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Boston Bob
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:25 am
by Sylvester
For some reason I thought of Bob this morning, hard to believe he passed away 11 years ago. I was actually emailing him about rebuilding Sam’s motor in 2008 when he went quiet. That is when I found out later he had passed away. He was in the words of Jake Raby, the only other person at the time he would trust building a type1 engine. I found this online, the second page does not work.
http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/o ... ir_expert/
Re: Boston Bob
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 1:32 pm
by Hobug
Thanks for posting that link. The second page worked for me. I clicked on the 'continued' rather than the 2.
Re: Boston Bob
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:28 pm
by Amskeptic
Sylvester wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:25 am
For some reason I thought of Bob this morning, hard to believe he passed away 11 years ago. I was actually emailing him about rebuilding Sam’s motor in 2008 when he went quiet. That is when I found out later he had passed away. He was in the words of Jake Raby, the only other person at the time he would trust building a type1 engine. I found this online, the second page does not work.
http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/o ... ir_expert/
The attrition of experts in this community has only continued. We really need to be nice to the up-and-comers so that they may find an interest in continuing the knowledge base to the next generation.
Colin
Re: Boston Bob
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:34 am
by bradleygt
in 2007 i searched for someone to rebuild my camper's 2 liter hydro fi engine and found Boston Bob- his engine drove me and my family many miles, mostly into the mountains of new mexico- priceless treasure of memories- in fact my daughters first ride was in that van, when she was not even a day old!
Re: Boston Bob
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:30 pm
by Amskeptic
bradleygt wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:34 am
in 2007 i searched for someone to rebuild my camper's 2 liter hydro fi engine and found Boston Bob- his engine drove me and my family many miles, mostly into the mountains of new mexico- priceless treasure of memories- in fact my daughters first ride was in that van, when she was not even a day old!
You belong to a club of only two people I know of who took their newborns out on the road. Kudos.
Colin