RIP Jim D'Alessandro

[Stamos]

For those of you who were around during the heydays of the Buick versus Mustang wars you might remember Jim D'Alessandro. His Buick was quite quick for the day. Well, I just found out that he passed away recently.

My father and I used to do side work for Jim's shop (Quarter Mile Performance) that was right down the street from Atco Raceway. Those were some good times.....Godspeed Jimmy.

http://www.afcfcare.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/364132

 

[Turbo38V6]

RIP Jim D, a legend in our world. The obituary below mentions his 7 second GN.

http://www.afcfcare.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/364132

 

[TexasT]

RIP

He was one of the front runners early on.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

Saw him at Vegas.....Many yrs ago.

 

[turbofrank]

Truely a legend RIP.

 

[turbo nasty]

RIP

 

[toofastforyou]

I was one of Jim's customers back when he had his shop at Atco and even the previous shop before that. He was introduced to me by Fred Vetter (founder of Dynotech). At the time, he helped me run in the 11's when everyone was having a hard time running 12's.
Here's a picture of him working on his car at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ.

My condolences to the family and RIP Jimmy.

Claude.

 

[notacarlo]

Wow....my thoughts are with his family and friends. I have been an avid follower of Jim for many years.

 

[jlat]

hello people; I know the name and never meet the man. I knew he had one hot TB.
RIP
IBBY

 

[Reggie West]

Saw that car run in Vegas a long time ago too. Very cold.

And he was way ahead of the crowd in his car. RIP

 

[xtremexnyc]

RIP

 

[NyBlankets]

Jim took me for a ride in a 10 sec GN back in 1993. Nearly shit my pants. Got me hooked and he did the first upgrades to my car. He was a good guy. RIP Jim.

 

[whitehot1]

RIP Jim D
My condolences to his family.
I hate to see good people pass on before their time.

 

[salvageV6]

RIP

He's one guy that got every second of ET reduction out of Kenne Bell parts.

 

[scgamecock]

Good person

 

[ttypewhite]

RIP to a true legend.

 

[turbofabricator]

I read a lot about Jim. Always pushing limits. I have posted stories I uncovered about him many many years ago. One of the pioneers of turbo Buicks. He and Buddy were sneakin up on VERY fast. Fun stuff he did. RIP dude! God Speed!

 

[fblizz]

I was one of Jim's customers back when he had his shop at Atco and even the previous shop before that. He was introduced to me by Fred Vetter (founder of Dynotech). At the time, he helped me run in the 11's when everyone was having a hard time running 12's.
Here's a picture of him working on his car at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ.

My condolences to the family and RIP Jimmy.

Claude.
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[fblizz]

can you send me that pic, I worked for him back in the day ….Thanks

 

[Chuck Leeper]

Can't see the pic