[Admin note - Chuck, always "reply" when sending something to GMCnet.
"Forwarding" will result in a "multi-part" message which will bounce.
Thanks! Patrick]
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:32:08 -0800
From: Chuck Will
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: lmason
Subject: wannabe/newby
Dear GMC friends. You are not crazy! I thought myself to be but was
assured by another GMC netter on his way through to Hawaii that I was
not. He said, you know Chuck, all the GMC people he met are either very
smart people or geniuses! He continued he never met a dumb one yet.
Granted it does take a different kind person to want to get into
motorhoming with a very old one. But this is not like we are getting a
covered wagon either. There are next to brand new coaches out there.
You can still buy nearly everything you need to fix, repair, or replace
them. So if you have the pocketbook and the ATTITUDE, that is probably
the important one of the two. ATTITUDE to do something like this you
are among a good group of people that like you Love the GMC. Strongly
suggest you get the GMCMM GMC Market Place Magazine, it is a monthly
paper and it has a lot of sales in the back, talk to GOLBY, CINNEBAR,
JIM BOUNDS, ALEX SIRUM and some of the others who do the restoration and
deal in service and GMC's for sale. If you buy one that has been
sitting for a long time and not running you will have like a model "T"
of some vintage 40's hot rod you want to fully restore. Buy as low as
you can and start replacing. On the other hand if you want to get right
in and turn key operation get one that is in good to excellent condition
and do just that drive it like you knew what you were doing. Still get
the GMCMM magazine, join a club both locally, and the GMC International.
Down load the Black list for your coach and if some trouble strikes
start calling GMC people. Have fun and good luck. PS If you are real
new to our GMC net, I ma Chuck Will, I own a 78 Eleganza II, I have had
some bad luck. You know what luck is don't you? You usually cause the
problem yourself. I have had two transmissions, and blew three engine
rod bearings. Bad engines from The Motor Works, poor mechanical work in
SLC and Beaver Utah. My last and hopefully final engine is a Joe
Mondello and Tom Green 455 and works like a fine swiss watch. I have
learned a lot of how to do. Grease change oil and crawl around beneath
it to see what is what. I have changed the holding tank, dropped the
gas tanks replaced the hoses belts etc. I have redone my front end and
so on and so forth. If you are handy you will save some money. Lord
knows there are enough people out there on our net to probably walk you
through any situation by hand. Chuck
"Forwarding" will result in a "multi-part" message which will bounce.
Thanks! Patrick]
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:32:08 -0800
From: Chuck Will
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: lmason
Subject: wannabe/newby
Dear GMC friends. You are not crazy! I thought myself to be but was
assured by another GMC netter on his way through to Hawaii that I was
not. He said, you know Chuck, all the GMC people he met are either very
smart people or geniuses! He continued he never met a dumb one yet.
Granted it does take a different kind person to want to get into
motorhoming with a very old one. But this is not like we are getting a
covered wagon either. There are next to brand new coaches out there.
You can still buy nearly everything you need to fix, repair, or replace
them. So if you have the pocketbook and the ATTITUDE, that is probably
the important one of the two. ATTITUDE to do something like this you
are among a good group of people that like you Love the GMC. Strongly
suggest you get the GMCMM GMC Market Place Magazine, it is a monthly
paper and it has a lot of sales in the back, talk to GOLBY, CINNEBAR,
JIM BOUNDS, ALEX SIRUM and some of the others who do the restoration and
deal in service and GMC's for sale. If you buy one that has been
sitting for a long time and not running you will have like a model "T"
of some vintage 40's hot rod you want to fully restore. Buy as low as
you can and start replacing. On the other hand if you want to get right
in and turn key operation get one that is in good to excellent condition
and do just that drive it like you knew what you were doing. Still get
the GMCMM magazine, join a club both locally, and the GMC International.
Down load the Black list for your coach and if some trouble strikes
start calling GMC people. Have fun and good luck. PS If you are real
new to our GMC net, I ma Chuck Will, I own a 78 Eleganza II, I have had
some bad luck. You know what luck is don't you? You usually cause the
problem yourself. I have had two transmissions, and blew three engine
rod bearings. Bad engines from The Motor Works, poor mechanical work in
SLC and Beaver Utah. My last and hopefully final engine is a Joe
Mondello and Tom Green 455 and works like a fine swiss watch. I have
learned a lot of how to do. Grease change oil and crawl around beneath
it to see what is what. I have changed the holding tank, dropped the
gas tanks replaced the hoses belts etc. I have redone my front end and
so on and so forth. If you are handy you will save some money. Lord
knows there are enough people out there on our net to probably walk you
through any situation by hand. Chuck
atrick
