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Remington was born in Santa Monica, California and was a pre-engineering student at Santa Monica Junior College. He initially was a component inspector at Northrop Aircraft. He joined the United States Army Air Forces during World War II by lying about his age because he was too young and by memorizing the vision charts because he was color ...
Feb 11, 2013 · Phil Remington: 1921-2013. Fabricator, engineer, legend. professionalism. Even at his advanced age, he remained a daily fixture at Dan Gurney's All American Racers shop until just last year; early ...
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Jun 18, 2013 · Born in Santa Monica in 1921, Remington was taking pre-engineering classes at Santa Monica Junior College by 1938. His first job was as a component. inspector at Northrop Aircraft. During that ...
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Feb 9, 2013 · Phil Remington Dies at the age of 92. One of the true hot rodding pioneers died last night. Phil Remington will be most remembered for his involvement with the Shelby Cobra and then GT 40 and Mark ...
Feb 12, 2013 · Gordon Kirby. Master fabricator Phil Remington passed away over the weekend at his home in California. Remington was renowned as one of the finest fabricators the sport has ever seen. He worked for Dan Gurney’s All American Racers for 45 years, from 1968 through his final days. ‘Rem’ was a superb craftsman who could build anything ...
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Nov 14, 2021 · Phil Remington was born on January 21, 1921 in Santa Monica, California. By the time he was in his teens he had developed a strong attraction to automobiles. Remington was the main engineering force behind all of Shelby American's racing endeavors until the late sixties when, for all practical purposes, Shelby's racing involvement ended.
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Feb 14, 2013 · Instrumental in the success of many performance components, race cars, production greats and the overall success of the industry in general, Remington will be sincerely missed. At the ripe age of 92 years young, Rem’s life has finished, but his legacy will live on forever. Even in his later years, Remington enjoyed fabricating and spent hours ...
