Amana, Dennis Albaugh Collection Tour

Bob Dunahugh

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When I first talked to Andy. Dennis's main man. I told him that there would be maybe 10 people to visit. We had just under 100 people make the tour. Matt Collie took care of the Sam's Club parking. Thanks Matt. Kim with GMCMI arranged with Dennis's people to get us box lunches from Hy Vee. Nicest box lunch that I've ever seen. $12 for the lunch. $3 of the $15 is going to one of Dennis's charities. Thanks Kim. Thanks to all for going on the tour. I think the most often comment spoke was. Absolutely unbelievable collection. I'm there a lot. And it's still unbelievable to me every time. ( I have some extremly rare cars. Thus it makes helping Dennis in finding rare cars. Much simpler. ) Then the hundreds of ORIGINAL gas pump globes that had lights in them. With no duplicates.There wasn't even one reproduction globe there. Then the hundreds of peddle cars. If GMCMI ever goes back to Amana. We are welcomed back. Bob Dunahugh
 
Thanks for arranging it Bob. Those who didn't go this year will definitely
want to go next time. Very well organized. Although I was impressed by
the globe's, I did not realize there were no duplicates. Fantastic
collection of pedal cars!

Again, thank you.

Sandra Price

> When I first talked to Andy. Dennis's main man. I told him that there
> would be maybe 10 people to visit. We had just under 100 people make the
> tour. Matt Collie took care of the Sam's Club parking. Thanks Matt. Kim
> with GMCMI arranged with Dennis's people to get us box lunches from Hy Vee.
> Nicest box lunch that I've ever seen. $12 for the lunch. $3 of the $15 is
> going to one of Dennis's charities. Thanks Kim. Thanks to all for going on
> the tour. I think the most often comment spoke was. Absolutely unbelievable
> collection. I'm there a lot. And it's still unbelievable to me every time.
> ( I have some extremly rare cars. Thus it makes helping Dennis in finding
> rare cars. Much simpler. ) Then the hundreds of ORIGINAL gas pump globes
> that had lights in them. With no duplicates.There wasn't even one
> reproduction globe there. Then the hundreds of peddle cars. If GMCMI ever
> goes back to Amana. We are welcomed back. Bob Dunahugh
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> When I first talked to Andy. Dennis's main man. I told him that there would be maybe 10 people to visit. We had just under 100 people make the
> tour. Matt Collie took care of the Sam's Club parking. Thanks Matt. Kim with GMCMI arranged with Dennis's people to get us box lunches from Hy Vee.
> Nicest box lunch that I've ever seen. $12 for the lunch. $3 of the $15 is going to one of Dennis's charities. Thanks Kim. Thanks to all for going
> on the tour. I think the most often comment spoke was. Absolutely unbelievable collection. I'm there a lot. And it's still unbelievable to me every
> time. ( I have some extremly rare cars. Thus it makes helping Dennis in finding rare cars. Much simpler. ) Then the hundreds of ORIGINAL gas pump
> globes that had lights in them. With no duplicates.There wasn't even one reproduction globe there. Then the hundreds of peddle cars. If GMCMI ever
> goes back to Amana. We are welcomed back. Bob Dunahugh

I had planned on the tour, but circumstances near Michigan City on the way prevented me from attending. Hopefully we will be back to Amana and the
tour will be available in the near future.

By the way, as a consolation prize, I enjoyed the Kinze tour.
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Richard
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SE Michigan
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Bob D.:
Thanks for your part in arranging the Albaugh tour - it was Fantastic - best car collection I have ever seen!!!
Mike/The Corvair a holic

