Tell me about John Silva

My name is Jeffrey Silva and would like to hear from some of the people who knew my father (one of the twins)? Share any story you may have about him.

:-)

Jeffrey, Welcome to the forum ! I'm sorry to say I never met your father, but I did get one of his few short tail mako's a couple of months ago. The car has been sitting for a few years, so it's gonna take some time to get her back in good shape. Wish me luck!

I look forward to this thread, so I can learn more about him (and his cars) too! Rick

Welcome Jeffery, i didnt know your dad either but i do have what is believed to be 1 of his earlier Sharks. the blue coupe on wayne fields owners page.

Jeffrey...WELCOME to the Forum!!!!!!!!!!

I'll go along with Rick and Wayne, I didn't know your Dad, but what a respected name in the Field!!!!!....Tell us about yourself as well..Your vettes etc...Look forward to reading this thread..

Regards,

Andy

Jeffrey, I'll jump in and say welcome also! I knew your father for a few years. He and I were working on my, as he put it,"Miami Edition Camaro". I also gave him the last shark he ever owned. The primered one that I understand he sold to a man in Rhode Island. I worked with him a few times a year on my car, and I will say, he was one of the nicest people I have ever met. Really cool too. We would shoot the breeze, and show me the newest projects that he was working on, like the air ionizer that he was doing for the casino's here in Connecticut. I saw alot of his work that he had done. He wanted me to move there at one point, so I could work with him on the Mustang/ 50' Merc project. Unfortunately for me, I already had a job. I would have loved to work next to him in his shop. He was actually supposed to come to my wedding with your mother, but something came up, and he couldn't make it. I am deeply sorry about his passing, and wish you my regards. He was a great man, and I often think of him, and wish he were still around to hang out with. I still have my Camaro sitting in the corner of my garage (and looking for someone to finish it), and it reminds me of him when I see it. I surely hope you stay with this site, and if you ever want to chat- feel free to contact me. Again, WELCOME !!, Scott M.

454CanAm wrote: Jeffrey, Welcome to the forum ! I'm sorry to say I never met your father, but I did get one of his few short tail mako's a couple of months ago. The car has been sitting for a few years, so it's gonna take some time to get her back in good shape. Wish me luck!

I look forward to this thread, so I c …

I would like to thank those of you who have already contributed your thoughts and experiences. I would like to ask that you ask other members at this site to think about contributing as well. If you happen to know someone who is not a member and did know my father, please encourage him/her to register and visit the site to add their comments.

I will add other thoughts later but want to hear more from others before I do so.

To 454CanAm: Good luck on your new project. Send pictures of the progress.

To Car Guy (Scott M): Thanks for your kind words. Wow, you remember the IONIZER. Did you get to see the Mongoose in his shop?

To rockcrusher67: Send me a picture.

To Andy76: Sadly, I do not have a Maco, but hope to remedy that void soon.

Enjoy your Holiday.

cheers,
Avlis3

rockcrusher67 wrote: Welcome Jeffery, i didnt know your dad either but i do have what is believed to be 1 of his earlier Sharks. the blue coupe on wayne fields owners page.

Jeff, yes, I remember alot of his "projects". I was there when he was finalizing its operation, and he actually showed me it working. Pretty cool. I wanted to get my hands on one of his 'atomizer' that he patened back in the day, that allowed a car to get almost 100 miles per gallon. Do you remember that one. I'm wondering where his yellow Mustang 'Wagon' is now??. I went and saw him showing that at the World Of Wheels Show in Mass. years ago. He finally was setting up his offices upstairs in Ipswitch, and lined up the walls with pictures of his past developments, and articles, and drawings. It was awesome. (Man I miss him). The Mongoose was locked up in a garage somewhere, where no-one was allowed to know it's location, due to the court case. I surely hope your mother took the reins on that one, because he had just won the battle against Dodge, and he was going to fight for past payment, when he passed away. I never got to hear how it finally turned out. I would like to know what happened to his other projects. Did anyone take over??Your brother??. I was upset about the whole handling of it, as I lost over $20,000 when he died. I was forced to sign papers just to get my car out of the garage, also losing another Maco Shark body in the deal. It was all part of my contract with him. There has been talk of the molds from the car in a trailer somewhere. I have a newspaper article with him on the cover fighting the auto makers. It's pretty neat. Anyway- enough for now, I don't want to bore you. Keep in touch.

rockcrusher67 wrote: Welcome Jeffery, i didnt know your dad either but i do have what is believed to be 1 of his earlier Sharks. the blue coupe on wayne fields owners page.

I would like to thank those of you who have already contributed your thoughts and experiences. I would like to ask that you ask other members at this site to think about contributing as well. If you happen to know someone who is not a member and did know my father, please encourage him/her to register and visit the site to add their comments.

I will add other thoughts later but want to hear more from others before I do so.

To 454CanAm: Good luck on your new project. Send pictures of the progress.

To Car Guy (Scott M): Thanks for your kind words. Wow, you remember the IONIZER. Did you get to see the Mongoose in his shop?

To rockcrusher67: Send me a picture.

To Andy76: Sadly, I do not have a Maco, but hope to remedy that void soon.

Enjoy your Holiday.

cheers,
Avlis3

http://www.makoshark2.com/wayne_fields/index.php here is the link to my owners page Avlis3

andy76 wrote: Jeffrey...WELCOME to the Forum!!!!!!!!!!

