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Mon, 23 April 2012 11:46 |
GMC_LES
Messages: 569
Registered: October 2009
Location: Montreal
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Well I had a busy weekend. Drove around lake Ontario and touched the lower
tip of Lake Huron, and was still able to sleep in my own bed Sunday night!
Saturday:
I left in the morning to head down to Marcus McGee's shop in Rochester. 6
hours on the road to pick up several parts that I needed and to give Marcus
several hours of help to move some of his shop equipment. Marcus has quite
a collection of stuff and is an interesting fellow. I enjoyed meeting him
and giving a helping hand. Hopefully he is able to find safe storage
for his 3 coaches and the plethora of misc GMC stuff he has. If it wasn't
such a distance away from home, I would have purchased one of his
Transmodes and brought it back with me. Left Marcus' shop Saturday evening
& spent another 3 hours driving up through Niagara falls and on to
Mississauga Ontario where I stayed overnight in a hotel.
Sunday:
Woke up early to find a damned flat on my trailer!%&#$!!. Fixed the flat,
had breakfast, and then slowly headed up to Owen Sound , pulling into Ray
McHugh's place 2.5 hrs later. Ray & I spent a few hours separating the
front sub-frame from the main frame and then loading all the parts on my
trailer.The frame came from his burnt 78 Eleganza which was apparently
rebuilt in the 90s by Clarence Buskirk. Several years ago Ray's
coach caught fire in his driveway and burnt down to the floorboards. The
fire must have been hot because there were molten pieces of aluminum stuck
to the frame in several places. Fortunately (for me) the fire's heat was
reflected away from the frame by the floorpan, which oddly didn't burn. Ray
later removed all of the flooring and rubble from the frame. Only a few
rubber parts suffered heat damage, mostly on the right front suspension,
the rest of the rubber components on the frame are still intact and
useable. Even the black water tank was undamaged. An un-named Aussie
purchased the engine and transmission from Ray last year and is presently
cleaning them up for re-use.
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Thanks,
Les Burt
Montreal
'75 Eleganza II 26ft
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Les Burt
Montreal
1975 Eleganza 26ft
A work in Progress
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