This was a tough one...Carl Mantegna, a fixture in the hobby and all the gas and oil shows for decades, passed away yesterday. He will be deeply missed by who ever met him. I knew Carl for nearly 40 years. His smile was contagious and always had a dozen jokes to share at Iowa Gas and Columbus when I saw him. He was so much fun to just be around...We'll miss you buddy. RIP Carl...

Sad to hear. RIP Carl....

I would see Carl at the petro swap meets. Rest in Peace, Carl.

Sorry to hear. Rip!

Sorry to hear this.
Didn't he & his son sell @ Peotone annually in that center room?

Carl was everyone's friend and always had a joke to share. The hobby lost a great supporter and we lost a special friend. Hopefully we will see his grandson at the shows and share our stories with him! Kathleen & Jerry Keyser

Sad news. Carl was a nice guy. R.I.P.

Prayers to the family, he was quite the fellow.

Carl was a fixture at automotive along with oil and gas events all over the Midwest. At least for the 30 years that we have been involved.

My father has a passion for oil company history and I would guess Carl supplied him with 100's of magazine ads from the teens, twenties and thirties.

He will be missed.

Great guy...RIP Carl

Wow, so sad, my heart felt condelences to his family.
Carl was such a great guy, always had a story and joke to tell. He will be missed at the shows.
Tom.

Cindy and I met Carl and his son Craig around 1990 at CTO. We were both vendors, and every year we would all go to Max & Erma's in Columbus for dinner. CTO, Iowa Gas, Auburn, Indianapolis, Carlisle, Hershey, Carlisle Mid-West, It's a Gas, I was doing 20 shows per year and they were at most of them. Carl, I will miss you and your jokes.

Jack Sim

Losing a lot of older collectors it seems in the last year or so. Sorry to hear this.

Talked to Craig yesterday and extended my sympathies. Always enjoyed Carl's friendly personality!

Carl was the first gas/oil vendor I ever dealt with. It was at the IOLA, Wisconsin show and swap meet in the late 1970's. Carl and I were negotiating on a very nice 30" Phillips 66 porcelain shield, with the metal hanging frame. I believe the final price was $275. Over the years, Carl never forgot my face, and still greeted me with a smile and a "hi, Wisconsin" as recently as this past year's Iowa Gas.

As has already been said by others here, Carl was simply one super, high quality individual. And, I would say the same for his son, who vended with Carl for so many years. My sympathy to the Mantegna family. John