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> Cheers to you, Ray. RIP friend, aka firstknight13 here on 914world
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post Jan 31 2024, 02:00 PM
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I got word today that one of the 914Worlds old guard, Ray Gonsalves (aka firstknight13) passed on Jan 25.

https://www.holmeswatkins.com/obituary/William-Gonsalves

Ray hasn't been on the World since 2019, but he was a fixture at World events here in the Mid-Atlantic and North-East about 15 years ago.

He'd head out from his home in CT, and get to my house in PA several hours later. Or Virginia. Or Maryland. Or where ever the party was. He had this trippy poly-chromeatic 914, open the door and the smoke would come billowing out. It was classic. He never missed the Knights Inn party before and after Hershey Swap. He usually had his son Sean with him.

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Tail end of a Hershey Swap. Maybe 2008?
Ed Morrow and Ray are talking about something to the left, his son Sean is either talking with Mike or checking out Noel in the background. Or both. Hard to say. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

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Ray is in the red plaid right out in front as usual. Front fender of his color changing 914 is on the right.

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Same set of pictures. Ray inthe red, his son Sean on the right.

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Ray is third from the left, in front (as usual). :-) East Coast Cookout, 2006 I think. My first 914 event - it may even pre-date World, from back in the 914Club days.

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post Jan 31 2024, 02:45 PM
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...always enjoyed running into Ray at events (back in the good ole days)
the hey Ray....hey Ray never got old
sad news
great video on the obit page
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post Jan 31 2024, 02:51 PM
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I'll update the nailed thread. The list is getting long ...
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post Jan 31 2024, 05:33 PM
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Sad to hear of Ray's passing.. he was a fun and upbeat guy.. RIP
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post Jan 31 2024, 06:03 PM
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RIP Ray. Always sad to see these threads pop up.
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post Jan 31 2024, 07:10 PM
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That sucks. He was a good man.
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RIP. Thanks for posting your memories…
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Sad news. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Nice guy with quite a personality. I used to love seeing him and his chromatic 914 around town. I haven't seen it in quite a while.
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post Jan 31 2024, 11:12 PM
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QUOTE(jd74914 @ Jan 31 2024, 11:31 PM) *

Sad news. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Nice guy with quite a personality. I used to love seeing him and his chromatic 914 around town. I haven't seen it in quite a while.

I think it got dinged at some point, and Ray was saying it had to be totally repainted due to the color change paint not blending well.

He was also taking it apart to go 5 lug. I drifted away from the scene for several years when my marriage fell apart and when I came back in he wasn’t turning up any more. We would chat over FB but I never thought to ask what happened to the car.

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post Feb 1 2024, 06:45 AM
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I remember him from Hershey. Another one gone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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Ray was saving up to do a Suby conversion, but last time I saw the car it was slipping downhill faster than Ray could keep up with it. He stopped by my shop to say hi last year.
Rip, Ray. I'll spark one up in your memory later today. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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Just sad to lose a 914bud, sad to lose anybody but this is life. Enjoy each day as we never know.

RIP.

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