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| Re: Seeking Battery Boost Visor Sleeve [message #362897 is a reply to message #362895] |
Thu, 18 March 2021 12:27   |
JohnS
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We bought our 77 Eleganza new in April 78, but I don't remember seeing that tag on the visor. We looked at several coaches at Reynolds Buick (as noted on the build sheet in your album), but bought ours at JC Fortune Pontiac in Santa Ana, CA. It was equipped the same as on the Kingsley build sheet, & we paid $29,995 for it and thought we were getting a bargain, as we had looked at several used ones in the 28-29000 range.
John Shutzbaugh, Vacaville, CA, ncserv@aol.com;
78 Buskirk stretch, "What were we thinking?"
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| Re: Seeking Battery Boost Visor Sleeve [message #362898 is a reply to message #362895] |
Thu, 18 March 2021 12:52 |
JohnL455
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My guess is it was only needed on early coaches before they went to the momentary switch. Makes sense to me. I went out and looked at my 77 E2 and no evidence of ever a sticker there. The sleeve of course would be discarded day 2.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: Seeking Battery Boost Visor Sleeve [message #362918 is a reply to message #362897] |
Fri, 19 March 2021 15:49 |
Jeremy Sanford
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JohnS wrote on Thu, 18 March 2021 10:27We bought our 77 Eleganza new in April 78, but I don't remember seeing that tag on the visor. We looked at several coaches at Reynolds Buick (as noted on the build sheet in your album), but bought ours at JC Fortune Pontiac in Santa Ana, CA. It was equipped the same as on the Kingsley build sheet, & we paid $29,995 for it and thought we were getting a bargain, as we had looked at several used ones in the 28-29000 range.
Wow, sounds like you got a great deal on yours! Mine was built in February 1977 but did not get sold until December '77 so I imagine the original owner got a pretty good deal on it.
JohnL455 wrote on Thu, 18 March 2021 10:52My guess is it was only needed on early coaches before they went to the momentary switch. Makes sense to me. I went out and looked at my 77 E2 and no evidence of ever a sticker there. The sleeve of course would be discarded day 2.
You wouldn't think a warning would be necessary but the Factory Assembly manual is from 1978 so they were still using it, and you can see it in the 1977 advertisement. I looked at the warnings in the owner's manual and nothing worthy of a visor sleeve jumps out.
Matt Colie wrote on Thu, 18 March 2021 12:11Jeremy,
When we acquired Chaumière there was a lot of the original tagging stuff included. Like the full set of post cards
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/gmc-advertizing-cards/p26328-advertizing-cards.html
These were stored carefully, but are going acid and may not be viable much longer. I would bet the same would go for the piece you seek.
Good Luck
Matt
This cards are AWESOME!
Jeremy Sanford
Sacramento, CA
1977 Kingsley
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/u42733-jsanford.html
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| Re: Seeking Battery Boost Visor Sleeve [message #362919 is a reply to message #362900] |
Fri, 19 March 2021 16:37 |
dsmithy
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Matt,
Any decent conservator could stabilize and de-acidify those cards for not much money. Seems like something Bill Bryant would like to throw into the collection. Just a thought.
Doug
Douglas & Virginia Smith,
dsmithy18 at gmail,
Lincoln Nebraska,
’73 “Sequoia” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy wheels/Sundry other
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| Re: Seeking Battery Boost Visor Sleeve [message #362922 is a reply to message #362920] |
Fri, 19 March 2021 17:29 |
dsmithy
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Matt,
If they're laminated or varnished it would be more of a problem I'm sure. But I totally agree they really are "awesome." That kind of ephemera, the museum term, is just the sort of thing that is normally discarded and lost to history. As GMC'ers we drive around in artifacts which, even if they are highly modified, are of historical significance in the automotive world. It certainly helps that they are a glorious set of compromises that add up to a durable and splendid machine, but that's what has kept them desirable and thus alive. They earned being historically significant by their parentage and initial popularity. Your cards are a rare subset of that legacy, it's great that you've taken quality photos of them, but how nice it would be to try to preserve the real thing. But of course, you knew all this already. Just my thoughts on it.
Doug
Douglas & Virginia Smith,
dsmithy18 at gmail,
Lincoln Nebraska,
’73 “Sequoia” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy wheels/Sundry other
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