Robert Hecking 

This was my favorite car. I bought it used from Bergen Buick. While cleaning it, I found an envelope addressed to William Mangles ( father of Classmate Gloria Mangles and former beau of my mother before she married my dad). I drove it 165,000 miles to work, night school, 9 week trip around America, to tow my friend John Hanna’s boat to Greenwood Lake, to Ken Kazimir’s cabin at Lake Hopatcong, to move a refrigerator in the back seat ( nothing too tall for a convertible!), with the roof down in snow flurries, and to Cape May where my sister lived. I sold the car to Dave Butler ( Cynthia’s brother). He agreed to pay$250, but seeing his love of the car, I told him to keep the money for tires or repairs. Four years later he graduated from Montclair State, he brought it back running well. I sold it to a body shop owner.

Janet Tarantino’s house is just off the picture to the left.

A year after buying it, I saw a silver and black 1965 Buick Skylark for sale at Bergen Buick, which Ken Kazimir bought and still has today. We would wax the two cars in Kazimir’s driveway on Saturdays

Ken Kazimir

Here is the 1965 Buick Skylark convertible, which is the car initially found by Bob Hecking at Bergen Buick. I still have this car and you can imagine the accumulation of memories when one has a vehicle for this long. I just have one more payment to make. Just kidding. Thank you Bob Hecking, for the car and the enduring friendship, both vintage and both so much appreciated.