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>> When I first talked to Andy. Dennis's main man. I told him that there would be maybe 10 people to visit. We had just under 100 people make the
>> tour. Matt Collie took care of the Sam's Club parking. Thanks Matt. Kim with GMCMI arranged with Dennis's people to get us box lunches from Hy Vee.
>> Nicest box lunch that I've ever seen. $12 for the lunch. $3 of the $15 is going to one of Dennis's charities. Thanks Kim. Thanks to all for going
>> on the tour. I think the most often comment spoke was. Absolutely unbelievable collection. I'm there a lot. And it's still unbelievable to me every
>> time. ( I have some extremly rare cars. Thus it makes helping Dennis in finding rare cars. Much simpler. ) Then the hundreds of ORIGINAL gas pump
>> globes that had lights in them. With no duplicates.There wasn't even one reproduction globe there. Then the hundreds of peddle cars. If GMCMI ever
>> goes back to Amana. We are welcomed back. Bob Dunahugh
>
> I had planned on the tour, but circumstances near Michigan City on the way prevented me from attending. Hopefully we will be back to Amana and the
> tour will be available in the near future.
>
> By the way, as a consolation prize, I enjoyed the Kinze tour.
> --
> Richard
> 76 Palm Beach
> SE Michigan
> www.PalmBeachGMC.com
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>
> Coop Roller Cam 455, Howell TBI + EBL, 3.42 FD, Quadra Bag, Macerator, Manny Tranny etc.
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The most jaw droppping collection I've seen. I doubt I'll see another red
with white interior, convertable 1965 SS 396 Chevelle. Ever! Or another
Mobil Oil coin operated Pegasus carousel. Or another GM Parade of Progress
Future Liner!
Unforgettable! Thank you, Bob.

When I first talked to Andy. Dennis's main man. I told him that there
would be maybe 10 people to visit. We had just under 100 people make the
tour. Matt Collie took care of the Sam's Club parking. Thanks Matt. Kim
with GMCMI arranged with Dennis's people to get us box lunches from Hy Vee.
Nicest box lunch that I've ever seen. $12 for the lunch. $3 of the $15 is
going to one of Dennis's charities. Thanks Kim. Thanks to all for going on
the tour. I think the most often comment spoke was. Absolutely unbelievable
collection. I'm there a lot. And it's still unbelievable to me every time.
( I have some extremly rare cars. Thus it makes helping Dennis in finding
rare cars. Much simpler. ) Then the hundreds of ORIGINAL gas pump globes
that had lights in them. With no duplicates.There wasn't even one
reproduction globe there. Then the hundreds of peddle cars. If GMCMI ever
goes back to Amana. We are welcomed back.
 
Bob,

The Albaugh collection was indeed outstanding! Thank you for arranging our
privileged tour!

When I call it outstanding, I'm comparing it to some of the best: The old
Harrah's in Reno (now sold off piecemeal :-( ). The Schlumpf Automobile
museum (Cite' de l'Automobile) in Mulhouse, France, the
Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, IN, several others around the
world, and finally, most impressive, the America's Auto Museum at SEATAC
airport between Tacoma and Seattle, WA.

I strongly recommend that anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma area make an earnest
effort to visit that museum, also accumulated by a single self-made
entrepreneur.

Ken H.
 
Another Wow for the Dennis Albaugh Collection.

Did you happen to notice the P51 pedal car back in a corner?
Now for Ken, If you liked that, I have two more.....

The Henry Ford in Dearborn Mi is something else but it is an all things museum. They also have a DC3 and a one of the Allegany huge coal hauling
locomotives, and cars from a 189X Durie (discovered in a barn in 1998) and lots others.

Then, if you have the ambition to locate it, there is the Gilmore. That collection is mind challenging. We are in striking range of both if you are
so inclined.

Matt
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SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
I concur with Matt on the Henry Ford Museum. My favorite part is the Industrial Age section. It focuses on the inventions and development of not only the automobile but many other innovations (ie farm equipment, electric power, early manufacturing).
My personal opinion is that they should make it mandatory for every high school student to visit this center and impress on them the fact that very few of these inventors attended college.
The art of critical thinking and hands on development is lost with this generation.

