I had the pleasure of meeting Bob in person at his shop. Installed several
of his motors in my vans as well as a few list members. I've never met a
person so willing to stop what he was doing and take a call and help out a
fellow vanagon nut. Often he spent hours of his time helping me sort through
issues even when it wasn't on one of his engines.
I remember arriving at his place after dark one time with a core motor in
the back of a truck. We loaded the rebuilt in and I realized I had left the
mounting bar on the core. "No problem' Bob said and handed me one from a
near by pile of stuff. I traveled back to Michigan only to realize upon
installation that the motor mount he gave me was for a Syncro and  yes,
there is a difference between a Syncro motor mount bar and a 2wd motor mount
bar. He seemed surprised to learn that, and I was surprised the Oracle
Boston Bob didn't know everything! I sit here and remember the little bit of
time I was able to spend with him fondly.
He loved his work, his wife and especially his daughter. My condolences go
to his family. He will be sorely missed by me and many others I am sure.
Brien Dews

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Kevin Mulligan <mulligan_kevin@yahoo.com>wrote:

> This man leaves a rich and lasting legacy to all of us fellow Vanagon
> types (Bob's term) -- and not just because of his universally respected
> mechanical expertise. My condolences to everyone who knew him.
>
> - KMM
>

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Brien K Dews CC21-AWCI
Rockford, MI
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