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| The Beast is gone [message #262075] |
Tue, 16 September 2014 15:50  |
Mitch
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Location: Tacoma, Wa
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Well, The Beast has found a new home; Shoreline, which seems to have an attraction for GMCs.
A nice couple with plans to keep the Beastie traveling a lot.
Just to prove I'm not totally sane ... as if there was ever a doubt ... I picked up a '77 Jaguar XJ6-C over the weekend.
Beautiful paint,so-so interior, lots of fun to drive.
We may not be able to travel far, but Damn, we will do it in STYLE!!
Good luck to all, thanks for all the help and encouraging words, I couldn't have done it without you.
A Special thanks to Jim K. Sometimes those phone calls were as much about the laughter as the answers.
Mitch
Tacoma, Wa.
'80 Spitfire
'03 Windstar
'77 Jaguar XJ6-C
X(very)'76 PB 26 "The Beast"
Where it rains, always.
It's wet, No sun, Gray.
Go to Oregon.
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Beast is gone [message #262076 is a reply to message #262075] |
Tue, 16 September 2014 15:54  |
Olly Schmidt
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Hello Mitch,
great news that you found a new home for The Beast, and that you did
pursue the Jaguar!
Enjoy your new found space :)
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Best regards
Peer Oliver Schmidt
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'76a Eleganza II, VA
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| Re: [GMCnet] The Beast is gone [message #262086 is a reply to message #262081] |
Tue, 16 September 2014 18:42 |
Joe Weir
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Keith V wrote on Tue, 16 September 2014 17:32At least when the GMC breaks you can usually sleep in it 
Oh, you can do lots of things in a jaguar if you are limber enough, it would just be more comfortable in a GMC...
Reminds me of the F16 pilot and the C5 pilot talking back and forth while they were flying in formation on a trans ocean flight:
The F16 pilot is bragging about how superior his craft was, and to prove it executed a series of loops and rolls before rejoining the formation.
The C5 Pilot replies "thats nothing, watch this" and the big plane just flew on, straight and level.
After a few minutes the C5 pilot came back on and said "that is why the C5 is superior."
F16 pilot is incredulous and says "you didn't do anything!"
C5 pilot says "I got up stretched my legs, used the restroom, fixed a cup of coffee, ate a sandwich..."
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: The Beast is gone [message #262111 is a reply to message #262101] |
Tue, 16 September 2014 23:41 |
Mitch
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I paid slightly more than I had planned, but the paint and chrome are near perfect. The leather is well worn, but we'll see if some careful treatment will help it.
The engine has some leak issues, and there is a minor exhaust leak.
That being said, the PO is a vintage Jag racer (E type 6, E type 12, XK 140)so the steering rack is precise, the BW transmission shifts solidly, and she hugs the road like a cat.
Add to that - as low as the car sits, my wife with her bad back, can get in and out easily and the seat supports her perfectly.
Price/ slightly below $10K US.
These are getting as hard to find as a good MK 2.
As to E Types - as you know the sky's the limit, but the XJS is selling for 2-3 grand for a driver.
What's parts availability like down there?
Oh, and what's the conversion rate?
peter bailey wrote on Tue, 16 September 2014 19:00Mitch,
I could have bought 2 XJ6C about 4 years ago around the time the Pueblo GMCMI rally was held and we were in US for $US1000 in the Denver area but was not really interested as I am pretty much XKE and XJS follower. They were running but still were projects to be made easy saleable. On returning to Australia I found they would have been worth shipping as I could have profited on doing so even though they were LHD. Did you have to pay much for yours as the price would have gone up I assume? I would buy one now as I have an 78 xj6 Sovereign dieing in my yard and all the RHD requirements are there.
Cost to bring to Australia Purchase price ??
Shipping A$4500
Convert to RHD parts only A$1000
RHD car XJ6 C would be here currently priced from rough A$6000 to good driver on the road $15000
Peter Bailey
from Ozy (Australia)
Mitch
Tacoma, Wa.
'80 Spitfire
'03 Windstar
'77 Jaguar XJ6-C
X(very)'76 PB 26 "The Beast"
Where it rains, always.
It's wet, No sun, Gray.
Go to Oregon.
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| Re: The Beast is gone [message #262183 is a reply to message #262075] |
Wed, 17 September 2014 21:03 |
Mike Hensel
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Registered: September 2014
Location: Shoreline, Washington
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Hello All,
I have taken over in caring for Mitch's GMC, drove it home on Tuesday. It made it just fine. Runs like a champ.
We live in Shoreline and hope to be using it quite a bit. We travel around and do the Hobie Cat racing, in addition to camping trips.
Would love to meet some of the GMCers in Shoreline and The Seattle area. There is a lot I don't know about the GMC motorhome and it would be great to be able to draw on local experience.
Mike Hensel
Shoreline, Wa.
76 Palm Beach 26'
Shoreline, WA
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| Re: The Beast is gone [message #262185 is a reply to message #262075] |
Wed, 17 September 2014 21:48 |
kerry pinkerton
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Location: Harvest, Al
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Welcome to the cult Mitch. There are a couple great GMC clubs in your general neck of the woods.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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| Re: The Beast is gone [message #262187 is a reply to message #262183] |
Wed, 17 September 2014 22:13 |
Otterwan
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Mike Hensel wrote on Wed, 17 September 2014 19:03Hello All,
I have taken over in caring for Mitch's GMC, drove it home on Tuesday. It made it just fine. Runs like a champ.
We live in Shoreline and hope to be using it quite a bit. We travel around and do the Hobie Cat racing, in addition to camping trips.
Would love to meet some of the GMCers in Shoreline and The Seattle area. There is a lot I don't know about the GMC motorhome and it would be great to be able to draw on local experience.
Mike Hensel
Shoreline, Wa.
Hi Mike. I might be your nearest co-owner, in Lynnwood just off Aurora. Feel free to drop by sometime. PM me for directions. - Dave
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: The Beast is gone [message #262341 is a reply to message #262183] |
Fri, 19 September 2014 19:50 |
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Matt Colie
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Mike Hensel wrote on Wed, 17 September 2014 22:03Hello All,
I have taken over in caring for Mitch's GMC, drove it home on Tuesday. It made it just fine. Runs like a champ.
We live in Shoreline and hope to be using it quite a bit. We travel around and do the Hobie Cat racing, in addition to camping trips.
Would love to meet some of the GMCers in Shoreline and The Seattle area. There is a lot I don't know about the GMC motorhome and it would be great to be able to draw on local experience.
Mike Hensel
Shoreline, Wa.
Mike,
Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum....
You have just met a bunch of old friends that you probably didn't know you had.
Good to have another sailor in the group. I have sailed multi-hull, but sailing one was the only time I ever got bad hurt sailing so these days I just stay with keel boats and even at that, I don't race much any more.
You are already on GMCnet and that is great.
If you have any questions or problems, come back here before you do or buy anything.
Next, because it helps us help you, go to the control panel of the forum and fill in a sigfile. You are halfway there already.
Lastly, as I soon discovered that this group is so like the watermen that were all of my life, I decided to welcome new owners here much as a new owner or vessel would be welcomed there with paraphrase of an ages old greeting. So,
May the Good Lord Bless this coach and all those that set forth within her.
Welcome Mike.
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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