Vale Ian Jackson (Ausjacko)
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:59 pm
We lost Ian Jackson (Ausjacko) yesterday (11/09/21) to a massive heart attack.
Ian was working on his E Type jaguar when he fell ill. Heather got him to the hospital, but he passed away there.
Vale Jacko
I have been sitting here the last few days, listening to music online while trying to get my head around the fact I will not get to hang out with Jacko anymore. Only last April Carol & I were in Canberra for his surprise 55th Birthday bash.
I first met Jacko in 2009 when he turned up to help with the building the grey 67 Mustang hardtop (then known as "Helping a Brother" or similar) at Duggo, that became known as "Pink Bits" after Jacko & Heather purchased it a few years later.
This was typical of Jacko, turning up to help those he had never met before. Being on the organizing committees for Canberra car events & how he pushed back when NSW car clubs tried to interfere with what was happening in Canberra was typical of him.
Jacko's visits to Duggo with Heather were anytime they were visiting Sydney and that always led to long chats into the night, long after the girls had gone to bed. Ian & Heather's home became our home away whenever we travelled to Canberra and again, led to long conversations into the night. Carol & I got to know the family & Stanley (the golden retriever). I even attended a baseball game he was playing in & photographed the proceedings (maybe Jacko was testing to see if I really had become a US citizen)
We had common experiences with living in China, Jacko with DFAT & me a FIFO to our Dongguan iron door factory. It was always easy to talk about a place we both have been immersed in. Their trip on Route 66 was often talked about & compared to our trip & memorabilia. The guest room at Duggo is the Route 66 room, so that fitted. Also the SEMA trip of 2019 was discussed at length both before & after the journey as Jacko sought information on how to tackle it. We had plans to attend the Canton Fair in Guangzhou. That would have been fun with my local knowledge & Jacko's ability to speak the language.
I did the body work on a couple of cars for Jacko & I loved understanding that his builds were dictated by what suited him rather than some commonly followed rules. Most of all, we all loved the write-ups on each weeks journey on those builds.
Working on the Jag was his last effort, nice to think that the enjoyment of playing with cars was in his life until the end.
We are missing you mate ........
Ian was working on his E Type jaguar when he fell ill. Heather got him to the hospital, but he passed away there.
Vale Jacko
I have been sitting here the last few days, listening to music online while trying to get my head around the fact I will not get to hang out with Jacko anymore. Only last April Carol & I were in Canberra for his surprise 55th Birthday bash.
I first met Jacko in 2009 when he turned up to help with the building the grey 67 Mustang hardtop (then known as "Helping a Brother" or similar) at Duggo, that became known as "Pink Bits" after Jacko & Heather purchased it a few years later.
This was typical of Jacko, turning up to help those he had never met before. Being on the organizing committees for Canberra car events & how he pushed back when NSW car clubs tried to interfere with what was happening in Canberra was typical of him.
Jacko's visits to Duggo with Heather were anytime they were visiting Sydney and that always led to long chats into the night, long after the girls had gone to bed. Ian & Heather's home became our home away whenever we travelled to Canberra and again, led to long conversations into the night. Carol & I got to know the family & Stanley (the golden retriever). I even attended a baseball game he was playing in & photographed the proceedings (maybe Jacko was testing to see if I really had become a US citizen)
We had common experiences with living in China, Jacko with DFAT & me a FIFO to our Dongguan iron door factory. It was always easy to talk about a place we both have been immersed in. Their trip on Route 66 was often talked about & compared to our trip & memorabilia. The guest room at Duggo is the Route 66 room, so that fitted. Also the SEMA trip of 2019 was discussed at length both before & after the journey as Jacko sought information on how to tackle it. We had plans to attend the Canton Fair in Guangzhou. That would have been fun with my local knowledge & Jacko's ability to speak the language.
I did the body work on a couple of cars for Jacko & I loved understanding that his builds were dictated by what suited him rather than some commonly followed rules. Most of all, we all loved the write-ups on each weeks journey on those builds.
Working on the Jag was his last effort, nice to think that the enjoyment of playing with cars was in his life until the end.
We are missing you mate ........
