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| [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281128] |
Tue, 30 June 2015 19:55  |
bdub
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A lot of you know Richard and Jaye Hodges. They're long time GMC owners
and part of the setup crew for GMCMI rallies. They live on the opposite
side of the lake from Debbie and I. They've had their 1974 Eleganza
(Buckskin) for at least 18 years that I know of and have put well over
200,000 miles on it. Richard has bought a couple other GMCs over the years
but always falls back on dependable ol' "Buckskin". They've got a '78
Royale that they tried to drive to the spring GMCMI rally at Patterson, but
blew the engine a hundred miles from home. Limped back home, loaded up
Buckskin, and took up where they left off. He's been just that dependable
through the years. The Royale is not quite ready for prime time and they
really needed to get on the way on their annual sojourn to Minnesota so
they were going to fall back on ol' Buckskin one last time.
Well, we had a pretty extreme lightning storm last Friday night and they
had a really close strike near their home. Richard looked out the back
door to check on Buckskin and all appeared fine through the driving rain.
Sunday he went out to start getting ready for their trip. Upon opening the
door, he discovered that the lightning had taken a toll after all. The
interior of Buckskin is totally burned out. Headliner down, carpet gone,
front interior cap sagging, holes in the closet and bathroom walls, just
heartbreaking! But, the frig was still keeping cokes cold running off
propane and 12V! Think about that!
He said it looks normal from the outside. Glass and exterior is all fine.
I haven't seen it yet but just can't imagine that. It must have used up
most of the oxygen and just smoldered inconspicuously until it burned
itself out. The new tires and Alcoa wheels are fine. The frig is
obviously fine except for probably the door covering. He hasn't tried it
yet but there doesn't seem to be any reason it won't start and run fine.
Insurance adjuster has looked at it. Haven't heard back yet. I'll try to
get some pictures of it tomorrow evening when I'll have time to get over
there.
bdub
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| Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281134 is a reply to message #281128] |
Tue, 30 June 2015 20:28  |
kerry pinkerton
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Oh wow! How bizarre. Hopefully the mechanicals are all fine and they can just have the interior redone and be back on the old horse.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
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| Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281145 is a reply to message #281128] |
Tue, 30 June 2015 22:25 |
Ken Henderson
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How sad! I hope they had good insurance coverage.
I guess the Royale will be getting Buckskin's running gear now, huh?
Ken H.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Billy Massey wrote:
> A lot of you know Richard and Jaye Hodges. They're long time GMC owners
> and part of the setup crew for GMCMI rallies. They live on the opposite
> side of the lake from Debbie and I. They've had their 1974 Eleganza
> (Buckskin) for at least 18 years that I know of and have put well over
> 200,000 miles on it. Richard has bought a couple other GMCs over the years
> but always falls back on dependable ol' "Buckskin". They've got a '78
> Royale that they tried to drive to the spring GMCMI rally at Patterson, but
> blew the engine a hundred miles from home. Limped back home, loaded up
> Buckskin, and took up where they left off. He's been just that dependable
> through the years. The Royale is not quite ready for prime time and they
> really needed to get on the way on their annual sojourn to Minnesota so
> they were going to fall back on ol' Buckskin one last time.
>
> Well, we had a pretty extreme lightning storm last Friday night and they
> had a really close strike near their home. Richard looked out the back
> door to check on Buckskin and all appeared fine through the driving rain.
> Sunday he went out to start getting ready for their trip. Upon opening the
> door, he discovered that the lightning had taken a toll after all. The
> interior of Buckskin is totally burned out. Headliner down, carpet gone,
> front interior cap sagging, holes in the closet and bathroom walls, just
> heartbreaking! But, the frig was still keeping cokes cold running off
> propane and 12V! Think about that!
>
> He said it looks normal from the outside. Glass and exterior is all fine.
> I haven't seen it yet but just can't imagine that. It must have used up
> most of the oxygen and just smoldered inconspicuously until it burned
> itself out. The new tires and Alcoa wheels are fine. The frig is
> obviously fine except for probably the door covering. He hasn't tried it
> yet but there doesn't seem to be any reason it won't start and run fine.
> Insurance adjuster has looked at it. Haven't heard back yet. I'll try to
> get some pictures of it tomorrow evening when I'll have time to get over
> there.
>
> bdub
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| Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281149 is a reply to message #281145] |
Tue, 30 June 2015 23:11 |
k2gkk
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Some pictures have been posted on the Classis mail list.
I suspect the coach was plugged in to shore power. It appears that the fire started in the area of the AC power panel and spread from there.
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> From: hend4800@bellsouth.net
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:25:30 -0400
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out
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> How sad! I hope they had good insurance coverage.
>
> I guess the Royale will be getting Buckskin's running gear now, huh?
>
> Ken H.
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> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Billy Massey wrote:
>
>> A lot of you know Richard and Jaye Hodges. They're long time GMC owners
>> and part of the setup crew for GMCMI rallies. They live on the opposite
>> side of the lake from Debbie and I. They've had their 1974 Eleganza
>> (Buckskin) for at least 18 years that I know of and have put well over
>> 200,000 miles on it. Richard has bought a couple other GMCs over the years
>> but always falls back on dependable ol' "Buckskin". They've got a '78
>> Royale that they tried to drive to the spring GMCMI rally at Patterson, but
>> blew the engine a hundred miles from home. Limped back home, loaded up
>> Buckskin, and took up where they left off. He's been just that dependable
>> through the years. The Royale is not quite ready for prime time and they
>> really needed to get on the way on their annual sojourn to Minnesota so
>> they were going to fall back on ol' Buckskin one last time.
