Nai Nan Ko Sr is my father in law. He has been a Lincoln resident since the early 1980’s. He is still working hard and still a smart guy.
Aaron Q. Beck Beck Brass Works Lawson Brass Instruments 214 Worcester St Wellesley, MA 02481 781.235.4008 beckbrassworks.com Lawson-horns.com > On Jul 21, 2022, at 10:35 AM, Bob Kupperstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. >> > -- > 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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