Allen "Skip" Readio:
CLASS OF 1963
Westfield High SchoolClass of 1963
Westfield, MA
Westfield Junior High SchoolClass of 1959
Westfield, MA
Mittineague Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
West springfield, MA
Highland Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Westfield, MA
Fort Meadow Elementary SchoolClass of 1955
Westfield, MA
Allen "Skip"'s Story
Life
Wrenched for a few area car and truck dealers before heading off to college.
STCC - 1972
Was a Commodity Engineer for Compaq Computers (formerly Digital Equipment Corp) based in Andover, MA. 29 years there until downsizing.
Currently semi-retired.
Been living in Ayer, MA since '78 where I have a 2100 square foot garage with a house next door.
2 grown daughters, eldest going for an MD at UNC.
Spend my free time driving around the country and writing for a number of hot rod magazines. Currently writing a second auto electrics book.
Travel to Australia every 2 years to cover national car shows. Usually make it a point to stay there for at least a month.
Been shooting photos at hot rod shows for 20+ years and, with the proliferation of the Internet, I've beun posting them on Webshots where I have the distinction of, at this writing, being #40 out of nearly 57,000 phtographers, worldwide, in the "Cars" category. Posting the site address is forbidden in Classmates but my handle is ynst. Just do a search and you'll find my photo libraries.
Workplace
Mechanic for 5 years before going back to school (Springfield Technical Community College) and going to work at Digital Equipment Corporation. Started at DEC in Westfield in January of '73. Mo...Expand for more
ved into New England District Support (Waltham, MA) in '76 then to Educational Services (Bedford, MA) in '81 and Customer Services Systems Engineering (Stow, MA then Merrimack, NH) in '85. Left Merrimack for Services Logistics (Supplier Quality Engineer) in '93. Retired in '2001 from the Andover, MA facility.
Update; end of '06
Couldn't handle sitting home doing nothing.
Gotta be doing something productive to keep my mind alert.
Took on a position as an auto electrician building wiring harnesses for aerial trucks and cranes, soup to nuts. Tapping into engine and transmission management computers to run the power take-off and engine start-stop-throttle functions. All wiring right down to all the emergency lighting. Challenging work, yet, easy on the old body. Kinda fun getting to do something productive where you can see tangile results instead of sitting at a desk making corporate-level decisions on whether or not a component or subassembly should be upgraded or replaced.
Close to home so I get plenty of time to keep fooling around with my hot rods, one of which I've owned since '64.
My first auto electric book is nearly sold out (after multiple printings) and my second is in the final production stages and should be out early next year.
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