A sad day for wary drivers.

[Yankee Traveler]

Michael Valentine of Valentine Research (Valentine 1) and formerly of Cincinnati Microwave (Escort and Passport) has died.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62283108/radar-detector-legend-michael-valentine-has-died/

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I myself purchased an original Escort back in the early '80's and when that one was stolen I purchased a new one updated model because the old one still had better range than my brother in-laws new Passport. It never let me down but was a brick.
I upgraded to a Valentine 1 shortly after they came out and enjoyed happy motoring for years, more than happy that te V1 was invisible to detector detectors, whereas the Escort was not.
I have been thinking I need to upgrade to the V1 Gen 2.

 

[R.J. MacReady]

I beg, barrowed & stole to get an Escort before driving from NY to Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break.
It was the year before they put in the Concrete Barriers on the strip. (The beginning of the end.)

Man that thing saved me so many times.

RIP.