# Farewell to a great 'car guy' **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/farewell-to-a-great-car-guy/69661 "2011-11-24T22:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/farewell-to-a-great-car-guy/69661/1 "2011-11-24T22:34:16Z")
In his 96 years Ace Rosner owned over 200 cars, but that’s just the beginning. He won 4 Purple Hearts and three Bronze Stars in WWII, worked for the CIA and was once mistaken for a king: > **[Ace Rosner leaves behind a less interesting world](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ace-rosner-leaves-behind-a-less-interesting-world/2011/11/09/gIQAKu1L6M_story.html)** > > They don’t come any more interesting than Ace Rosner, a World War II veteran, a race car driver, a CIA officer — and a one-armed man. He died Sunday at the age of 94. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/farewell-to-a-great-car-guy/69661/2 "2011-11-25T21:53:30Z")
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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/farewell-to-a-great-car-guy/69661/3 "2011-11-28T06:33:02Z")
I appreciate him serving our country and protecting us. It’s a shame walking, living history museums are dying but that’s life. I hope he told his story.