I'll go along with Rick and Wayne, I didn't know your Dad, but what a respected name in the Field!!!!!....Tell us about yourself as well..Your vettes etc...Look forward to reading this thread..

Regards,

Andy

Wow! This is a big news to hear from you Avlis3

Silva is a common name here so cheers from Italy!

454CanAm wrote: Jeffrey, Welcome to the forum ! I'm sorry to say I never met your father, but I did get one of his few short tail mako's a couple of months ago. The car has been sitting for a few years, so it's gonna take some time to get her back in good shape. Wish me luck!

I look forward to this thread, so I c …

i have a 23 t bucket your dad did i could send you pic if you would like and me be you would remember it

rockcrusher67 wrote: Welcome Jeffery, i didnt know your dad either but i do have what is believed to be 1 of his earlier Sharks. the blue coupe on wayne fields owners page.

Please send or attach a picture(s). I would like to see it.

jeff

andy76 wrote: Jeffrey...WELCOME to the Forum!!!!!!!!!!

I'll go along with Rick and Wayne, I didn't know your Dad, but what a respected name in the Field!!!!!....Tell us about yourself as well..Your vettes etc...Look forward to reading this thread..

Regards,

Andy

Hello and welcome, I personaly did not know John unlike some of the other memeber's here.

I realy do think that G.M. , joel & John and many other's that had a dealing in the making of the Mako-Maco shark's has left a true mystery to these rare car's in many differnt way's though .

Eric

andy76 wrote: Jeffrey...WELCOME to the Forum!!!!!!!!!!

I'll go along with Rick and Wayne, I didn't know your Dad, but what a respected name in the Field!!!!!....Tell us about yourself as well..Your vettes etc...Look forward to reading this thread..

Regards,

Andy

im gonna try to attach the pic to this. If it doesnt work my e-mail is wolfmoon68@comcast.net. and i could send them to you that way. I only but two pic. i think he did the paint work on it. We brough the cat to a show at new england dragway and we found out a lot of things about the t bucket. and your dad did the paint work on it. if you would like to hear more about the t bucket let me know

454CanAm wrote: Jeffrey, Welcome to the forum ! I'm sorry to say I never met your father, but I did get one of his few short tail mako's a couple of months ago. The car has been sitting for a few years, so it's gonna take some time to get her back in good shape. Wish me luck!

I look forward to this thread, so I c …

My name is Jeffrey Silva and would like to hear from some of the people who knew my father (one of the twins)? Share any story you may have about him.

:-)

hello jef this is uncle donald glad to see u checking out the site

say hello to sheryl i just came from haveing lunch with gram

rockcrusher67 wrote: Welcome Jeffery, i didnt know your dad either but i do have what is believed to be 1 of his earlier Sharks. the blue coupe on wayne fields owners page.

Well...it looks like we may have a couple of family members here...Welcome Don & Jeff.

There are several folks here that have Macos, so hopefully the site can be a benefit to your search Jeff. I didn't know John, but I'm one of the "custom" guys that have way too many projects and may eventually have one of the "Silva's".

Hope to see both of you posting...and again, welcome. Marv B.

Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."

andy76 wrote: Jeffrey...WELCOME to the Forum!!!!!!!!!!

I'll go along with Rick and Wayne, I didn't know your Dad, but what a respected name in the Field!!!!!....Tell us about yourself as well..Your vettes etc...Look forward to reading this thread..

Regards,

Andy

Well...it looks like we may have a couple of family members here...Welcome Don & Jeff.

There are several folks here that have Macos, so hopefully the site can be a benefit to your search Jeff. I didn't know John, but I'm one of the "custom" guys that have way too many projects and may eventually have one of the "Silva's".

Hope to see both of you posting...and again, welcome. Marv B.

Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."

car guy wrote: Jeffrey, I'll jump in and say welcome also! I knew your father for a few years. He and I were working on my, as he put it,"Miami Edition Camaro". I also gave him the last shark he ever owned. The primered one that I understand he sold to a man in Rhode Island. I worked with him a few times a year on …

Well...it looks like we may have a couple of family members here...Welcome Don & Jeff.

There are several folks here that have Macos, so hopefully the site can be a benefit to your search Jeff. I didn't know John, but I'm one of the "custom" guys that have way too many projects and may eventually have one of the "Silva's".

Hope to see both of you posting...and again, welcome. Marv B.

Last words in fatal accidents for 49 of 50 states are "Oh Sh*t!" Final words in Wisconsin are "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'..."

well jeffs mom is my sister [you know all three of the boys /men now and including my sister first name begins with a letter j., so i supose they would have eventualy had a (j)model shark / till then see u soon

SilvaSon3 wrote: I would like to thank those of you who have already contributed your thoughts and experiences. I would like to ask that you ask other members at this site to think about contributing as well. If you happen to know someone who is not a member and did know my father, please encourage him/her to regis …

Is this him on the right side of this brochure page?

car guy wrote: Jeff, yes, I remember alot of his "projects". I was there when he was finalizing its operation, and he actually showed me it working. Pretty cool. I wanted to get my hands on one of his 'atomizer' that he patened back in the day, that allowed a car to get almost 100 miles per gallon. Do you remember …

Id love to have a copy of that article. Its a little fuzzy. Is there any way to get a better copy of it?
Id like to put it on my website to show how the originals were made.
http://makovette.net/

Carl

rockcrusher67 wrote: http://www.makoshark2.com/wayne_fields/index.php here is the link to my owners page Avlis3

Where did that come from?What is it ?I like to see the old ads.