Gary Coaster / Reno, NV
1977 GMC Eleganza ll
GMC RV Day Night Shade Sales
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> Another Wow for the Dennis Albaugh Collection.
>
> Did you happen to notice the P51 pedal car back in a corner?
> Now for Ken, If you liked that, I have two more.....
>
> The Henry Ford in Dearborn Mi is something else but it is an all things museum. They also have a DC3 and a one of the Allegany huge coal hauling
> locomotives, and cars from a 189X Durie (discovered in a barn in 1998) and lots others.
>
> Then, if you have the ambition to locate it, there is the Gilmore. That collection is mind challenging. We are in striking range of both if you are
> so inclined.
>
> Matt
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> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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Go to Chicago on the way home, and do the Museum of Science and Industry. If you go out back, they have the U-boat captured (Boarded with cutlasses)
by Capt. Dan Gallery during WWII (the Big one). They cut openings in the hull so you can tour the boat. The idea of a bunch of guys in that thing
underwater for 20 or 30 hours while someone drops explosives all around gives me the willies. Gallery wrote of the capture and the trouble in getting
the boat to Chicago in his book U-505

--johnny
--
76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
 
> Go to Chicago on the way home, and do the Museum of Science and Industry. If you go out back, they have the U-boat captured (Boarded with
> cutlasses) by Capt. Dan Gallery during WWII (the Big one). They cut openings in the hull so you can tour the boat. The idea of a bunch of guys in
> that thing underwater for 20 or 30 hours while someone drops explosives all around gives me the willies. Gallery wrote of the capture and the
> trouble in getting the boat to Chicago in his book U-505
>
> --johnny

That is also a favorite bet winner of mine.

They got the sub's main engines restarted by towing it with a DD (destroyer).

So, when someone says you can't start a boat with dead battery by towing it, take the bet.

Matt - headed to a Wally's in Batavia tonight.
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Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
Actually, Gallery says the Navy would not allow them to run the main engines (although the Museum kicks them over now and again, or used to). He says
what they did was tow at high speed, unclutch the main engines but clutch the motor/generators and propeller shafts. Props spun the generators, they
got amps in the battery and could then run ballast pumps to get her on an even keel. The book is an interesting read. Gallery says he submitted
several sailors for high awards (they went into a sinking sub they'd never been in and managed to save it) but the Navy gave them lighter weight
awards. Atlantic sailors called the Good Conduct Medal "The Atlantic Navy Cross."

--johnny
--
76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
 
> Actually, Gallery says the Navy would not allow them to run the main engines (although the Museum kicks them over now and again, or used to). He
> says what they did was tow at high speed, unclutch the main engines but clutch the motor/generators and propeller shafts. Props spun the
> generators, they got amps in the battery and could then run ballast pumps to get her on an even keel. The book is an interesting read. Gallery
> says he submitted several sailors for high awards (they went into a sinking sub they'd never been in and managed to save it) but the Navy gave them
> lighter weight awards. Atlantic sailors called the Good Conduct Medal "The Atlantic Navy Cross."
>
> --johnny

What you read was completely correct. There were treaty provisions that would be an issue if the vessel was deemed functional. Command was also
afraid of something going wrong. By the time they got her to Bermuda, there were no tugs available, she had to be maneuvered under her own power.
These boats, unlike our fleet types had only the one machine on the shaft. So, they had to be maneuvered on electric. Some did have another clutch
so they could charge the main banks without turning the screw, not all could do this. Before they got there, they did start both main engines on air
because they did not know if they had enough battery to get her along side at the navy base. They knew that there were German spies in Hamilton.

When I lived in Connecticut near Electric Boat, I knew some of the crew involved. The whole thing was so secret that it apparently screwed up the
operation of the base in Bermuda for the rest of the war. Lots of really important stuff was captured.

Some story, isn't it?

Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
Bob,

Would have loved to see Dennis's collection, however, I had to get back to Sydney.

I was wondering where Dennis got his Futurliner, was it the one that Kindig restored?
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
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