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Thu, 31 July 2014 17:27

Dominik

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Registered: July 2014
Location: Zurich reg., Switzerland

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Hello guys,

I'm new here.
I am a 25 year old IT guy, swiss born and swiss living, with brown curled hair and brown eyes, and something draws me to Canada. Maybe someday I'll go there forever but for now I'd like to have something to travel as a common tourist. I'll go over on August 13th and will stay for five months. After that I'll go back to Switzerland. The prospective RV will be put in storage for the time I'm in Switzerland, hoping to get it out for travel annually.
The reason I look for a GMC Motorhome is because it is the most interesting coach, with the most interesting people surrounding it. A live community...
- I am not taking the coach to Europe, it is too big for the roads here. I will park it in B.C. for when I'm back in Europe.

WHAT
Looking for a 26ft with rear bed, preferrably permanent bed, because it fits a proper matress. Color doesn't matter, unless it's really uuh-gly.
Preferrably blue, but red works as does yellow, green, what have you...
Don't need a perfect coach, I can live with a rattle or two, and I can do a lot of work myself. My budget is limited, though. I like the idea of reliability of a Cinnabar coach, but I have to go for a TLC coach, preferrably in original condition, since I like those 70s' fabrics best.
I know the early models are not as good as the later ones, but I have to take what I get - but the seats will be replaced eventually with those plastic-back bucket seats, you know, those with the armrests folded into the seating base. I will replace fabric and foam as needed.

WHY CANADA
I'm looking for a reasonable priced unit in Canada. I have no american social security number, nor an american drivers license. And I don't need either to register and drive it in B.C., just an address, and an international license. And I have both, first in form of a family member who lets me receive mail at his house on Vancouver Island, B.C.

IMPORTING
Importing from the U.S. would make sense since prices there (am writing from Zurich) are reasonable, and in Canada they're not. The one for $ 6500 canadian was parked for 15 years, and the only positive thing I can see is it has Alcoas. BUT, I don't want to get entangled in something complicated as importing a vehicle from the U.S. to Canada as a citizen of neither of those two... This will be my only automobile in Canada, so I have nothing to run from office A to office B or from customs to wherever...
Just want a simple purchase, temp tag to drive it to B.C. and register permanently there.

WHAT NOW?
I will fly to Toronto on August 13th. My destination is B.C., but there were no/zero GMCs for sale, so I chose to go to Ontario where the most are advertized (on Kijiji and others). But only one is even close to my budget and it's the one for 6,500 canadian. And even I think it's overpriced so I asked James if he would come along, so I had a second opinion and somebody who knows what he talks about. I know a car, but every make and model have their secrets - I'm a Chrysler Minivan guy, no GM vehicle yet. (My budget is variable, but I'd rather have a little more on the side than invested, who knows what will happen next on a vehicle more than 40 years old...
I hope it turns out well and I may meet as many of you as I can. Maybe I end up purchasing that red one, hopefully for a descent price.
I'm sure I would regret it every mile, (or every other kilometer) knowing that it wasn't worth what I've paid for it.
So that's why I've asked James from Toronto to come along to see that unit and it's seller. Hope he got my eMail.

So far, thank you all for your support, can't wait to read what you all have to say.

Dominik

The one I'm gonna look at:
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-rv-motorhome/mississauga-peel-region/1973-gmc-motorhome/598313578

- The good the bad and the ugly and its all me -

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		Prospective owner from Zurich - That's me By: Dominik on Thu, 31 July 2014 17:27
		Re: Prospective owner from Zurich - That's me By: ggroth on Thu, 31 July 2014 19:04
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