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[GMCnet] Parts coach in Everett Washington [message #134820] Sat, 16 July 2011 11:57 Go to next message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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I have not seen this coach in person. The owner called me yesterday trying
to sell it. 1974 26', don't know the model or TZE # but owner claims that it
runs and moves under it's own power. Interior gutted. He emailed me 3
sideways pix and it looked to be in fair condition. Good windshields & other
glass. Price negotiable. Contact him at 4253081309@vzwpix.com I believe the
number in his email address is also his phone#. Probably parts only
condition. Brief conversation that I had with him left me with the
impression that he might have an inflated opinion of it's value, but that is
only my opinion. Check for yourself.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
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Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach in Everett Washington [message #137413 is a reply to message #134820] Thu, 04 August 2011 00:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sgltrac is currently offline  sgltrac   United States
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Jim,
I went up and looked at it a couple of weeks ago and it was in very poor
shape body wise and questionable mechanical. He did have an inflated sense
of the value. I was able to negotiate a decent price to let me attack it for
about four hours and was able to get much of the stuff on my need list and
everything else I thought had any value. The windshields I needed since mine
are quite cloudy around the perimeter. I grabbed the rt/lt toll window
assemblies, back glass and gasket, complete dash board/heater box/steering
column with tilt and cruise/suspension compressor/orig carb/main engine
harness/some of the window screens/grille/headlamp doors/booster and master
cylinder/ cruise control/original 8 track stereo/complete instrument
cluster/and some original hub caps for the steel wheels. I have no need for
the hubcaps( or the 8-track for that matter). One is road rash,one is good
and the third is pretty pristine. The coach did run and drive when I went to
look at it but both bags were blown and all rear lighting missing. It would
have cost me too much to tow it to my house so I pulled it apart at his
business. He was adament about retaining the scrap but I told him if he had
no luck selling the motor I had a friend who told me he would give $200 for
the engine. A few days later he called me back and said we were a go on the
motor. I told him I would only take it if it had the trans and final drive
still with it. He agreed and we made the deal. My friend was to go and get
the thing,pull the motor off and give me the trans/final drive. My friend
called me the next day after he tore into the motor and said it had a blown
head gasket and bent push rods and someone had taken all the rocker arms off
inside one valve cover. I called the seller back and asked him W.T.F.? He
said they went to drive it to an auction and the motor came unglued. I told
him that was bs not to let me know as last I knew it ran. He said he would
give the money back if we brought it back. Yay I ended up giving my bud
$100 bucks to make the motor more appealing to him and the seller tore the
hulk up with a track hoe and scrapped it. I plan on trying to figure out a
cheap way to get the drive to Jim K for lim slip and re-gear, the trans keep
for a spare(looks rebuilt). So now I have an even bigger pile of parts to
manage. There is no interior stuff at all other than dash. It took me about
an hour and a half just to design and build a decent pallet to keep the
windshields on. If anyone interested in any of this stuff reply to this
thread or send me a P.M.

