| Re: [GMCnet] Greetings and a question [message #77194 is a reply to message #77173] |
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Amazing. You win the prize for best story.
Byron Songer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Torgerson <a1nss@yahoo.com>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Date: 03/19/10 04:48
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Greetings and a question
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> Greetings!
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> I'm a newbie myself. You will find a great group of people here to help you.
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> You remind me of how my dream of owning a GMC coach - which just came true.
> In the 80's my parents bought a 1973 Winnebago motorhome. In the back magazine rack I found a 1973 RV buyers guild. It contained every class A,B and C motorhome on the market for 1973. When I was bored on a long trip I grabbed it and came across the write up, specs and photos of the GMC coach. I could not believe it. Smooth sides and roof - aerodynamic design and super large windows - no other RV looked so cool. It looked like it came from the future.
> Growing up I noticed the prices for these were way too high for me. Finally in my mid thirties the prices were coming down to between 10 - 12,000 dollars for one. So I waited and waited. Driving the remote country one day I saw one for sale sitting in a field. I had to turn around and check it out. It was within my price range. I meet with the seller and made sure the air suspension, the generator and the roof air worked - and went for a test drive. The closet door came open. The refrigerator door came open and each started banging into each other. I was trying to focus on the noises of the engine when a side window fell out and disappeared into a million pieces as it smashed onto the road. Not a good first impression - but I liked it and made a low ball offer. He would not take it stating how much these are worth. I noticed the tags were expired. I asked if he had clear title - he admitted he did not !
> He bought the coach from a widow after her husband had passed away - she couldn't find the title and ever since this guy bought the GMC he could not title or register it.
> He said he had a bill of sale from the widow and would be willing to write me a bill of sale too.
> Wow. Thats nice.
> A call to the Motor Vehicles Division (DMV) told me what I already knew: Don't buy a vehicle without a title !!!!
> But I just could not let it go. I have been a private Detective for over 15 years so I did some research. Long story short it took me over 5 months to track down and gather documentation on 5 different people who still had security interest in the vehicle - one didn't even know it. I had to find and obtain the following: proof of death on two (2) of them, a release of interest (1) and a bill of sell (1) from the widow AND a bill of sale (1) from the guy selling the coach.
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> Honestly - I can't imagine someone else doing what i did to get title to this coach - but the fact that he didn't have a title allowed me to wear him down to a $4,500.00 sell price. Finding dead people is not easy. In fact DMV wrote me a letter stating my request for title could not be completed without a signed release from one of the deceased security interest holders. I told them on the phone "I can't get a signed release from a dead person!!" After 2 months DMV finally accepted the proof of death and a letter from the attorney who handled the decedent's will. Crazy.
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> As another gentleman said - look at this as a hobby. I think we all share the joy (and pains) of bringing the coach back to life again.
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> '73 Canyon Lands
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> ________________________________
> From: Bryan Hayes <hayesnet1@gmail.com>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Sent: Thu, March 18, 2010 8:30:07 PM
> Subject: [GMCnet] Greetings and a question
>
> Greetings, all. I'm brand new to this list. I've been interested in GMC
> motor homes pretty much since I was a kid in the mid-1970s. My family and I
> were traveling along a strip of interstate highway somewhere on a trip in
> our 25' Dodge Explorer motor home, which had had no end to problems. As we
> were driving along, a shiny new GMC glided past us. My mother, no doubt
> summing up all of the repair bills and lost vacation time in her head,
> commented, "I wish we would have gotten one of those." For some reason, the
> sight of that futuristic-looking motor home and my mother's comment has
> stuck with me all these years.
>
> I'm now actively searching for one, and have seen some beautiful
> restorations that were way out of my price range, some fairly decent units
> that were moderately priced, as well as ones that would make great
> restoration projects. One question has been nagging me though, and that is
> this:
>
> Why hasn't a company stepped forward to design and build a new, updated
> GMC-style motor home?
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Byron Songer
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Former owner but still an admirer
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