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RIP Dan Costello
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06/28/14 05:23 PM
06/28/14 05:23 PM
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Syracuse,NY
CompWedgeEngines
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Today was Dans funeral up here in Syracuse. His immediate family and friends were on hand. Its was a small, simple and nice service. Dan will be missed by many, and I know that he left us all too soon. Please take a moment and remember Dan in whatever way your comfortable. Dan loved his Moparts family for sure, and he had made many many friends over the years from this site. If you have a special memory of Dan, please feel free to share it here. We did give Dan a special send off, in a 67 Coronet R/T,( which was the same as his car he owned from his younger days) and we left the funeral home in a cloud of smoke..I may be able to get a short video off a phone later. R.I.P brother Dan Costello.... 
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Re: RIP Dan Costello
[Re: FastOne]
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06/30/14 12:23 AM
06/30/14 12:23 AM
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St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
David_in_St_Croi
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As others have mentioned, definitely miss the conversations we had over the years. Had many of them, starting out with engines then morphed into all sorts of subjects, always interesting. Never met him in person and now never will, sad to say.
Was thinking of him today as I was dry fitting the 833 to the 452 he built for us, was remembering that it was the weekend of the funeral. Looking forward to getting it in and firing it up, I am sure it will be a credit to his skills. Will certainly be thinking of him when we do. I think it is the last completed Mopar engine to leave POR. His skills and contributions will be missed.
RIP Dan
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Re: RIP Dan Costello
[Re: JLaSalle]
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06/30/14 01:10 PM
06/30/14 01:10 PM
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Southern Maryland
klunick
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I'll miss Dan for sure. He built my first engine and I was going to have him build the one for the Cuda. Getting on the phone with Dan typically meant one thing. You had better have a lot of time because you were going to school. He was one of those guys that talk about and say, "He has probably forgot more than I will ever know." But Dan never for things. One funny incident was back I believe in 2011 he was heading up to Syracuse to visit his family and deliver an engine to his brother. I talked Dan into dropping my engine off on the way up and gave him very specific directions. Little did I know that Dan was afraid of heights. When he got to my house, he asked why I just didn't send him through DC. I told him it was way faster to cross at Dahlgren on the 301 bridge and then the Solomon's Island Bridge. Not for Dan, he was terrified and told he would do just about anything not to be on high bridges.
You are already greatly missed!!
Kirk
67 Barracuda FB
69 Superbee
"Southern Maryland: If you want a good looking woman, you had better bring her with you"
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Re: RIP Dan Costello
[Re: CompWedgeEngines]
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07/04/14 07:06 PM
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Not2farfromNashville, TN
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Oh my! The man from the East Coast of Florida?
He gave great input to this site. Feisty guy!
I am so sorry for his family.
"The only thing to do for triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
"NUNQUAM NON PARATUS!"
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Re: RIP Dan Costello
[Re: Rug_Trucker]
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07/04/14 10:29 PM
07/04/14 10:29 PM
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Bitopia
jcc
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Cleaning out my PM's today, I came across this Dan reply on life from 2013.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: RIP Dan Costello
[Re: jcc]
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07/04/14 10:37 PM
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Wind Gap,Pa.
Sammy
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Quote:
Cleaning out my PM's today, I came across this Dan reply on life.
very very cool.
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Re: RIP Dan Costello
[Re: Sammy]
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07/07/14 07:10 PM
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Tampa Fl
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R.I.P. Dan..... Only got to meet him one time.and just heard what happened... WOW will be missed
Remember in here some don't think you should have a Opinion.. sad fact..
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Re: RIP Dan Costello
[Re: Moparnut426]
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07/08/14 02:43 PM
07/08/14 02:43 PM
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Charleston
sixpackgut
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Charleston
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Dan was my long distance buddy. Never seemed annoyed if I called with a machining question, Or just a simple cam recommendation question.
He machined my dads 440 in the ramcharger, dad was dying of cancer at the time and was too sick to do any building himself so I did that while dad talked with dan. Was great seeing dad and dan connect so fast as they both started talking old cars and even bikes
RIP Dan
Kasey, if you only knew the effort he put forth in getting the stuff together for your Dad's engine. He couldn't find a good forged crank and called me for one but the time frame was so short he decided against it and found one somewhere else but just how hard he worked to get it done was amazing to me.
Dan knew he was the only person I really talked to on the phone and when he called me while he was in the hospital he could tell I was sick and started giving me crap about going to the doctor.
I use to bust his balls because my friends had a nick name for him. every time he called, there was always something out of spec or something he didn't like or whatever and my friends, who he also helped on many occasions for advice called him Ten Grand Dan
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