Our coach has a new home

[kerry pinkerton]

Our beloved 77 Eleganza has a new home in Northern Wisconsin. The new owner flew in Tuesday afternoon and we spent Wednesday going over things and
loading all the 'stuff'. He headed north in the rain from tropical storm Cindy and made it in two days.

It looks so odd to not see her sitting on the parking pad...
--
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama

77 Eleganza II, 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny, lots of aluminum goodies.

http://www.bdub.net/pinkerton/

'03 Fleetwood Discovery 39L

 

[LQQKatJon]

Hope to see them. Northern, wisconsin is a great place to own a gmc may-oct.

--
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/

 

[robert mueller]

Kerry,

Good on yah! Now on to the car hauler!

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
USAussie - Downunder
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces] On Behalf Of Kerry Pinkerton

Our beloved 77 Eleganza has a new home in Northern Wisconsin. The new owner flew in Tuesday afternoon and we spent Wednesday going
over things and loading all the 'stuff'. He headed north in the rain from tropical storm Cindy and made it in two days.

It looks so odd to not see her sitting on the parking pad...
--
Kerry Pinkerton -

 

[dave king]

Kerry, do you have another GMCMH or are you now without a coach ?
DK
--
DAVE KING
lurker, wannabe
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

[kerry pinkerton]

> Kerry, do you have another GMCMH or are you now without a coach ?
> DK

I still have my first GMC, a 76 Eleganza, that I purchased in order to build a car hauler for my art deco roadster. It will have a Caddy engine and,
if things work out, the rear wheels will BOTH be on TRAILING arms. I need go get the interior width as wide as possible so I'm going to do some
'stuff'. If I can find a reasonable 1 ton 4WD chevy front frame with the tranny and transfer case, I may try and engineer a whole new front subframe.
Big 4 wheel drive trucks are not that common down south. The engine is currently at Beavers Engines in Americus waiting to be run in. I'll pick it
up this summer and hope to build the front subframe/suspension on my welding table.

Here is a couple photos of what the car hauler will look like:

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/art-deco-roadster/p45163-gilmoreoiltruck.html

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/art-deco-roadster/p45164-gilmoreoil-truck2.html

I'll build a whole new front body and use the existing ribs and spars with some additional framing below the beltline to get the shape of the tanker.
Not sure if the back will fold down and become a ramp or lift up.

When the car's not in the hauler, it will have a fold down bed and kitchen and bath like areas.
--
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama

77 Eleganza II, 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny, lots of aluminum goodies.

http://www.bdub.net/pinkerton/

'03 Fleetwood Discovery 39L

 

[Jim Hupy]

Maybe you'll have time to finish the bottom half of Monique, too.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403

> > Kerry, do you have another GMCMH or are you now without a coach ?
> > DK
>
>
> I still have my first GMC, a 76 Eleganza, that I purchased in order to
> build a car hauler for my art deco roadster. It will have a Caddy engine
> and,
> if things work out, the rear wheels will BOTH be on TRAILING arms. I need
> go get the interior width as wide as possible so I'm going to do some
> 'stuff'. If I can find a reasonable 1 ton 4WD chevy front frame with the
> tranny and transfer case, I may try and engineer a whole new front subframe.
> Big 4 wheel drive trucks are not that common down south. The engine is
> currently at Beavers Engines in Americus waiting to be run in. I'll pick it
> up this summer and hope to build the front subframe/suspension on my
> welding table.
>
> Here is a couple photos of what the car hauler will look like:
>
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/art-deco-roadster/
> p45163-gilmoreoiltruck.html
>
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/art-deco-roadster/
> p45164-gilmoreoil-truck2.html
>
> I'll build a whole new front body and use the existing ribs and spars with
> some additional framing below the beltline to get the shape of the tanker.
> Not sure if the back will fold down and become a ramp or lift up.
>
> When the car's not in the hauler, it will have a fold down bed and kitchen
> and bath like areas.
> --
> Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
>
> 77 Eleganza II, 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny, lots of aluminum
> goodies.
>
> http://www.bdub.net/pinkerton/
>
> '03 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
>
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