Rest in Peace DECH...

[Stephen06GT]

Facebook posts are reporting the death of Derek Errol Churchill Hanson.

Rest in Peace Mr. Hanson and thank you for the Mustang memories.

[Gabe]

RIP Mr Hanson, condolences to his family and friends

[fast Ed]

RIP Derek. Very smart and interesting man who created some great stuff, not just automotive either. He will certainly be missed by many, including those who enjoyed his classroom instruction at his son Peter's driving events.

[MUSTANGWOP]

RIP, condolences to his family and friends.

[RedSN]

I’m sad I was never able to meet the man, truly a legend who’s name will live on.
He certainly seemed to know how to make a Mustang go around corners.
R.I.P. Derek Hanson

[Blackmare]

Rest in peace sir.

[Zippy]

Rest in Peace!

[Laffs]

A legend who left his mark on a generation of Mustang owners. Rest in Peace D.E.C.H. thank you for all you did for the community.

[Scrape]

RIP Derek. I met him many times and was a knowledgeable guy.

[ZR]

One heck of a talent.

[LX89]

Met him once when I bought some under drive pulleys from him way back in the early 90's.
I remember some guy was there trying to sell him a fuel injector cleaning machine for like 15-20k roughly.

I said to him,"you're going to have to clean a lot of injectors".
He said,"yeah".
I don't think he bought the machine,lol.

[CON VERT]

RIP

[RAT ATK]

I benefited greatly from his classroom instruction. RIP

[98 Snake]

Rip I had the pleasure to meet him and did a few instructed track days with him, learned lot about driving from him and his son

[FABMAN]

I only met him back in the 90s when he was still running Dech Motorsport. Very knowledgeable and great influence on the Mustang scene in Ontario (maybe across Canada but not sure how well known he was elsewhere).

RIP

[WidowrRacing]

I also met him once and bought a couple body kits off him in the mid 90s including my rear bumper on my 88GT.

I asked him what size he recommended for exhaust tips and he replied 3inch is most commonly used.
I asked how big the opening was and he said approximately 5 inch so I said a 4.5 should fit perfect.
He looked at me very funny!
I went to hot rod Scott’s and got the custom 2.5 to 4.5 tips and they’re still on there.

R.I.P to a very smart and talented man.

[Darkhorse]

Wow. RIP. I met him only once at the Toronto Auto show in the very early days when he was still in business. Def part of the history of mustangs in Canada.

"Hot horse from the cold north"