Who is Black Bart?
Black Bart was one of the most successful pirates active during the Golden Age of Piracy, capturing over 400 ships all over the Atlantic Ocean in his brief and brutal career. Although Black Bart is not as well known as some other pirates from the same era, such as Blackbeard, his skills as a captain and pirate were quite formidable, and many pirate characters in film and fiction are based on Black Bart, who was known as Bartholomew Roberts during his lifetime. Bartholomew Roberts was born in Wales in 1682 as John Roberts; “Bartholomew” is likely an alias taken at some point during his sailing career. John Roberts first took to the sea at the age of 13, and little is known about his career as a legitimate sailor, except for the fact that he was sailing as the third mate on a slave ship in 1719 when he was pressed into service on a pirate ship. Pressing valuable members of the crew of captured ships was a common practice among pirates, and Roberts was apparently a very accomplished navig
He was a director in the Chicago Region PCA, and raced a 2.4 T. He had, again by co-incidence, the torsion bar including anti-roll bar front end from his 2.2 S, which he installed for me at a very modest sum. In late September 1975, one of my mates and I were cold running a rally, and returning home late Sunday night, the CDI died, 50 miles from home. Within a few days, the car was again running. Not cheap, and I decided I had too many things going (like an MBA program), and did not have the time or available resources to put into the car. So the car spent most of its time in my dads garage. While the vehicle enjoyed little use, I rebuilt the windshield wipers, installed a new oil tank, installed new rear Koni shock absorbers, and Bosch EU H1 headlamps. After experiencing the infamous Porsche over-steer condition, the car still has a battle scar. This event required I purchase a new rear left hand bumper, and again Black Bart had one left rear bumper he bent racing and one good part wa