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:57 AM, James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have not seen this coach in person. The owner called me yesterday trying
> to sell it. 1974 26', don't know the model or TZE # but owner claims that
> it
> runs and moves under it's own power. Interior gutted. He emailed me 3
> sideways pix and it looked to be in fair condition. Good windshields &
> other
> glass. Price negotiable. Contact him at 4253081309@vzwpix.com I believe
> the
> number in his email address is also his phone#. Probably parts only
> condition. Brief conversation that I had with him left me with the
> impression that he might have an inflated opinion of it's value, but that
> is
> only my opinion. Check for yourself.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, OR
> 78 GMC Royale 403
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Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach in Everett Washington [message #137415 is a reply to message #137413] Thu, 04 August 2011 02:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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Todd, did you salvage the bogies? I have need for some late ones.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Todd Sullivan <sgltrac@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim,
> I went up and looked at it a couple of weeks ago and it was in very poor
> shape body wise and questionable mechanical. He did have an inflated sense
> of the value. I was able to negotiate a decent price to let me attack it
> for
> about four hours and was able to get much of the stuff on my need list and
> everything else I thought had any value. The windshields I needed since
> mine
> are quite cloudy around the perimeter. I grabbed the rt/lt toll window
> assemblies, back glass and gasket, complete dash board/heater box/steering
> column with tilt and cruise/suspension compressor/orig carb/main engine
> harness/some of the window screens/grille/headlamp doors/booster and master
> cylinder/ cruise control/original 8 track stereo/complete instrument
> cluster/and some original hub caps for the steel wheels. I have no need for
> the hubcaps( or the 8-track for that matter). One is road rash,one is good
> and the third is pretty pristine. The coach did run and drive when I went
> to
> look at it but both bags were blown and all rear lighting missing. It would
> have cost me too much to tow it to my house so I pulled it apart at his
> business. He was adament about retaining the scrap but I told him if he had
> no luck selling the motor I had a friend who told me he would give $200 for
> the engine. A few days later he called me back and said we were a go on the
> motor. I told him I would only take it if it had the trans and final drive
> still with it. He agreed and we made the deal. My friend was to go and get
> the thing,pull the motor off and give me the trans/final drive. My friend
> called me the next day after he tore into the motor and said it had a blown
> head gasket and bent push rods and someone had taken all the rocker arms
> off
> inside one valve cover. I called the seller back and asked him W.T.F.? He
> said they went to drive it to an auction and the motor came unglued. I told
> him that was bs not to let me know as last I knew it ran. He said he would
> give the money back if we brought it back. Yay I ended up giving my bud
> $100 bucks to make the motor more appealing to him and the seller tore the
> hulk up with a track hoe and scrapped it. I plan on trying to figure out a
> cheap way to get the drive to Jim K for lim slip and re-gear, the trans
> keep
> for a spare(looks rebuilt). So now I have an even bigger pile of parts to
> manage. There is no interior stuff at all other than dash. It took me about
> an hour and a half just to design and build a decent pallet to keep the
> windshields on. If anyone interested in any of this stuff reply to this
> thread or send me a P.M.
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:57 AM, James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have not seen this coach in person. The owner called me yesterday
> trying
> > to sell it. 1974 26', don't know the model or TZE # but owner claims that
> > it
> > runs and moves under it's own power. Interior gutted. He emailed me 3
> > sideways pix and it looked to be in fair condition. Good windshields &
> > other
> > glass. Price negotiable. Contact him at 4253081309@vzwpix.com I believe
> > the
> > number in his email address is also his phone#. Probably parts only
> > condition. Brief conversation that I had with him left me with the
> > impression that he might have an inflated opinion of it's value, but that
> > is
> > only my opinion. Check for yourself.
> > Jim Hupy
> > Salem, OR
> > 78 GMC Royale 403
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Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach in Everett Washington [message #137416 is a reply to message #134820] Thu, 04 August 2011 05:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Ruff is currently offline  John Ruff   United States
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Please say you kept the carburetor!

