Back in the late '70's, early '80's I used to bring my cars to Nai Nan Ko, Sr. on Mass. Ave. in N. Cambridge - he was a very smart guy who always did great work. I hadn't seen the name again until I was car shopping at Wellesley Toyota. I hadn't realized that he had such a compelling story:
Nai is the general manager of Ko Automotive Group and his father, Nai Nan Ko, Sr., is president. Nai Senior was a mechanical engineer in Taiwan and moved to the United States in the 1960s, with $200 and no English skills, to study aeronautical engineering on a scholarship at Boston University. A full-time student, he took a job as a mechanic to support himself and his future wife. Balancing school and work became too much, so he left BU and purchased a gas station on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. His business break came in 1986 when he partnered to buy his first automotive franchise—Cambridge Nissan in Inman Square. His business has since grown to include six dealerships. On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 10:12 AM Louis Zipes <[email protected]> wrote: > Strange that after all these years we are talking about Mecca Motors and > then I read an article that mentioned one of their former mechanics. At > least I think it is *that* Mecca Motors. > > I'm sure some of you Lincolnites that also move in the Cambridge world > know some of these people. : ) > > > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/25/the-vw-bus-took-the-sixties-on-the-road-now-its-getting-a-twenty-first-century-makeover > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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