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Bill Baka wrote: Krypsis wrote: Never had any interest in shares. A friend of mine finally convinced me to play the stock market and was giving me very good advice based on his very successful experience. Went to his funeral last Wednesday. Diagnosed with cancer on the Tuesday, gone by 6pm Sunday. He was a year younger than me, just turned 70 this month. Now this chap could machine up just about any part you wanted for your rod or restoration. Went up to see his wife and help her out on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Had a look through his workshop where he had been restoring a 22 and a 26 Buick. He'd been casting up some bits ready to machine up and use on the Buicks. Don't know what will happen to those cars now. Sad loss for the rod and restoration community here. Krypsis Yeah, Shares aren't worth much when the whole company goes down. His shares have a long term history of stability and regular dividends which was his goal, income, not growth. I hate to lose a young guy at only 70. Yeah, especially when he was "younger" than me. Funny thing was, his family has a history of longevity. Practically the only one who died under 90 was his father and his death was due to workplace injury. In fact, when they were looking for relatives to inform after his death, they found 2 aunts and an uncle still living. All of them would have to be well in their nineties by now. His wife or kids might just try to auction off the cars. He didn't have any kids and his wife is at a loss right now just what to do. Money isn't a problem for her in the short and long term as share dividends will see to that. More of an issue is her remote location and inability to drive a car. Her home is in the hills outside the urban limits with limited public transport options. Anyway, the cars are all in bits. There was only one person who knew how they all went together and he's gone. It would take weeks to just find everything. In my brief visit to the workshop, I saw bits scattered all over. Interestingly, he had been working on converting the engine bearings to full pressure fed lubrication. He'd drilled the crank and was in the process of building a larger oil pump to supply the extra requirements. He even had a new sump and pan cast to provide the extra room for the pump. He had been talking about doing this but I hadn't realised he was as far along as he was. I did say his restorations were "unconventional", didn't I? Nobody under 40 seems to give a crap about cars anymore. Yep. I don't know what will happen to my garage full of rods when I drop off the perch. None of my kids are mechanically inclined, the grandkids are more interested in partying and hooning. Guess the great grandkids are my only hope. Would hate to see the rods get sold off. Don't want to risk using them, don't want to risk losing them. What a conundrum! He will be missed whether I knew him or not. Bill Baka Sure will be missed around here. Used to have long phone calls about his projects. Sometimes an hour, sometimes 2 but always interesting. Miss them already. Krypsis |
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