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Fri, 01 October 2021 14:32 |
Margie Van Winkle
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We actually ended up with 34 first timers, and several wannabes.
Enjoyed the pictures Jon
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021, 9:58 AM Jon Roche wrote:
> I was fortunate enough again to have GMCMI fall rally just 3 hours away,
> so I sneak away from 4 days of being at work and was able to attend for the
> week. I used to really enjoy Dan Gregg's photos and commentary on the
> conventions, and I have taken better photos in the past. This year many
> friends that attended had some nice photos of the happenings on facebook,
> but most here probably did not see any of them, so I posted a few over at my
> blogsite, so others can enjoy.
>
>
> I think this is the 3rd full GMCMI Rally I have been able to really
> attend, and the 2nd time my coach had been able to be at one(both at
> chippewa
> falls) I did do a day trip to one in my early GMC ownership years when
> Dan insisted I at least show up to see what it is about.
>
>
> We missed many who did not attend. I think they had about 85 coaches,
> and I heard over 100 registrants. I heard 29 1st time attendees, and I
> know
> many of those are very recent GMC owners. I did not hear any of those
> claim that it was a waste of time, and at least 2 were bummed that they
> could
> not attend the entire time.
>
> Pretty cool things to see and do. they were installing windshields
> Saturday from 8am till Midnight and again back at it from 8am until at
> least 3pm
> on Sunday. Walt's coach was constantly circling the fairgrounds as he
> had everyone testing his brakes. He may need new pads when he gets home
> from
> all the stops! He even did a breaking contest against wally one
> morning(wally's coach did stop quicker). Coaches were weighed,
> headlights alined.
> I swapped out an owners airbags. One water pump was swapped out last
> weekend, but I think there was not too many major repairs. One guy brought
> his coach in on a gooseneck trailer on purpose. there was a oversized
> GMC mounted on a class A chassis to check out. Plenty of food, good
> information shared.
>
> Also a shout out to Sirum GMC for having a small crew on hand with parts
> to buy without paying shipping. They even installed a couple items for
> people, but more importantly sharing knowledge and helping guide many of
> the 29 new GMC owners on some proper repairs and what to watch out for to
> keep their coaches off the back of a tow truck. other venders such as
> JimK, JimB, DaveL, and others took time for virtual presence and answered
> questions for attendees as well.
>
> so here are a few photos for those that could not make it, and a reminder
> of the fun for those that did:
>
>
> http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/2021/10/gmcmi-2021-chippawa-falls-wi.html
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jon Roche
> 75 palm beach
> EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
> St. Cloud, MN
> http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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