Does Anyone Know What Happened to Mike Palmgren at Vintage Motorsports???

[sofranke]

Please see the message below, which is posted on the main page of Vintage Motorsports...
I sure hope Mike is okay and wish him nothing but the best.

Eric

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Important News: 11-19-2012As of 11/19/2012, the Restoration and Services Department
will be shut down for 3 weeks.

Due to a serious accident to Mike Palmgren, Head Restorer at Vintage Motorsports, restorations and services have been put on hold.

If there are any questions, please feel free to send an email to mike@vintagemotorsports.net.
We ask for your patience as it will take time to respond.

All online sales will continue to be fulfilled

Thanks for your patience as we look forward to a speedy recovery for Mike

[Bryan Raffa]

Sure hope he is ok..... All the best for ya Mike!

[thestud25]

Someone know mike on a personal level that can reach out to him?

[Billy Golightly]

Wow, hope everything is OK with him.

[honda200x1987]

Hope he gets well soon, I asked a question to an eBay item from mps-73 ,this is his ebay name, he responded to me this morning so I hope he is recovering well. I did not know he had an accident and I hope someone can let us know how he is doing .

[Howdy]

This is Sad! My prayers are goign out to you Mike.

I have emailed him and hopefully will find out how he is doing. If I get a reply and permission to post his status I will.
Howdy

[Howdy]

Ok, I have gotten a Reply from Mike.
Here is the shortened version of what happened and his condition.

A few days ago he was working on a 14' ladder and fell off. He don't remember anything about that day. They have determined he fell onto his steel workbench and then head first onto the floor. He was knocked out and was found aprox 2hrs later. He spend 4 days in ICU the Trama team told him he could be dead.

He has multiple serious injuries but in his words:

I will be OK I need to just take some time to heal up so i can get back to doing what i love . If you want to pass along to the other members that i say thank you from the bottom of my heart and as soon as i can i will be back at it .
thanks bud
Mike

My take on the whole situation: He will take a while to heal. Knowing what I know now, I can only Pray and Hope that he heals 100%. he needs all our prayers. I told him to let me / us know if he needs anything. I told him that I / we ( 3WW ) would do what ever we could to help if needed.


As I get updates I will let you know.
Howdy

[bkm]

Damn this sucks, get well soon Mike.

[aldochina]

wow!! bummer!! never think that you'll be that guy until it happens!! Scary stuff! Glad he will hopefully be ok!

[TatTooL23]

Man that's crazy. Yeah how many times have people been up on a ladder and u just take it for granted. Like Aldo said u just never think it could be u. Then suddenly...

Good to know he is on recovery

[thestud25]

I will be more than happy to contribute to a get well fund/hospital bills fund if needed. Glad to hear he is doing better and my prayers go out as well.

[jeswinehart]

Of all the address's I have in my note books, I did not record Mikes.
I traced the time frame right down to October 2011 when Koozie, Mike, and myself all got together on a reproduction project (OEM coloured 83/84 250R slider) that ended up great for every one.
Koozie got 2 or 3 repop'd ones, I got a very nice mold and Mike got the OEM NOS one Koozie let me use.
But of all the addresses/info I do some times miss writing down a few and Mikes was one of them
I want to send a get well card. I am sure many of us would like to pen something out + lick a stamp but need address.

[Bryan Raffa]

man..that's tough.. glad to know your on the road to recovery!!! thoughts and prayers to you Mike!!! get well and Happy Thanksgiving!

[honda200x1987]

Thanks for checkin on him Howdy, hope he gets well soon and if there is anything we all can do I am in on it. Get well soon Mike

[Howdy]

I am working on getting his snail mail address for those of you who would like to send a Get Well Card. It sooo much more personal than text, calls or Email. If / when I get it I will follow his wishes on whether it's given out privately, posted publicly or kept private.
I emailed him a link to this thread as well.
Howdy