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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:45 am    Post subject: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Im sorry to report that Tom Matulis, Torrington, Connecticut has recently passed away. Ive known Tom since the early 80s and we were like brothers going to car shows, swap meets and car events all over the Northeast. Tom was one of the earliest members of the Connecticut VW Association and also a member of the Vintage VW Club of America. He helped me start the Litchfield Bug In and continued to work with me for the next 28 years doing the show. I wanted to report this to the Samba people just to notify them. There will be a local car show in Toms memory this spring . If you have any thoughts or memories you wish to share of Tom , feel free to do so here on this forum. Chuck P
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:07 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Wow Chuck, sorry to hear this. Always enjoyed seeing Tom (and you too) at the Litchfied and Terryville shows.
RIP Tom!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

I don't know if I ever met him in person but I searched my email and I bought some parts from him several times years ago and everything went perfect.

Sorry you lost your long-time friend.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:10 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Sorry to hear of Tom's passing, I enjoyed chatting w/ him at Litchfeild over the years, even with his health declining, he was always at Litchfeild with a kind word.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:14 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Sux...

Tom was a fighter and didn't let his health issue stop him from working the shows.

He will be missed.

Chuck, can you post a picture of him. Some people might not know the name but will remember the face.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:23 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

I'm very sorry to hear about Tom's passing. He was a great guy and knew his old VW parts well. I found one picture from Litchfield, 2011 with Tom in it. He's in the red shirt, with a lower leg boot at the left side of this picture. Chuck is standing behind him.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:53 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

One of the greats. Rest in Peace, Tom, and condolences to his family and many, many friends.

Here is a picture of Chuck Ackerman, Chuck Pisconski, and Tom Matulis, at the CVA summer meet at the Lebanon Fairgrounds, Lebanon, CT, in the summer of 2011.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:01 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Tom Matulis and Dan Climan at the Time Machines 2005 car show, Guilford, CT.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:04 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

We bought some of our first parts for Herbie from Tom. He was a super nice guy and we would see him at Mark's cruise night every time. Gonna miss him. I picked up my wife's mothers day present of door handles and window cranks from him and he surched everywhere for one of them. He was so adiment about finding it. The second time I stopped by his place to look at a front fender I had my son with me who was about 4 or 5 and Tom gave him a Structo dump truck from his childhood!

This wheel was one of the first things we got from Tom.
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Herbie got his rear bumper from Tom also!
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Definitely a fixture at any car show in the region. He will be missed for sure.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:23 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

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Here is a photo, thanks to Stock Steve of Tom M at a recent swap meet. Chuck
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

so sad, and so sorry Chuck Sad


Tom was a great guy for sure. he invited WM971252, vwpieces and I to check out his personal stash a few years ago. sad, I as well as many will miss bullshitting with him.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Tom was one of the very first people Stock Steve and I met in the hobby back in the early 80s. Always had a story to tell and a smile on his face despite his health issues. A real cornerstone of the hobby. The show scene will not be the same without him. RIP Tom...... Sad
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:02 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Two departed local New England old-VW hobby legends, Gordi Davis, and Tom Matulis, as seen at a 1989 VW show at Competition Motors in Northampton, MA:

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Sorry to hear that. Bought a 36 hp case off him. Nice guy showed me his split while I was there. Rip tom
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

... I have fond memories of everyone in the CVA, mostly back in the 80s, when we were all young and having fun with split bugs... Tom, Chuck and Steve M's family were my favorites... i'm 70 now and believe, we'll all meet up again, in our next chapter.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 12:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

I saw this thread when it was first posted and didn’t remember ever meeting Tom... but I think I did meet him just once at the show last May at the Tanger Outlets. I bought this plastic bug model from someone that looked like Tom. Anyway, just wanted to send my condolences.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:22 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Tom was just "one of those guys"..friendly, generous, helpful, always enjoyed seeing him when I would cover the Litchfield Bug-In...He, Dan Climan, and organizer Chuck Pisconski made that show so enjoyable..
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Sorry to hear this.
With the photos posted, I realized I bought a 36hp fuel pump from him to use for spare parts.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:52 am    Post subject: Re: Tom Matulis 1954-2017 RIP Reply with quote

Was just doing a web search to see if I could find Tom and saw that he had passed in 2018. So, so sorry to hear. I am from England and wrote to Tom , a stranger but fellow VW enthusiast, before flying over and working at Camp Wah Nee summer camp in Torrington, CT in the summer of 1991. Tom said he would meet up and talk VWs whilst I was in town. On a day off Tom picked me up in his 1951 bug (on later floorpan) and we visited a few VW folks in the area and grabbed a roadside hot dog and sourkraut. I recall visiting Bill O'Brien's place in Avon, CT. In the late afternoon we ended up at his house and I met his lovely wife and kids. We sat on the rear upper porch and had home made brownies and dinner. Tom's wife let me have the recipe and I still to this day think of a lovely, generous Connecticut VW guy and his family EVERY time I eat or see a brownie. I have a photo somewhere...I must dig it out! Thanks Tom.
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