I am saddened by the death of Actor Ray Liotta.

I am very saddened by the death of NBC News and ABC News executive Dick Wald.

Roone Arledge had hired Dick Wald away from NBC to serve as the Vice-President of ABC News under Roone.

An Itasca Phasar Motorhome (a sibling to the Winnebago LeSharo Motorhome) on the Renault Trafic Cutaway Chassis located in the town of Lena, Illinois.

Winnebago has built the Trafic Cutaway Chassis locally at their plant in Forest City, Iowa from Completely Knocked Down (CKD) kits that Renault has shipped to Winnebago from France. Renault’s ownership in AMC, and Renault’s limited presence at the North American market at this time had made the deal between Renault and Winnebago for the CKD kits of the Trafic Cutaway Chassis more feasible.

The CKD kits of the Trafic Cutaway Chassis would be supplied with the Gasoline/Petrol and Diesel variants of the Renault J-Type/Douvrin Engine, and both the Manual and Automatic Transmissions/Gearboxes that were available in the Trafic in the European market.

Two vintage Gas Stations located in the Detroit city proper in Michigan:

I am very saddened by the death of Country Music artist Mickey Gilley.

Mickey Gilley had once owned and operated the ‘Gilley’s’ Nightclub in Pasadena, Texas. Mickey Gilley had partnered with a fellow named Sherwood Cryer in 1970 to construct and open this Nightclub, which was referred to as the “world’s biggest Honky Tonk”, and had also incorporated a mechanical Bull for patrons to ride on.

‘Gilley’s’ was an on-location filming scene for the 1980 motion picture ‘Urban Cowboy’ starring John Travolta and Debra Winger.

During an episode of the Reality Television Program “American Pickers” that was filmed, and had later aired in 2011; Pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of Antique Archaeology had picked Mickey Gilley and his warehouse located in Texas, including the Piano that had stood at ‘Gilley’s’.

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Dayton Xenia Hamvention Talk In — ve3ips

A number of ECARS members are going to Hamvention this year.  NJ2US, Jeff, is coordinating a Hamvention/Xenia ECARS QSO/Meeting, Friday and Saturday, 11 AM, at the flagpole.  On the fly meetups and shoutouts are being coordinated via Slack.  If anybody would like an invite to the free APP, send your call sign in an email […]

ECARS Dayton/Xenia Hamvention Meet Up — ve3ips