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Selling my beloved Glenbrook [message #171003] Sun, 27 May 2012 19:30 Go to next message
imon_2nd is currently offline  imon_2nd   United States
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Sad
Hello, all.

It's been 8 years. Now that the kids are grown and my wife no longer enjoys overnighters in Big Yellow, I've decided the best thing to do is sell her. Not my wife, the GMC.

Here are the photos I took today:

http://s1054.photobucket.com/albums/s482/imon_2nd/GMC%20Glenbrook%201976/

I'll look at Bethune and other sites to get an idea of what I should ask. I know, the market sucks, but it's better that somebody get some use out of this great coach.



Cheers, David-- BIG YLLO-- '76 Glenbrook
Re: [GMCnet] Selling my beloved Glenbrook [message #171013 is a reply to message #171003] Sun, 27 May 2012 20:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
powerjon is currently offline  powerjon   United States
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David,
Sell the wife, keep the coach! It is a shame that your better half
has lost interest in getting away and exploring. We built our coach
for ourselves as it allows us to do things and go places in comfort,
safety and style. Even at our stage in life, age 67 for me and
slightly younger for her we look forward to using our coach to see
places we have not been before and do things we have not done before.
By the time that you figure hotel, meals, car expenses that include
fuel, maintenance, insurance. It cost me less to go to Tucson AZ and
stay for two month that for someone to use their car and rent for two
month. I have my own bed, bath & shower and Kitchen! So much for the
rant, sorry!

Coach looks like a box stock Glenbrook in good shape, IMHO a fair
price would be in the 14K to 19K range, but people have been giving
their coaches away at very low prices and that hurts all GMC classic
coach owners.

JR Wright
GMC Great Laker MHC
GMC Eastern States
GMCMHI
78 Buskirk 30' Stretch
1975 Avion (Under Reconstruction)
Michigan

On May 27, 2012, at 8:30 PM, David M. Schwartz wrote:

>
>
> :(
> Hello, all.
>
> It's been 8 years. Now that the kids are grown and my wife no longer
> enjoys overnighters in Big Yellow, I've decided the best thing to do
> is sell her. Not my wife, the GMC.
>
> Here are the photos I took today:
>
> http://s1054.photobucket.com/albums/s482/imon_2nd/GMC%20Glenbrook%201976/
>
> I'll look at Bethune and other sites to get an idea of what I should
> ask. I know, the market sucks, but it's better that somebody get
> some use out of this great coach.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David--
>
> BIG YLLO--
> '76 Glenbrook
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J.R. Wright
GMC GreatLaker
GMC Eastern States
GMCMI
78 30' Buskirk Stretch
75 Avion Under Reconstruction
Michigan
Re: [GMCnet] Selling my beloved Glenbrook [message #171036 is a reply to message #171013] Sun, 27 May 2012 22:27 Go to previous message
imon_2nd is currently offline  imon_2nd   United States
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Cool

Funny about the wife, J.R. Of course, I don't have that option.

My coach is almost "box stock," except for extra overhead cabinets, engine compartment cooling vents, heavy duty front wheel bearings, tachometer, and a microwave/convection oven. I couldn't stand the color of the original carpet so the new one is "wrong." Both myself and the previous owner attempted to keep the coach as original as possible. Too bad the decals are fading, otherwise the exterior finish is still good.

Over the years, lots of things just wore out and had to be replaced or rebuilt, but that's par for the course. It's not the 100,000 miles that have caused most of the wear; it's the 36 years that simply aged out a lot of soft parts.

I was hoping one of my kids would take a shine to Big Yellow and want to keep her. Unfortunately, they aren't into road trips or tinkering with machinery. Might be a generational thing.




Cheers, David-- BIG YLLO-- '76 Glenbrook
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