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Dominik is currently offline  Dominik   Switzerland
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So who do you guys think will be at the "West Coast GMCers European Tour" in Basel ?
It's an hours' drive away.
Should I go there ?
What do you think ?

Dominik


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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279436 is a reply to message #279433] Tue, 09 June 2015 13:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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There will be an international contingent. Canadian, American, and
Austrailian. 20 GMCers are signed up. We all would love to meet any and all
European GMCers. Probably be a once in a lifetime opportunity. We drive
further than an hour just for a good cup of coffee or meals here on the
West Coast. Oregon has one county larger than most countries in Europe.
Actually larger than 5 Eastern States in total land area. ( brag off).
Jim Hupy and Judy Countermine
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On Jun 9, 2015 10:40 AM, "Dominik Hertle" wrote:

> So who do you guys think will be at the "West Coast GMCers European Tour"
> in Basel ?
> It's an hours' drive away.
> Should I go there ?
> What do you think ?
>
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Re: West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279437 is a reply to message #279433] Tue, 09 June 2015 13:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I've just joined so I don't about this. When is it & where can I find more info please.

(I'm in the UK)

Angus
Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279438 is a reply to message #279433] Tue, 09 June 2015 14:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi Dominik

There will be at least 12 experienced GMC Owners including those who
regularly work on other Coaches.

I hour drive in Canada gets you to see only a few people. You can drive 12
hours in Canada and see more deer or gophers than people.

This would be a once in a million opportunity for you.
Regards
Dwayne
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On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Dominik Hertle wrote:

> So who do you guys think will be at the "West Coast GMCers European Tour"
> in Basel ?
> It's an hours' drive away.
> Should I go there ?
> What do you think ?
>
> Dominik
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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279440 is a reply to message #279437] Tue, 09 June 2015 14:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dwayne jacobson[1] is currently offline  dwayne jacobson[1]   United States
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Hi Angus;

We are arriving on August 19th in Basel. Some are touring Lucerne on the
20th while a number are going to an Auto Museum in France. The river
cruise starts Aug 21st.
we land in Amsterdam on the morning of the 28th and have a couple days
there.
for more detail you can contact myself off the net at
dwayne.jacobson@gmail.com

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> I've just joined so I don't about this. When is it & where can I find more
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> (I'm in the UK)
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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279441 is a reply to message #279433] Tue, 09 June 2015 14:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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'Tain't ALL "West Coast GMCers" -- Aussie/American Rob will be there, as
will Deep South ME. :-)

Ken H.
Americus, GA


On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Dominik Hertle wrote:

> So who do you guys think will be at the "West Coast GMCers European Tour"
> in Basel ?
> It's an hours' drive away.
> Should I go there ?
> What do you think ?
>
>
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Re: West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279444 is a reply to message #279433] Tue, 09 June 2015 16:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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By "it's an hours' drive away" I meant that it is ONLY an hours drive away.
Although, a one hour drive in Switzerland is reasonably far, since you can drive thru all of Switzerland in about 3 hours.
But of course, I'll gladly start my car to see you all.

I was very surprised to read about it. I just informed Grant, the Admin for the "GMC Motorhome UK" group, since he is geographically close.

DWAYNE, you mean the Musée Schlumpf (car museum) ? It is very nice, I definitely prefer it over world-famous Beaulieu museum in England.

So you people ship your coach in ?
I can't wait to meet you all. And see your coaches.

Domink


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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279446 is a reply to message #279444] Tue, 09 June 2015 16:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dominic, we are not bringing our coaches, most of us are going on a river
cruise to Amsterdam. Some are going to Romania, then Copenhagen, then an
Atlantic crossing to New York. Sorry if I my comment came across as
disrespectful, I did not mean for it to be.
Jim Hupy
On Jun 9, 2015 2:07 PM, "Dominik Hertle" wrote:

> By "it's an hours' drive away" I meant that it is ONLY an hours drive away.
> Although, a one hour drive in Switzerland is reasonably far, since you can
> drive thru all of Switzerland in about 3 hours.
> But of course, I'll gladly start my car to see you all.
>
> I was very surprised to read about it. I just informed Grant, the Admin
> for the "GMC Motorhome UK" group, since he is geographically close.
>
> DWAYNE, you mean the Musée Schlumpf (car museum) ? It is very nice, I
> definitely prefer it over world-famous Beaulieu museum in England.
>
> So you people ship your coach in ?
> I can't wait to meet you all. And see your coaches.
>
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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279448 is a reply to message #279446] Tue, 09 June 2015 16:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dominik is currently offline  Dominik   Switzerland
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Not at all - I made it sound like it wasn't worth a one hour drive to me - but it was not my intention.
Five years ago I drove from Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia to London, Ontario in 29 hours.
Last year after seeing two coaches that were beyond my capabilities, I traveled from Toronto to Vancouver Island in 5 or 6 days.

James Hupy wrote on Tue, 09 June 2015 16:34
Dominic, we are not bringing our coaches, most of us are going on a river
cruise to Amsterdam. Some are going to Romania, then Copenhagen, then an
Atlantic crossing to New York. Sorry if I my comment came across as
disrespectful, I did not mean for it to be.
Jim Hupy


I planned to go to the Monteverdi Automobile club meeting with a friend who actually is in that club, but he is too busy at work before he goes to Florida.
He told me some people fly over their Monteverdies for a one day event and fly it back to the U.S. after that. So I thought some people may bring their coach
for a few days on European roads. But it sounds nice, too. Hope many go to see the Musée Schlumpf car museum. When I was there it was quiet and not crowded at all
I would go again in a heartbeat.

Dominik


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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279458 is a reply to message #279448] Tue, 09 June 2015 20:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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G'day,

I've read all the emails up to and including the one below and I thought I'd provide some additional details:

The cruise is from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam, The Netherlands and is run by Viking Cruises:

http://www.vikingrivercruises.com.au/cruise-destinations/europe/rhine-getaway/2015-basel-amsterdam/index.html

It leaves Basel on August 21st and arrives in Amsterdam on August 28th. I just called Viking Cruises here in Australia and was
advised that the cruise is COMPLETELY sold out!

There are 12 GMCers and their partners on the cruise. So far Dwayne Jacobson, Jim Hupy, Ken Henderson; and I have responded to this
email. There are eight more GMCer's on the cruise; however, I am not going to provide their names as they might not want me to do
so.

The cruise is being organized by Deo Trovao (Manny's wife).

I too visited the Schlumpf Brothers Museum years ago and when I saw that this cruise left from Basel, I suggested we tour the Cite
de la Automobile Museum (formerly the Schlumpf Brothers museum) in Mulhouse, France (30 minutes from Basel). Deo was kind enough to
organize it for us. The mini bus will leave the Marriott Courtyard Hotel at 9:00 am on the morning of Friday, August 21st. It will
return to the Viking Cruise dock at 1:00pm so the cruise participants can get on board.

The mini bus can carry 10 people and as of April 22nd there were 8 signed up leaving 2 openings. The cost of the tour is $800
divided by the number of participants. That includes the museum entry ticket and transport from the hotel to the museum and back to
the Viking Cruise dock.

Here's a link to the Cite de la Automobile's website: http://www.citedelautomobile.com/en

If you are interested in joining the tour to the Cite de la Automobile Museum here are Deo Trovao's email:

Email: deotrovao at gmail dot com

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426


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Not at all - I made it sound like it wasn't worth a one hour drive to me - but it was not my intention.
Five years ago I drove from Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia to London, Ontario in 29 hours.
Last year after seeing two coaches that were beyond my capabilities, I traveled from Toronto to Vancouver Island in 5 or 6 days.

I planned to go to the Monteverdi Automobile club meeting with a friend who actually is in that club, but he is too busy at work
before he goes to Florida.
He told me some people fly over their Monteverdies for a one day event and fly it back to the U.S. after that. So I thought some
people may bring their coach for a few days on European roads. But it sounds nice, too. Hope many go to see the Musée Schlumpf car
museum. When I was there it was quiet and not crowded at all
I would go again in a heartbeat.