>>
>> Well, we had a pretty extreme lightning storm last Friday night and they
>> had a really close strike near their home. Richard looked out the back
>> door to check on Buckskin and all appeared fine through the driving rain.
>> Sunday he went out to start getting ready for their trip. Upon opening the
>> door, he discovered that the lightning had taken a toll after all. The
>> interior of Buckskin is totally burned out. Headliner down, carpet gone,
>> front interior cap sagging, holes in the closet and bathroom walls, just
>> heartbreaking! But, the frig was still keeping cokes cold running off
>> propane and 12V! Think about that!
>>
>> He said it looks normal from the outside. Glass and exterior is all fine.
>> I haven't seen it yet but just can't imagine that. It must have used up
>> most of the oxygen and just smoldered inconspicuously until it burned
>> itself out. The new tires and Alcoa wheels are fine. The frig is
>> obviously fine except for probably the door covering. He hasn't tried it
>> yet but there doesn't seem to be any reason it won't start and run fine.
>> Insurance adjuster has looked at it. Haven't heard back yet. I'll try to
>> get some pictures of it tomorrow evening when I'll have time to get over
>> there.
>>
>> bdub
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| Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281155 is a reply to message #281128] |
Wed, 01 July 2015 01:05 |
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Billy,
Hoolee Doolee! Talk about a FREAK occurrence!
I'm sorry for what happened to Buckskin but overjoyed that neither Richard nor Jaye were in the coach when lightning struck, God
only knows what could have happened to them!
Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Massey
A lot of you know Richard and Jaye Hodges. They're long time GMC owners
and part of the setup crew for GMCMI rallies. They live on the opposite
side of the lake from Debbie and I. They've had their 1974 Eleganza
(Buckskin) for at least 18 years that I know of and have put well over
200,000 miles on it. Richard has bought a couple other GMCs over the years
but always falls back on dependable ol' "Buckskin". They've got a '78
Royale that they tried to drive to the spring GMCMI rally at Patterson, but
blew the engine a hundred miles from home. Limped back home, loaded up
Buckskin, and took up where they left off. He's been just that dependable
through the years. The Royale is not quite ready for prime time and they
really needed to get on the way on their annual sojourn to Minnesota so
they were going to fall back on ol' Buckskin one last time.
Well, we had a pretty extreme lightning storm last Friday night and they
had a really close strike near their home. Richard looked out the back
door to check on Buckskin and all appeared fine through the driving rain.
Sunday he went out to start getting ready for their trip. Upon opening the
door, he discovered that the lightning had taken a toll after all. The
interior of Buckskin is totally burned out. Headliner down, carpet gone,
front interior cap sagging, holes in the closet and bathroom walls, just
heartbreaking! But, the frig was still keeping cokes cold running off
propane and 12V! Think about that!
He said it looks normal from the outside. Glass and exterior is all fine.
I haven't seen it yet but just can't imagine that. It must have used up
most of the oxygen and just smoldered inconspicuously until it burned
itself out. The new tires and Alcoa wheels are fine. The frig is
obviously fine except for probably the door covering. He hasn't tried it
yet but there doesn't seem to be any reason it won't start and run fine.
Insurance adjuster has looked at it. Haven't heard back yet. I'll try to
get some pictures of it tomorrow evening when I'll have time to get over
there.
bdub
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| Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281261 is a reply to message #281128] |
Thu, 02 July 2015 09:24 |
g.winger
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Thats a terrible story,,,, nice if the engine is still good!! Year and a half ago lightning struck the house. Lost the garage door openr. Water pump, 2 hibay lites in the shop. But,,,, Lightning jumped out of the stove an struck the "Boss" ,,,,, while she was cooking!!! Shes ok,,, But now never cooks during a storm!!! I'm hungry!!!
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| Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281270 is a reply to message #281259] |
Thu, 02 July 2015 10:26 |
k2gkk
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Definitely a possibility, Rob. However, we have not heard any further description of the strike. Right now, it is all speculation (i.e., anybody's guess) until further info comes out!
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> From: robmueller@iinet.net.au
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 00:19:39 +1000
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out
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> Mac,
>
> Assuming that the shore power to the GMC came from their house wouldn't it have wreaked havoc in the house circuitry as well?
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D C _Mac_ Macdonald
>
> My GUESS is that the lightning did not actually strike the coach, but came in on the shore power AC lines. Either way, I doubt that
> Richard or Jaye would have been injured unless they were holding on to some electrical device at the time of the strike.
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Buckskin's down but not out [message #281296 is a reply to message #281128] |
Thu, 02 July 2015 12:32 |
jhbridges
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Fifty + years of messing with electronic things which are attached to very tall metal structures tells me lightning does freaky things. What it doesn't do is go inside a conducting closed structure (remember your high school physics lab with the funnel, thread, and van de graf generator)... it travels on the outside. However, once it gets in the power feed, you have a potential fiasco. Run a wire down a tower, and a strike will induce a hell of a spike in the wire. Roy B. Carpenter kind of 'wrote the book' on keeping damage out of electrics when things like towers or power lines get hit, read up or read his papers. I've spent a lot of $ on LEA equipment, all of it was in the long run a bargain. Probably the best cheap and dirty approach to a GMC would be a coil of four or five loops of the incoming power cable, and commercial supressors in the power panel.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
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