John Ruff
Chandler, AZ
1975 Eleganza
WA3RIG

If I use ZDDP in a new car - will the tappets go flat?
Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach in Everett Washington [message #137440 is a reply to message #137415] Thu, 04 August 2011 08:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sgltrac is currently offline  sgltrac   United States
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No jim, I did not grab the bogies. Sorry
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Todd, did you salvage the bogies? I have need for some late ones.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Todd Sullivan <sgltrac@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim,
> I went up and looked at it a couple of weeks ago and it was in very poor
> shape body wise and questionable mechanical. He did have an inflated sense
> of the value. I was able to negotiate a decent price to let me attack it
> for
> about four hours and was able to get much of the stuff on my need list and
> everything else I thought had any value. The windshields I needed since
> mine
> are quite cloudy around the perimeter. I grabbed the rt/lt toll window
> assemblies, back glass and gasket, complete dash board/heater box/steering
> column with tilt and cruise/suspension compressor/orig carb/main engine
> harness/some of the window screens/grille/headlamp doors/booster and master
> cylinder/ cruise control/original 8 track stereo/complete instrument
> cluster/and some original hub caps for the steel wheels. I have no need for
> the hubcaps( or the 8-track for that matter). One is road rash,one is good
> and the third is pretty pristine. The coach did run and drive when I went
> to
> look at it but both bags were blown and all rear lighting missing. It would
> have cost me too much to tow it to my house so I pulled it apart at his
> business. He was adament about retaining the scrap but I told him if he had
> no luck selling the motor I had a friend who told me he would give $200 for
> the engine. A few days later he called me back and said we were a go on the
> motor. I told him I would only take it if it had the trans and final drive
> still with it. He agreed and we made the deal. My friend was to go and get
> the thing,pull the motor off and give me the trans/final drive. My friend
> called me the next day after he tore into the motor and said it had a blown
> head gasket and bent push rods and someone had taken all the rocker arms
> off
> inside one valve cover. I called the seller back and asked him W.T.F.? He
> said they went to drive it to an auction and the motor came unglued. I told
> him that was bs not to let me know as last I knew it ran. He said he would
> give the money back if we brought it back. Yay I ended up giving my bud
> $100 bucks to make the motor more appealing to him and the seller tore the
> hulk up with a track hoe and scrapped it. I plan on trying to figure out a
> cheap way to get the drive to Jim K for lim slip and re-gear, the trans
> keep
> for a spare(looks rebuilt). So now I have an even bigger pile of parts to
> manage. There is no interior stuff at all other than dash. It took me about
> an hour and a half just to design and build a decent pallet to keep the
> windshields on. If anyone interested in any of this stuff reply to this
> thread or send me a P.M.
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:57 AM, James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have not seen this coach in person. The owner called me yesterday
> trying
> > to sell it. 1974 26', don't know the model or TZE # but owner claims that
> > it
> > runs and moves under it's own power. Interior gutted. He emailed me 3
> > sideways pix and it looked to be in fair condition. Good windshields &
> > other
> > glass. Price negotiable. Contact him at 4253081309@vzwpix.com I believe
> > the
> > number in his email address is also his phone#. Probably parts only
> > condition. Brief conversation that I had with him left me with the
> > impression that he might have an inflated opinion of it's value, but that
> > is
> > only my opinion. Check for yourself.
> > Jim Hupy
> > Salem, OR
> > 78 GMC Royale 403
> > _______________________________________________
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Sully 77 Royale basket case. Future motorhome land speed record holder(bucket list) Seattle, Wa.
Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach in Everett Washington [message #137442 is a reply to message #134820] Thu, 04 August 2011 08:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I did keep the carb. I need to verify that it is a gmc motorhome carb. If so I will have a spare core(the one that came on mine that lived through the fire)
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Please say you kept the carburetor!
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Noxen, PA
1975 Eleganza
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Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach in Everett Washington [message #137457 is a reply to message #137440] Thu, 04 August 2011 10:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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As it was a 1974, they would not have been "late" ones. The change was MY1975.

sgltrac wrote on Thu, 04 August 2011 06:42

No jim, I did not grab the bogies. Sorry

> Todd, did you salvage the bogies? I have need for some
> late ones.



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Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach [message #139943 is a reply to message #134820] Thu, 18 August 2011 22:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
George Zhookoff is currently offline  George Zhookoff   United States
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Hey Johnny,
Let me know if you need some help.
George Zhookoff
78 EL II
Snellville, GA

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Gonna go look at a potential parts coach this evening. If I can steal it, and if he will wait a week or so for me to moveit, I'll do so. Looks not too terribly bad in the pictures.

--johnny

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Re: [GMCnet] Parts coach [message #151323 is a reply to message #134820] Fri, 02 December 2011 12:56 Go to previous message
sgltrac is currently offline  sgltrac   United States
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Haha!!!!! Too funny Mark!

Sully
77 royale
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Not sure if mine will slide the tires but I know the tv mounted on the wall mount behind the passenger seat will swing around and hit the wife in the back of the head just before her book hits me in the side of the head....

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