Dominik



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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279474 is a reply to message #279458] Wed, 10 June 2015 01:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Rob, it seems the only chance I have to meet you all is if I come along to the Cité de l'Automobile museum.
I will travel in my minivan, since it would be impractical for me to be dropped off at the ferry port, and my vehicle still be at the hotel.

I do have two spare seats (this is how I got it...) Which would give the possibility to transport the two last people who otherwise
could not see the museum. If desired, I'd drive the detour to pick them up at the Courtyard Mariott and bring them to the dock you
specified after the exhibition.

Dominik


USAussie wrote on Tue, 09 June 2015 20:38
G'day,
There are 12 GMCers and their partners on the cruise. So far Dwayne Jacobson, Jim Hupy, Ken Henderson; and I have responded to this
email. There are eight more GMCer's on the cruise; however, I am not going to provide their names as they might not want me to do
so.

I too visited the Schlumpf Brothers Museum years ago and when I saw that this cruise left from Basel, I suggested we tour the Cite
de la Automobile Museum (formerly the Schlumpf Brothers museum) in Mulhouse, France (30 minutes from Basel). Deo was kind enough to
organize it for us. The mini bus will leave the Marriott Courtyard Hotel at 9:00 am on the morning of Friday, August 21st. It will
return to the Viking Cruise dock at 1:00pm so the cruise participants can get on board.

The mini bus can carry 10 people and as of April 22nd there were 8 signed up leaving 2 openings. The cost of the tour is $800
divided by the number of participants. That includes the museum entry ticket and transport from the hotel to the museum and back to
the Viking Cruise dock.

If you are interested in joining the tour to the Cite de la Automobile Museum here are Deo Trovao's email:

Email: deotrovao at gmail dot com

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426


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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279475 is a reply to message #279474] Wed, 10 June 2015 02:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dominik,

Your offer to transport two people from the hotel to the museum and then to the dock is most generous. However, it seems you have
misunderstood my email. The minibus has ten seats, there are eight GMCer's signed up to take the tour of the Cite de la Automobile;
we don't need two more seats we need two more participants.

However, I agree it does not make sense for you to join our tour to the museum from a logistical or a financial standpoint as you
can drive there yourself and get in for the price of the ticket.

One other thing, while our group is touring the museum keep in mind that we'll be looking at some of the worlds most beautiful
automobiles ever built. I don't know how interested we'll be in talking about GMC's around those cars. As far as I'm concerned you
are more than welcome to join us but I hate for you to be disappointed or feel we treated you badly because the focus of our
discussions was the cars we were looking at and not GMC's.

Regards,
Rob M.

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Rob, it seems the only chance I have to meet you all is if I come along to the Cité de l'Automobile museum.
I will travel in my minivan, since it would be impractical for me to be dropped off at the ferry port, and my vehicle still be at
the hotel.

I do have two spare seats (this is how I got it...) Which would give the possibility to transport the two last people who otherwise
could not see the museum. If desired, I'd drive the detour to pick them up at the Courtyard Mariott and bring them to the dock you
specified after the exhibition.

Dominik



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Re: West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279488 is a reply to message #279433] Wed, 10 June 2015 07:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ok, I'm not going to force myself upon anybody here.
My offer to take two people along to the museum was meant to be a nice gesture, but seems to be un-necessary. Ok, just wanted to be nice.

Whoever would like to meet me, please let me know when and where.
And we don't have to talk about GMCs if it is not desired.

Thank you for letting me know.

Domniik


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Re: [GMCnet] West Coast GMCers European Tour [message #279497 is a reply to message #279488] Wed, 10 June 2015 08:47 Go to previous message
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Dominik,

You seem to have read a lot into my previous message that wasn't there.

Regards,
Rob M.

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Ok, I'm not going to force myself upon anybody here.
My offer to take two people along to the museum was meant to be a nice gesture, but seems to be un-necessary. Ok, just wanted to be
nice.

Whoever would like to meet me, please let me know when and where.
And we don't have to talk about GMCs if it is not desired.

Thank you for letting me know.

Domniik

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