Help For The Big Jobs

[patrick flowers]

>
> The rally at Al Samsels in Bean Station is a Dixielanders, annualy
> held, work rally. Due to limited space and facillities reservations
> are by invitation only.

That makes sense. If it was open to everyone, I could see it getting
out of control very quickly.

> There are several clubs now that stage work rallys. If your particular
> club doesn't have a work rally mabe you could suggest and organize one
> for yourselves. These rallys are really great for those of us with
> limited skills; all the gurus pitch in and help with those unsolvable
> problems...............JR

Interesting concept. A couple other maillists that I subscribe to have
occasional "gatherings", either at larger events or by themselves. It
would be neat to arrange a gathering and possibly a work party of GMC
maillist subscribers.

Patrick
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[bartz paul]

Hi Patrick:

I'm back.

The work rally you refer to is a GMC Dixielander event held at the
Samsul's (sp?) in Bean Station TN, which is about 50 miles E NE of
Knoxville. I'm told there will be two rally's there this year. I don't
have the dates yet.

In addition, the GMC Great Lakers will also have a work rally in mid May
at the Wirth's in, I believe, Hartville OH (Akron area). Since I don't
have my roster at work I'm trying to go by memory on their location.

Any thoughts on creating a accessible data base of owners who have
installed coach upgrades that others could access for help and
information?

Regards,

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Flowers [SMTPatri63]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 11:41 AM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: GMC: Help For The Big Jobs
>

>
> Hello Fellow GMCers,
>
> I hope I don't have to drop those two big tanks.
>
> Paul Bartz stopped by for lunch yesterday on his way to a job at Fort
> Benning. Brought along a neat photo album full of GMC Rally pictures.
>
> The conversation basically put me into information overload as he's
> put many mod's on his Royale. I'd recommend him as a definite
> resource for BTDT(been there, done that) if you're considering mod's
> such as the 6 wheel disk brakes and four air-bag rear suspension.
>
> During the conversation, he mentions a "work rally" held after GMCI
> each year in Tennessee(? - Help me here Paul!). An owner with a big
> shop(including a pit) and plenty of parking room opens his place up
> for a week long work party. So, if you have a big job that you want
> to do but don't quite feel up to it, this might be the place to go!
>
> When Paul gets back to the office, maybe he can fill in all the blanks
> that my pitiful memory left behind.
>
> Patrick
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[bartz paul]

Dave:

I'm told that anyone (even non GMC'ers) can attend another FMCA Chapter
rally regardless of membership status as long as they are a FMCA member,
without prejudice??

Paul Bartz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: davegreenberg1 [SMTP:davegreenberg1]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 3:56 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: Help For The Big Jobs
>
> The work rally Paul was talking about is at Al Samsel's home in Bean
> Station, TN. Al is a VP at GMC MH, Int'l and a member of the GMC
> Dixielanders club. This work session may be by invitation only, not
> certain, though.

 

[patrick flowers]

> Any thoughts on creating a accessible data base of owners who have
> installed coach upgrades that others could access for help and
> information?

One of the many subjects that Paul and I discussed over lunch last
Tuesday was my desire to put together a "Tech" section for the web site.
This would be a place to outline common repairs and mod's with
instructions, helpful hints and pictures. It would be easy to add a
list of GMCnetters who've BTDT and would be willing to field questions
from others considering doing this sort of work themselves.

Keep in mind that I would have to excercise some editorial discretion
over comments. Any negative(or possibly positive) comments you might
make concerning a supplier's product would need to couched in terms of
your "opinions".

Comments?
Patrick
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