumps. He has spent many, many hours devoted to sharing knowledge on air meters and gas pumps.
Occasionally he rubs someone the wrong way, but there is no denying that he has changed our hobby for the better.
I'll be praying for a quick and complete recovery. Please post your thoughts here and I'll ask Cindy to print the page and bring it to him to cheer him up.
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Jim "Oldgas" Potts
Your host and moderator
Wow - that sucks! Hope he does great!
Travis E. Towle
Topeka, Kansas
785-357-1004
TAKE CARE JACK ! HOPE ALL TURNS OUT WELL. DAN
Jack- When you read this I hope you are well on your road to recovery!
Thanks for all you have done for the hobby!
TO JACK SIM - ONLY A QUICK AND SPEEDY RECOVERY...WE MISS PICTURE OF THE DAY! GET BETTER SOON!
~DOC
Jack, our thoughts and prayers will be with you for a speedy recovery.
Rod and Kathy van Pelt
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hope you have a speedy recovery we need you
my prayers are with you rick
Jack,
Ya gotta take BETTER care of yourself.
WE ARE ALL WAITING, for your next book on gas pumps.
Dick Bennett
I'm praying for you Jack. I hope you have a speedy recovery. You got to get better soon so you can share more of that knowledge. I've about wore out my gas pump book and I've really been enjoying those Picture of the Day posts you've been doing. I look forward to seeing more once you get better.
Chris
Jack,
I had the same experience, 14 years ago, even went through a quad bypass. The medical community has made tremendous strides with heart treatment. That's why after all these years and three additional stents and a defbrillator I am still able to continue doing things I enjoy. I liken the experience to an old car or gas pump that needs the carb rebuilt or a gasket replaced. I wish you the best.
Mick
Praying for a speedy recovery.
Bob
Jack, I too want to wish you a very speedy recovery. I have had 4 heart attacks now and if your doctors are as good as mine, and I'm sure they are, you will be up and making trouble for your love ones over the holidays.
Get well soon.
Bob
We Love You Jack....
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Frank
Howdy Jack,
Prayers are already there for you and your family. Missing the picture of the day without you. Take care,
Mike & Michelle
Vic's '66' Family Thoughts Are With You.
Jack, I am praying for you! Get well soon!
Mike
jack.. we went round and round at times... this is serious... get well you ol' dart thrower !!
chuck
Jack
Get well quick.. you are in our thoughts and prayers..
Ric
jack, get well soon. as i cannnot be the only one here "rubbing someone the wrong way".......lol....hang tough!...call 'em the way ya see 'em.......best regards, my son & i
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"THE KRYLON KID"...Looks great,and tastes good too!
Jack. Get up and "pumping" soon. We miss you here
our prayers are with you jack.
Hope you get some pretty nurses to help get the old ticker going again!!! Prayers and good mojo coming your way from Texas.
C'mon Jack (AKA Santa Claus) The kids need ya'.
Wish you well!
Larry
Jack:
Get well soon, we need you back here in a hurry. The boys ain't playing fair again. LOL
Doug
Sending warm thoughts from the frozen tundra for a speedy recovery! You've done a lot for the hobby.
Judy
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, my thoughts are with you and your family.
Tom.
Hey Jack, when I met you at Iowa Gas, I said that we should get together to throw some darts. If you really didn't want to, you could have just said no. I mean, ya' didn't have to go to this extreme to get out of the game.... Get better..... Soon.... We all miss the pic of the day. and were all waiting for the new book. From all of us here, on Thunder Road, we'll be thinking about you.
I have never had the good fortune to meet you in person, but your book is a great help and your post are always interesting. Get well soon as I miss the picture of the day.
You and your family are in our prayers.
Maurice
GET WELL SOON JACK !!
I'm praying for you a speedy recovery.
I really miss your pic of the day. I look forward to it very much as do many others.
PS I gotta see my name in your new book!! LOL
I would like to wish Jack a full and speedy recovery!Good meetin Ya last year at riverport. Steve AKA sslick68
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AKA JACK SIM
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Get well soon!
Kurt
Here's hoping for a speedy recovery Jack. Get well soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's to a full and speedy recovery God Bless Ya!
Jack, I too want to wish you a very speedy recovery
What we need for Christams is for Santa to get real better, real soon. Make it happen Jack!
Jack,
I hope you are well enough to read this soon. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Phil
get well quick jack,our prayers are with you.mick and maria
Take care and join us here soon Jack, here's to a speedy recovery. We need your new book, your knowledge and of course you have many years of pic's of the day left!
Jack,
Wish you a speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with you.
Mac and Mindi
Get well soon, Jack!
//Claes
Jack, Best wishes on a full and speedy recovery. I'll be thinking of you often. Paul
Wishing you the speediest of recoveries Jack. I certainly appreciate all you have done for this hobby.
Get better soon, Jack! We're praying for you!
Wes
Jack, my best wishes for a speedy recovery. I miss your posts already.
Hang in there Jack! Your work is NOT yet done here on earth! Wes and I send our best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Our prayers are also with you and Cindy in this rough time!
ANYTHING I can do??? JUST ASK!!!
