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> ENGMAN - Mark Bland, Passed away 10/25/2012
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post Dec 17 2012, 03:50 PM
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I feel horrible for originating this thread. mark was a true 914 enthusiast and a valued member of this community.



May he rest in peace.


I started out my day wondering where an order I had placed a couple of weeks ago.

I started this thread "Is Engman parts still around?"

The details are not important, this post edited because of the news.

I had ordered some parts and paid via PayPal.

Today, I went to the cart section of the paypal website and I get the following message:

Engman Parts....

Error Message: This recipient is currently unable to receive money.
[Return to Engman Parts]


Got a PM from a Distinguished member of our community and forwarded it to the Admins for confirmation.

Any words of wisdom?
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post Dec 17 2012, 07:41 PM
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I have a call and email in from earlier today

Will post if I hear anything
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post Dec 17 2012, 07:45 PM
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Oh no... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Hope this is all a big misunderstanding. Doesn't seem like it is though...very sad news about a great guy.
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post Dec 17 2012, 07:50 PM
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Anything on his facebook page?

Would be really crappy for all improvements he had made for these old cars if we missed his passing by a few months.
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post Dec 17 2012, 07:55 PM
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He was a great guy. I called him a few years ago with a technical question and he was more than happy to talk to me and even called a few weeks after to make sure everything went as designed!
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post Dec 17 2012, 08:01 PM
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I am surprised that someone he knew has not contacted one of our members.
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post Dec 17 2012, 08:12 PM
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Back in July, I bought a fuse panel from Mark and on installation found out that he had installed the fuse block backwards. Easy enough to turn it around but before I did I dropped him an e-mail to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong. He insisted on sending it back to him so he could correct it and also offered up one of his other items for free. I declined his offer, but he sent me a SS reservoir clamp for free anyways.

Truly a stand up guy. He will be missed. Rest in peace Mark. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Dec 17 2012, 08:16 PM
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We hung out at the Hershey when it rained the whole time. He let Noel take shelter under his easyup. He was amazed that I captured her (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) His son was there, too. Also a good dude. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Dec 17 2012, 08:25 PM
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We hung out at the Hershey when it rained the whole time. He let Noel take shelter under his easyup. He was amazed that I captured her (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) His son was there, too. Also a good dude. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

That was 2003
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post Dec 17 2012, 09:03 PM
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post Dec 17 2012, 09:30 PM
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Boy I hope he turns out to be ok. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Like most people who have been here a while I have lots of his parts.

All great stuff.

John
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post Dec 17 2012, 09:38 PM
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Wow! 54 years old (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I met Mark in Columbus IN. at a 914 event. We had a nice discussion about his work designing a zero steer unit for a commercial mower. Very passionate about his work. Sad to read this this way. I hope we can contact his family somehow in a caring and comassionate way.
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post Dec 17 2012, 09:55 PM
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Sorry to hear this.

We never met, but I was one of the first to install his inner long kit and his rust repair sheet metal kit was based on the templates I gave him.

Sad news.


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post Dec 17 2012, 09:59 PM
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If this is true then it is horrible news, 54 is way to young. Despite only making a handful of different parts the name Engman is recognizable by pretty much everyone in this community, I think that says a lot about what he did.

Hopefully someone is able to pick up the torch here and keep the name alive, though I hope even more that this is just some misunderstanding.
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post Dec 17 2012, 11:35 PM
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post Dec 18 2012, 12:18 AM
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Unfortunate, but I hope not true.
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post Dec 18 2012, 01:37 AM
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Hoping it's not true
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post Dec 18 2012, 03:22 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) This sucks!
I have a part of him in my car.
I think of Engman, I think of quality.
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post Dec 18 2012, 04:45 AM
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I didn't know the man, but I'm sure grateful for all that he did. Just this past August he spotted a post of mine deep in a thread somewhere wishing his aluminum floorboards were still available, and he contacted me to let me know he had one tucked away if I really wanted it. From that and other interactions, he certainly seemed like a class act to me.
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