Bob Hoover

Innuendo is not appreciated. Bob had a unique philosophy - keep it simple, correct, and running. He rose to certain challenges. He did not give up to take airplanes. You might be thinking of a different Bob Hoover.

No I'm not thinking of the other Bob Hoover. After he pulled the sermons He put VW engines in airplanes. And worked on them . He said he moved on to other things. Which can be interpreted as he decided enough of the rust and headaches. Which really don't exist on aircraft. Well rust doesn't. Philosophy aside . After reading his first inspection of Grendel. It was clear to him the vehicle had been wrecked numerous times and hard. It had major rust that compromised the structure. And he decided to save the vehicle anyways. I don't know what vehicles he wrote about. Or he owned. Which is why I asked. Did he really like working on junk. Or did he have too.

I live in the rust belt. So the KISS principal applies. I'm the proud owner of an 82 Chevy Suburban that weighs 500 lbs less then it was made. Due to rust. Its not worth scrap value but it gets me everywhere without fail. When I need it too. But eventually here rust kills the vehicle. And substantial bodywork is waste of time.

As far as the Busses near I-90, you might want to ask at

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If Bob decided that it was worth saving grendel, I take his word for it. My =B470 bug started rusting the tunnel and heater channels due to a previous badly done resto, and I intend to restore ir.

I can recall at least 6 VW mentioned by Bob, some better, some worse, but all hard lived. Where Bob lived rust is not that much of a problem, so He could afford to take his time fixing it.

About the suburban, how does it weight less? rusted iron/steel is heavier than unrusted. Does it have 500lb of holes???

Karls

If Bob decided that it was worth saving grendel, I take his word for it. My ´70 bug started rusting the tunnel and heater channels due to a previous badly done resto, and I intend to restore ir.

I can recall at least 6 VW mentioned by Bob, some better, some worse, but all hard lived. Where Bob lived rust is not that much of a problem, so He could afford to take his time fixing it.

About the suburban, how does it weight less? rusted iron/steel is heavier than unrusted. Does it have 500lb of holes???

Absolutely, has 500 lbs of holes.

Karls

If you read the Grendel Files in depth, you should be able to follow the thought process Bob had. Originally it started out as him traveling to buy a buy that sounded like a good deal. It was misrepresented by the seller. Bob bought it. Then he kept discovering more and more wrong with it. It was also apparent by the lack of help by the seller, that the seller figured Bob would eventually abandon the bus, and the seller could keep the money and sell it again, because Bob was so far from home.

THIS became Bob's motivation to complete the task. He did NOT want that scumbag to have the pleasure of screwing someone over. If you have ever been faced with a monumental task, you have to have SOMETHING to cling onto to keep you going, regardless of how silly it may seem. This was Bob's for THAT task. And he succeeded, which effectively gave the bad guy the finger without him having to do it directly.

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Been there done that.

This was Bob's for THAT task. And he succeeded, which

I haven't read this part yet. A similar story to many people with cars. Or people who buy things sight unseen. I'm seeing it a As a great people victory then.

My post is MY view on what drove him as things got tougher. Everyone has their own source of motivation, whatever works. Now that the subject has come up I wish I could ask him!

Their meetings are 15 minutes away. Might be a good thing to attend. Mossies where my ex and I went for dinner when we got married. I hope she don't show up.:)

Not Mossies, Basil's.