Tom VanHolten+ Wes Nilson
Laporte Indiana
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Best wishes for a complete and quick recovery.
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ROD [Mich.]
Are thoughts are with you and Cindy! Take it easy and best wishes,Vman
I just recently joined here and haven't yet had the pleasure of meeting you Jack...hope you have a speedy recovery.
(just ordered your book the other day...does this mean I can't get it signed) just joking...
take care of yourself.
Jack--
Wishing you a speedy recovery,
Dave Folck
Speedy recovery Jack!
Chris
Cathy and I wish you a speedy recovery.
Ron and Cathy Scobie
JACK...... You are one of the guys who makes this sight really worthwhile...... think of all the good that you do with this place and being Santa Claus.
Hoping for a very speedy recovery,
bob
Get better quick and look forward to seeing you back on here soon. Ted
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Ted Pam & Ethyl Roach
Lodi CA.
Looking for Signal, Hancock, Mohawk, Douglas, Gilmore and Richfield
Hey Jack, I hope I may accomplish as much as you have within this hobby...good work sir and there's still more to be done.
Get well soon!
Jack, thoughts and prayers for you, get well soon. Tony
Jack our thoughts and prayers are with you. Get well soon. Richard
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Matt
Jack. Get well soon. Before I learned of your attack today I was thinking I need to contact you for a chrome and screw kit for the Eco 98 I just dismantled last night. So...you see...you have to get up and moving as you are still needed here...all the best.
Jack, take it really easy, and get well, we still need your help. Best of luck, Norm Huff.
Sorry to here your laid up Jack But were saying prayers for you in hopes of a speedy recovery. Jim Potts is right you've done alot for this hobby and we all appreciate it .
Get well Jack. We're all pulling for you here in Michigan.
Jim & Jodi Treadway
Jack
Get well soon. Thanks for your help on the air meter this year. Your friend from the other side of the state.
Bob Hale
hang tough in there jack .. were praying youll be up and running with us all again soon, eh!
Take the be best of care Jack. Were pulling for you.
Heres hoping all these well wishes bring you much warmth and comfort.
I hope you have a speedy recovery, best regards, Brian
were all hoping for a full and speedy recovery
ward
Our prayers are with you Jack...Thanks for all you do for the hobby and get well soon....regards, RD
Jack, hope you have a speedy recovery. You need to get better before Rick has the Evansville show in May because i know you always came.
John
Wish you the best. My prayers are with you and your family.
Jack, I don't know you personaly but, I see you helping people and the hobby every day. You didn't have to go and have a heart attack to show people you have a heart, you already have! Hope everything goes well. Alan Miller (Allsho80)
Jack,
My thoughts are with you and your family. Get well and have a speedy recovery.
Marvin
Jack......Wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery!
Our prayers for a fast and full recovery Jack.
Jack--I met you some years ago at Dayton-I'm sure you don't remember me but I remember you. You spent time talking to me about the hobby and at the time your book which was still unfinished-Thanks. There's no time like right now for both of us to talk to the Ultimate Pump Restorer. Your in our prayers. Jimmy
Jack,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you!!
Jack get well and back home soon you are in our thoughts and PRAYERS good luck.
George
Hang in there Jack.....as you can see there's a bunch of folks out here praying for you, me included!!
Wishing you a full recovery Jack.
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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Quart Picture Cans
Kansas City, Missouri
Jack hope you have a speedy recovery. Met you in Gillett, WI a couple of years ago. You autographed your book for me. Get well soon.
Bob
Praying for ya Jack. Hope all goes well for you. The Ralston family.
I also wish you a speedy and complete recovery. I have never met you,but your advice and wisdom are very much appreciated by all of us.God bless,Gary.
Best wishes Jack, keep fighting!
Jack,
You've made a great contribution for a lot of people. Here's wishing the very best from one guy, but there are a million others.
Al
Hi Jack, We met at Hershey awhile back and I enjoyed talking handy oilers with you. Hope you feel better real soon. Ed
Let's go Jack. You have too many updates you need to get in the book. We're praying for a fast recovery.
Jack, We would like to wish you a a full recovery. Thanks for all your help over the years. You've made a great contribution to this hobby. Looking forward to seeing you at the shows next year! You are in our prayers. Larry & Alice
Hi Jack- Hope you are back at what you enjoy real soon- My son Doug says hello- thanks Don Raleigh
Jack, Listen to your doc's and I am sure you will be back at the game very soon. Wishing you the best
Craig
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Evervyone here could use an early Christmas present Jack....and that would be YOU getting BETTER fast!!mm
Mr Sim, you are in our prayers. Hope you have a quick recovery. Marc
OUr prayers are with you Jack.
Have seen Mr Sim most every year at Hershey in the fall.
Get well soon Jack, your missed by many as you can see.
Jack, You are bringing us all back together again. All the Best. Jim
Jack, we gotta have that beer @ Columbus next year
...I wish you a speedy and full recovery!!
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Jack, Hope you have a speedy recovery. Met you and your wife a couple years ago at Hershey where you autographed my copy of your book.
Jack,
Glad to hear that you are back on the road to recovery. God Speed!
Scot
My prayers are with you for a quick recovery
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JERRY