Sad Anniversary

Dan Bernay · 04-10-2017, 09:07 AM

Not sure how many old timers are on here from the east coast but we lost a true gem 25yrs ago today.
Paul "Paulie Pail" Del Vecchio , may you rest in peace

Rich Biebel · 04-10-2017, 07:43 PM

He was always a great guy to say hello to. He and Rich Decola bought a car from me and my partner around 1971 or 1972. I always said hello when he was with Joe S.

Mark Yacavone · 04-10-2017, 10:35 PM

The Pail..Friend, team mate, traveling companion..
I know it sounds cliche'd , but he was truly one of a kind..

Paulie decides to ride with Joe and I out to the World Finals at Amarillo in 1974..
Must have been East Texas, and he's getting all worked up about the cactus on the side of the road.He had never seen them.
He's looking out the window of my 64 Pontiac station wagon, at the oil derricks or pumping deals..

"Hey Joe . Those must be cactus pulling machines..Just pluck 'em out of the ground..Bowmp, bowmp, bowmp"

He never quit..
"Hey, remind me to pick up a cactus for my mother on the way home."
Joe says, "Oh that's nice. A little souvenir for your mother?"
Paulie: " No, no. When she tells me to get a job, I'm gonna tell her to sit on it"

RIP, my friend

Dave Casey · 04-11-2017, 03:57 PM

Eating at Sonny's after a day at the Gatornats, Paulie Pail looks around and a bunch of the guys are having chili. Paulie blurts out "The Sheets will be flapping tonight"

Meet in CT and heading to E'Town, Joe S jumps in with me in my El Camino, I am towing my stocker. Paulie is driving Joe S's truck w trailer and someone is riding with him, maybe Joe Moon (DeLorenzo). Come across the GW bridge and a car pulls in front of me where you split for the upper and lower levels of the bridge. I got all wheels locked up and hit the car dead square , no visible damage, and the driver beats it across the bridge and I can't catch them. I don't know what my El Camino looks like, we follow paulie and point to my frontend and he looks puzzled. When we get to the toll booth at the NJ turnpike we go side by side and ask paulie how the frontend looks and he says fine. Then he says "Hey did you see that car at the upper lower split on the bridge" Joe and I, in stereo, shout back to him "Yah we hit it" Paulie's expression was unforgettable, stunned and his eyes were big as baseballs. We laugh about that all weekend

Can't believe it has been 25 years, He made his mark, so many stories, such good times

Lee Valentine · 04-11-2017, 05:06 PM

Was a real piece of work, always good for some laughs.

Frank Castros · 04-11-2017, 08:08 PM

Rest in Peace Paulie.

Mark Yacavone · 04-11-2017, 11:45 PM

Joe DeLorenzo was a collector of all things Crosley (as in automobiles ) .He had them stacked on shelves in his shop, like you'd do with model cars.

Anyway, Paulie decided to have Spring party at the house where the guys' shop was, in North Haven. We get there, and ask where Joe Moon is. Somebody says he's driving one of his Crosleys up from Hamden, and that'll take awhile .LOL
All of a sudden Joey pulls into the back yard, with Paulie laying up on the hood with his arms outstretched, like hood ornament!
Paulie was not a small guy..Funniest thing you ever saw..That day, anyway.

04-10-2017, 09:07 AM	#1
Dan Bernay Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Connecticut Posts: 391 Likes: 2 Liked 13 Times in 8 Posts	Sad Anniversary Not sure how many old timers are on here from the east coast but we lost a true gem 25yrs ago today. Paul "Paulie Pail" Del Vecchio , may you rest in peace

04-10-2017, 07:43 PM	#2
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Sad Anniversary He was always a great guy to say hello to. He and Rich Decola bought a car from me and my partner around 1971 or 1972. I always said hello when he was with Joe S. __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R

04-10-2017, 10:35 PM	#3
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,789 Likes: 2,881 Liked 5,077 Times in 1,935 Posts	Re: Sad Anniversary The Pail..Friend, team mate, traveling companion.. I know it sounds cliche'd , but he was truly one of a kind.. Paulie decides to ride with Joe and I out to the World Finals at Amarillo in 1974.. Must have been East Texas, and he's getting all worked up about the cactus on the side of the road.He had never seen them. He's looking out the window of my 64 Pontiac station wagon, at the oil derricks or pumping deals.. "Hey Joe . Those must be cactus pulling machines..Just pluck 'em out of the ground..Bowmp, bowmp, bowmp" He never quit.. "Hey, remind me to pick up a cactus for my mother on the way home." Joe says, "Oh that's nice. A little souvenir for your mother?" Paulie: " No, no. When she tells me to get a job, I'm gonna tell her to sit on it" RIP, my friend __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

04-11-2017, 03:57 PM	#4
Dave Casey VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hampden, MA Posts: 1,198 Likes: 233 Liked 769 Times in 162 Posts	Re: Sad Anniversary Eating at Sonny's after a day at the Gatornats, Paulie Pail looks around and a bunch of the guys are having chili. Paulie blurts out "The Sheets will be flapping tonight" Meet in CT and heading to E'Town, Joe S jumps in with me in my El Camino, I am towing my stocker. Paulie is driving Joe S's truck w trailer and someone is riding with him, maybe Joe Moon (DeLorenzo). Come across the GW bridge and a car pulls in front of me where you split for the upper and lower levels of the bridge. I got all wheels locked up and hit the car dead square , no visible damage, and the driver beats it across the bridge and I can't catch them. I don't know what my El Camino looks like, we follow paulie and point to my frontend and he looks puzzled. When we get to the toll booth at the NJ turnpike we go side by side and ask paulie how the frontend looks and he says fine. Then he says "Hey did you see that car at the upper lower split on the bridge" Joe and I, in stereo, shout back to him "Yah we hit it" Paulie's expression was unforgettable, stunned and his eyes were big as baseballs. We laugh about that all weekend Can't believe it has been 25 years, He made his mark, so many stories, such good times __________________ Dave Casey 1330 STK

04-11-2017, 05:06 PM	#5
Lee Valentine Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brookfield, CT Posts: 708 Likes: 13 Liked 319 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Sad Anniversary Was a real piece of work, always good for some laughs. __________________ Lee Valentine 1661 STK

04-11-2017, 08:08 PM	#6
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,954 Likes: 2,536 Liked 2,610 Times in 948 Posts	Re: Sad Anniversary Rest in Peace Paulie.

04-11-2017, 11:45 PM	#7
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,789 Likes: 2,881 Liked 5,077 Times in 1,935 Posts	Re: Sad Anniversary Joe DeLorenzo was a collector of all things Crosley (as in automobiles ) .He had them stacked on shelves in his shop, like you'd do with model cars. Anyway, Paulie decided to have Spring party at the house where the guys' shop was, in North Haven. We get there, and ask where Joe Moon is. Somebody says he's driving one of his Crosleys up from Hamden, and that'll take awhile .LOL All of a sudden Joey pulls into the back yard, with Paulie laying up on the hood with his arms outstretched, like hood ornament! Paulie was not a small guy..Funniest thing you ever saw..That day, anyway. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers