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cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123095] Mon, 25 April 2011 08:53 Go to next message
hertfordnc is currently offline  hertfordnc   United States
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We're using our old Boles Aero trailer for the first time. I found a beat up old kitchen knife buried in a drawer. I cleaned and ran a steal across it. It's a fairly nice Vitronix chefs knife. very sharp. The knife and a two burner cast iron griddle have served very well on this trip.

So i thought others might have interesting finds in old coaches to share.



Dave & Ellen Silva Hertford, NC 76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021 It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
Re: cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123096 is a reply to message #123095] Mon, 25 April 2011 09:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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hertfordnc wrote on Mon, 25 April 2011 08:53

We're using our old Boles Aero trailer for the first time. I found a beat up old kitchen knife buried in a drawer. I cleaned and ran a steal across it. It's a fairly nice Vitronix chefs knife. very sharp. The knife and a two burner cast iron griddle have served very well on this trip.

So i thought others might have interesting finds in old coaches to share.





This GMC nameplate...

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=19116&cat=4620

Bill Bryant said it is the only one he has seen with the GM package...

Dennis



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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123097 is a reply to message #123096] Mon, 25 April 2011 09:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That's pretty cool. I remember reading that they had done this. I wonder if Terry Taylor can make replicas?

DC

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> Bill Bryant said it is the only one he has seen with the GM package...
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icon2.gif  Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123106 is a reply to message #123097] Mon, 25 April 2011 11:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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no contest! Dave / Marsha in Marsha's coach! Laughing

http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=msg&th=16511

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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123119 is a reply to message #123106] Mon, 25 April 2011 14:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I found two tall hydraulic jacks about 24 to 30" long. One in the box on the roof and the other under a seat.
Where were these used?
Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123120 is a reply to message #123119] Mon, 25 April 2011 14:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Harry wrote on Mon, 25 April 2011 14:05

I found two tall hydraulic jacks about 24 to 30" long. One in the box on the roof and the other under a seat.
Where were these used?


Were they perhaps original jacks?

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8091&cat=3707

Dennis

(borrowed photo)


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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123122 is a reply to message #123120] Mon, 25 April 2011 14:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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on the other 'borrowed photo', the WRENCH - wheel #706744... I'd hate to try and use it..
Mine is a 3' BMF breaker bar with an approx 3' pipe to extend it.
Sometimes it takes all of it to break them loose.


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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123124 is a reply to message #123106] Mon, 25 April 2011 14:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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WOW, no thanks, those creatures can get angry.

Ray


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no contest! Dave / Marsha in Marsha's coach! :lol:

http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=msg&th=16511

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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123137 is a reply to message #123120] Mon, 25 April 2011 15:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Were they perhaps original jacks?

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8091&cat=3707

Dennis

(borrowed photo)[/quote]

Yes, that's what they look like. I'll see if they have the same gizmo on top. I didn't notice any chain. Also found an aluminum bar for emergency air bag replacement. And a jack hook.
Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123144 is a reply to message #123097] Mon, 25 April 2011 17:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Not embossed, but otherwise, probably.

On 4/25/2011 7:29 AM, Desmond wrote:
> That's pretty cool. I remember reading that they had done this. I wonder if Terry Taylor can make replicas?
>
> DC
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>> This GMC nameplate...
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>> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=19116&cat=4620
>>
>> Bill Bryant said it is the only one he has seen with the GM package...
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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123160 is a reply to message #123124] Mon, 25 April 2011 19:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Twern't to bad. She was just a little unhappy that her lease was up and not going to be renewed.
Speaking of which, anyone want to buy a slightly used opossum house?
Marsha

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Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 2:40 PM

WOW, no thanks, those creatures can get angry.

Ray


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no contest! Dave / Marsha in Marsha's coach! :lol:

http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=msg&th=16511

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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123167 is a reply to message #123160] Mon, 25 April 2011 20:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Marsha: For real? I mean, you're selling the Casa de Possum? Isn't it
THIS close to being drivable? Heck, I'm contemplating spending a
thousand dollars on getting a junker GMC (by the time Ive given the
guy 500 bucks, driven 500 miles round trip to buy some cheap steelie
wheels, and had it towed someplace). It would seem that just a bit
more work and you'd have the rig you've wanted?

Robin



On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Marsha <makeminetea@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Twern't to bad. She was just a little unhappy that her lease was up and not going to be renewed.
> Speaking of which, anyone want to buy a slightly used opossum house?
> Marsha
>
> --- On Mon, 4/25/11, Ray Erspamer <78gmc-royale@att.net> wrote:
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> From: Ray Erspamer <78gmc-royale@att.net>
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ?
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> Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 2:40 PM
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> WOW, no thanks, those creatures can get angry.
>
>  Ray
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> Ray & Lisa Erspamer
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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123169 is a reply to message #123167] Mon, 25 April 2011 20:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Robin,
Yes, in a weekend and another $1000, give or take a little, it will run (actually started on starting fluid before I left). The biggest problem for me is the 1,200 miles from home. I was really looking for something that was in mechanically better shape. My skills do not fall the the wrench turning side but more interior finishing. I feel horrible relying on others to make my project roll, and don't have the funds available in the short term to pay someone to make it go. So, she must go to someone with either more money, more skills or someone closer to her current location.
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Re: [GMCnet] cool things found in old coaches ? [message #123182 is a reply to message #123124] Mon, 25 April 2011 21:12 Go to previous message
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When I worked in an emergency room I helped a doctor repair the end of a
finger of a coon hunter. The doc had to carve some bone away in order to
pull skin over the end.

The fellow thought he had killed the coon but found out he hadn't. I suspect
possums can do as much damage. For sure, those little ones were giving off a
warning signal.

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Ray Erspamer wrote:

> WOW, no thanks, those creatures can get angry.
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> Ray
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> TZE368V101144
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> Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
> 414-745-3188
> Web Site: http://ray-lisa.page.tl/
>
>
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> no contest! Dave / Marsha in Marsha's coach! :lol:
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