I was wondering the same. David, I'm so glad you researched this and
found out. Roland was very knowledgeable and always had a practical
answer at hand. Like Bob Rice, he is noticeably missed.
Peri
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From: "EVDL Administrator via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
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Sent: 20-Aug-18 3:29:26 PM
Subject: [EVDL] Roland Wiench
If youi've been on the EVDL for a while, you probably remember reading
posts
by Roland Wiench. He gave us a lot of them -- over 4,100. His first
post,
about LRR tires, seems to have been in November of 2003. He posted
several
times in late 2016 and early 2017, then one last time in May of 2017.
You can read many of his posts in the archive. He's also quoted in an
EVDL
library article, http://www.evdl.org/pages/battpost.html
I realized recently that I hadn't read anything from him in quite a
while,
so I did some investigation. I'm sad to report that Roland passed away
on
the 16th of March this year. The obituary is quoted below.
Roland got his El Camino conversion from Robert Aronson's Electric Fuel
Propulsion in Michigan. Aronson is probably best remembered for his
Renault-
based Mars I and Mars II conversions (Dauphines and R10s), every nook
and
cranny jammed with lead batteries, but he converted several large
American
cars too.
Roland never stopped improving and refining that El Camino, which at
one
time weighed over 3.5 tons. Recently, he'd fitted it with Leaf
modules,
which must have significantly reduced the weight.
You can see the car before the Leaf module conversion here:
http://evalbum.com/470
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https://www.croxfordfuneralhome.com/notices/Roland-Wiench
Roland Eugene Wiench
September 4, 1936 ~ March 16, 2018 (age 81)
Born on Sept. 4, 1936 on Friday at 11:45 AM, I came out facing North in
Dickinson, North Dakota, in the hospital 400 feet from our home. Made
it
home for lunch at 12 noon.
My father, an electrical engineer, took me down to his electrical
laboratory
(I called it a dungeon). At the age of 8, he taught me basic
electricity. My
first project was a dog repellant that was placed in the garden. As a
dog
came into the garden, I turned on a switch that tickled his feet at a
real
low voltage. The dog stood up on his two back feet and tiptoed through
the
tulips, dancing the jitterbug. Later, I made an overhead electrical
trolley
using an erector set with the clotheslines as the conductors. I forgot
to
turn off the power and the laundry lady did the jitterbug too.
I attended St. Patrick´s grade school and Assumption Abbey high school
in
North Dakota. I also attended the College of Great Falls, Montana.
I enlisted in the Navy in 1955 as flight, radar controller, and
navigator
for carriers in the Atlantic. After studying aviation electronics
engineering, I worked for Boeing Aircraft in Great Falls. Meanwhile I
was
employed as an electrical technician, then electrical supervisor at
MANG
(Montana Air National Guard).
After serving in The Navy, USAF, and MANG I was honorably discharged as
Master Sergeant in 1989.
In 1976 I received a grant and a prototype electric car from Electric
Fuel
Propulsion of Troy, Michigan. Since 1989 I have worked on the science
of
improvement of the electrical vehicle.
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While Roland remained a bachelor, many nieces and nephews survive. To
some
he was an Uncle and to others, because he lived with us during our
childhood, Roland was an Uncle-Brother. Roland was predeceased by
parents
Frank and Clementine Wiench; brothers and their wives: Francis
(Marilyn)
Wiench and Alcuin (Annie) Wiench; sisters and their husbands: Bernice
(Paul)
Wilhelm and Beatrice Hall.
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator
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