| Re: [GMCnet] The Possum is Home [message #140035 is a reply to message #140010] |
Fri, 19 August 2011 14:38   |
Ken Henderson
Messages: 8726
Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
Karma:
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Randy & Margie,
I'm truly proud to know Y'All! Can't imagine anyone being more helpful, and
to someone who's really a stranger except for being a new member of our
"cult".
Thank you very much,
Ken H.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Randy Van Winkle <rvanwin@yahoo.com>wrote:
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> Yesterday, Margie and I delivered the Possum coach to Marsha. After close
> to 1500 miles (remember we took the southern rout to avoid long 6% grades)
> the coach arrived safe and sound. Well, sound may be a little stretch, the
> coach needs work but Marsha is determined to get started on her new project.
>
> Fuel costs were approximately $640.00 just for the coach. Marsha paid that
> bill as well as quite a bit of our expenses. The Possum fund paid for the
> parts (approximately $300.00) to get it rolling (and keep it rolling) and
> for some of our expenses associated with the retrieval. I apologize that I
> don't have the exact accounting. I left all of the receipts and accounting
> with Marsha and forgot to keep a copy.
>
> By the time we arrived at Marsha's, a bearing was starting to make itself
> known. Could have been a front wheel bearing but sounded and acted more
> like a FD bearing or an inner CV joint. That is on Marsha's project list.
>
> I'm grateful for all of the help in getting this coach running. Marsha had
> the expectation that with a few minor repairs, this coach could be driven
> home. When faced with the reality of what was needed, she proceeded to
> handle her situation. First, trying to sell the coach, no takers. And
> then, to part the coach out to recover some of her investment. Lots of
> offers to take parts but then the GMC community felt that the coach should
> be saved if possible. Hence, the possum fund and volunteers to provide a
> place to keep the coach, put on exhaust, fix fuel delivery issues and then
> additional work to get it running reliably and safely, and keep it rolling
> for it's trip home.
>
> Another coach saved from being parted, then crushed. Good job GMC
> community!
>
>
> --
> Randy & Margie
> '77 Eleganza II '403'
> Battlefield, MO
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