Truly sad news - a good man and always willing to go the extra step to help anyone. Thank you for everything Phil. May you rest in peace.

Yes, that was Phil. It's a big loss for all of us over hear. Phil was always very cheerful, never complained, and was very excited about the upcoming year, his upcoming marriage, the launch of the new MB catalog, and moving back to California. He was just remarking to Trinidad the other day about how happy he was to be working with us at Pelican, and how excited he was about the future.



-Wayne

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Wayne R. Dempsey, Founder, Pelican Parts Inc., and Author of:
101 Projects for Your BMW 3-Series • 101 Projects for Your Porsche 911 • How to Rebuild & Modify Porsche 911 Engines • 101 Projects for Your Porsche Boxster & Cayman
• 101 Projects for Your MINI Cooper • 101 Projects for Your Porsche 996 / 997

This is really sad news. My condolences to his family. I have only been in contact with Phil for the last year or so, but I think I have had over a 75 email exchanged and countless phone calls for many different parts. Having an oddball car, he always put me at ease finding the proper parts when most places do not want to spend the time taking the extra step. There were even times where the parts were no longer available and he gave me leads on junkyard that could be willing to help. He was an incredible asset to the customer and He will certainly be missed.

RIP Phil. My condolences to his family.

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With best regards

Al

My condolences to the family. Phil was a great guy not only to his family and friends around him but also to the Benz community.

Phil really enjoyed his Avocation,it was not a "Task" to him!
'Always Patient with you when you called with your needs.

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'84 300SD sold
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During my first conversation with Phil I was ordering parts for my new to me '85 300D, I kept calling him Roy. For some reason I confused him with Whunter. He never corrected me, acted like nothing was wrong.

I sent him one more email starting it with Roy, and he responded like nothing was wrong until his signature.

Phil
P.H.I.L



He also sent me a few leads when someone was looking for a diesel Mercedes. Never resulted in a sale but just the thought of helping me out was more than enough. Really nice guy like everyone is saying.

My condolences to the family.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Oh Phil We lost someone great... I've talked with Phil Quite a lot. Ordered a few parts through him, What a spectacular person he was, he listened and offered his help and went above and beyond to make sure that you got the right thing, and offered help on what other problems could cause symptoms I am quite sad to hear of his passing, My thoughts are with His family and friends
~A.E

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

RIP.
A great loss to the Mercedes Benz community !

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Phil's family (I hope to include US in that list) is greatly and deeply saddened by this sudden loss. I've been in a funk about it since I heard. kinda hard to think about it. Pelican has REALLY lost the best asset to the parts sales team possible.
All my deepest sympathy goes out to his daughter and fiance.

since the first time I called him for something with one of my cars, he's been RIGHT THERE! if for some reason a message had to be left, it was always with a confidence he'd call back, knowing exactly what you needed, and who you were. that "room full of parts with the bare bulb hanging above his head" is EXACTLY how I always pictured his office when talking to him on the phone. as if WE were always in arms reach of him when we called.

Big Shoes.

extremely hard to fill...

always missed.

always.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I'm very sorry to hear about Phil. He helped me out with information a couple of times - my condolences to his family and to those that knew him well.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

He always was genuine and helpful with me.

I only spoke to him on the phone a handful of times but each time felt he was dedicating all his resources to my order.

Thoughts and prayers to the family.


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Phil was always a pleasure to deal with regarding parts and he would bend over backward to help someone out.

RIP Phil. My condolences to the family.

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Jim

Always nice to hear how a person can have so much impact. Never knew him personally... but he's got my respect.

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85 190E 2.3(SOLD)
86 230E (-->300D) sold
87 300D (-->300TD) sold
68 250S w/ a 615 and manual tranny (RIP)
87 300TD (SOLD)
95 S280 "The KRAKEN" (Turbo 2.9 602 transplant) traded
86 190E 2.3... current project

Sorry to hear of this news. I send my condolences to you, Jennifer, and the rest of your family.

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2021 Charger Scat Pack Widebody "Sinabee"
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1972 280SE 4.5
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited "Hefe", 1992 Jeep Cherokee Laredo "Jeepy", 2006 Charger R/T "Hemi"
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