Lee and crew served lunch to over 150 folks in December to celebrate their 50th year in business


Napa’s local newspaper, the Napa Valley Register featured Lee and his shop in their July 24, 2011 edition.


This past year, ATRA enjoyed one


of its more successful Expos in Las Vegas, with attendance of over 3000 strong. But Lee remembers a much earlier ATRA meeting, back in 1962. It was held at the Playboy Club in San Francisco, and it was attended by a whopping 35 Members! For entertain- ment they enjoyed a performance by a young duo who were just starting out in the music business: the Everly Brothers. Lee’s quick to acknowledge that being an ATRA Member helped him


b e c ome s u c - ces s ful . “ B a c k t h e n , t h e r e w a s n ’ t a lot of i n f o r - ma t i o n available on transmissions. We’d have to draw a picture of the valves and checkballs while we took the unit apart to make sure we’d get it back together properly. ATRA provided us with the information we needed, before anyone else


made it available.” Lee still comes to work regularly,


but these days he likes to take off for a month or two to go hunting or just to relax. His son, Mike, now runs the day- to-day operation of the business, giving Lee the opportunity to choose how


Lee was recently recognized by A.T.R.A. for his life time achievement in the industry.


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