A link to an obituary in the Toledo Blade for an engineer who had worked at Storer Broadcasting’s flagship AM/Mediumwave station: WSPD-AM and was involved in the startup of WJBK-TV in 1948 whose name was Arthur R. ‘Bud’ Ketcham; who had passed away in 2011.
http://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2011/10/27/Engineer-was-in-TV-radio.html
A long-wheelbase T4 Volkswagen Caravelle in the town of Holte, Denmark.
Photos of the dealership where my father had purchased his Spanish Green Type 53 Sirocco second hand, Robert Zankl Volkswagen in Sterling Heights; later purchased by the Tamaroff Automotive Group and became a Mazda and a Yugo dealership in addition to being a Volkswagen outlet; prior to being purchased even later by Vyletel and the dealership being moved in house with Vyletel’s Buick dealership on Van Dyke and 18 1/2 Mile Road; still in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
These photos were taken by the Michigan Vintage Volkswagen Club in 1989, during a rally that the club was holding for vintage air-cooled Volkswagens at this time; not too long before the dealership had been purchased by Vyletel and moved to Vyletel’s location Van Dyke and 18 1/2 Mile Road.
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Some of the used vehicles the dealership had in their inventory at the moment this picture was taken.
A photo of Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer together during their Dirt Track racing days (or, to the person who is not a racing enthusiast-their pre-NASCAR days).
Even at the earlier time this picture was taken, Kevin Harvick should have been transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight, and should be stripped of all of this athletic abilities.
And even at the time this picture was taken, Kevin Harvick should have comprehended that School Buses, the automotive world as a whole, the world of amateur/ham radio, the world of commercial radio and television; and electric fans are all more important and more interesting than the world of sports and fitness, including icky, yucky Basketball, Baseball, Football, Ice Hockey; and Wrestling.
Also, at this time; Clint Bowyer did not sport that ridiculous Undercut haircut that he now wears, was not into things in decaying condition with the so-called ‘patina’ of which I personally will not tolerate anything in that condition; and Clint Bowyer had the personality of a true car guy at this time.
Last, the man with the curly hair in the red shirt pictured at the far right corner of this picture should have also been transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight.
I am very happy to hear that Ford’s Medium-Duty truck business is being resurgent for the first time since they had sold their original foray into this business to Daimler/Freightliner to become Sterling in 1996.
I am also happy to hear that consumers are moving from companies whose core business is producing Medium & Heavy-Duty trucks (such as IH/Navistar, Freightliner, and PACAAR) to Ford’s Medium-Duty trucks. 20 years ago, this was not the case as around the time Ford had sold their original Medium & Heavy-Duty truck division to Daimler/Freightliner in 1996, and the years in the 1990’s leading up to it; Ford was losing market share to these companies whose core business is Medium & Heavy-Duty trucks; as was also General Motors before they had exited the Medium-Duty truck business in 2009.
Ford had even helped Daimler/Freightliner develop their FS-65 School Bus chassis & cowl, but had then figuratively stabbed Ford in the back in terms of eating away Ford’s market share of the Type C School Bus chassis & cowl market entirely; and had helped spell the doom for GM’s presence in the Type C School Bus chassis & cowl market, which was already strictly limited to Blue Bird’s usage of it as a result of an agreement that GM and Blue Bird had signed in the early 1990’s to be the sole user of their chassis & cowl.
Another post that explains my aversion to Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s retirement.
See this earlier post:
A statement from Richmond International Raceway President Dennis Bickmeier on the retirement announcement of Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Source: Statement from Richmond’s President Dennis Bickmeier on Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I am not happy that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is joining Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle; and Carl Edwards in retirement.
Like Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Casey Mears, Matt Kenseth; and Regen Smith, I still think that Dale Earnhardt Jr.; along with these other aforementioned drivers are young, fresh; and new talent, and that people such as Bill Elliott, Bobby Allison, Richard Petty and his son Kyle, Darrell Waltrip, David Pearson; and Harry Gant should still be competing in NASCAR.
See these earlier posts:
Carl Edwards’ Retirement From NASCAR
Modern NASCAR Driver Matt Kenseth’s Lodged Retirement
I would still like to finish the job of Dale Earnhardt Sr. disciplining this son of his for being the rambunctious young man that he was; and force Dale Jr. to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz; and Easy Listening music.
See this earlier post regarding if Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Elliott Sadler were cast in the Arthur movie geared towards adults, and how they will be transcribed in the Arthur book geared towards an adult audience:
If Elliott Sadler & Dale Earnhardt Jr. Were Casted In The Arthur Movie For Adults
CONCORD, N.C. — After 18 seasons and more than 600 races behind the wheel, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will bring his NASCAR Cup Series driving career to a close at the conclusion of 2017. Today, he shared the news with members of his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team.
Source: Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Retire from NASCAR Cup Series Following 2017
The good old days of NASCAR, a better time in NASCAR’s entire history; and the era of NASCAR that yours truly, the owner of this blog hails from.
Talladega Superspeedway’s upcoming NASCAR weekend, May 5-7, will mark a host of key anniversaries at the 2.66-mile mammoth venue. Perhaps the most memorable that are forever etched in Talladega lore are the first days of May 1987 when icons Bill Elliott and Hueytown, Alabama’s own Davey Allison both wrote their names into Talladega Superspeedway’s – and NASCAR’s – record books. /p
I never knew that CBS Sports had televised any MLB Games before they had formally acquired rights to the league in December, 1988 with coverage beginning with the 1990-1991 season.
We’re talking the television rights where during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, CBS had lost billions of dollars for televising fewer games than NBC and ABC ever did prior to CBS acquiring the rights to the league.
This loss of revenue that CBS had endured during the time they had held the rights to the MLB could have been a factor for not having quite enough cash to outbid the upstart FOX Television Network for the NFL AFC rights beginning with the 1994-1995 season, television rights that up until this time; CBS had held since 1956.
Ironically, it would be FOX who would acquire the rights for the MLB from ABC (who, in turn; had acquired their rights back from CBS) in 1995, effective beginning with the 1995 season; and became the exclusive terrestrial television outlet for the league beginning with the 2001 season.
A T4 Volkswagen Transporter/EuroVan at the border crossing on the Polish side of the Polish-Ukrainian border.
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A first-generation Kia Sephia commercial for the Korean Domestic Market that utilizes a Wayne Conventional on a Ford B-Series chassis & cowl as a stunt vehicle in this commercial.
I do not like the Korean-based production company utilizing the Ford B-Series chassis & cowl as a stunt vehicle in this commercial. Not that I like Waynes, and nor did I ever think that Wayne, nor Superior had ever produced a quality product when compared to Blue Bird, Thomas, Carpenter; and Crown (which would later be absorbed into Carpenter in the 1990’s); I just don’t like this production company utilizing a School Bus as a stunt vehicle, end of story and no questions asked.
This car is on the same platform as the BG Mazda Familia/323/Protégé, KF/KH Ford Laser; and the second-generation North American Escort and Mercury Tracer. This car also utilized Mazda’s B engine, a Mazda/Toyo Kogyo 5-Speed Manual Transmission and the Ford F-4EAT Automatic Transmission.
In a nutshell, this car is essentially just a Koreanized version of the BG Mazda Familia/323/Protégé.
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