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Thu, 30 December 2021 10:45  |
James Hupy
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Isn't anyone using their coaches on this Holiday Season? No extra bedrooms
for visiting family? No "snowbird" activity? How about Quartzite? Just
curious about the lack of postings.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
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| Re: [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368222 is a reply to message #368221] |
Thu, 30 December 2021 12:26  |
rjw
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GMCWiperMan wrote on Thu, 30 December 2021 12:51Our granddaughter, her husband, and "Bean" (Boston terrier) spent night
before last in "Tweety Bird". That's the first time it's been "used" since
0ctober 2019. 
Ken H.
Ken,
I sure hope that you get to travel in "Tweety Bird" in 2022. Your presence was sure missed last fall in Wisconsin.
Richard
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SE Michigan
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Roller Cam 455, TBI+EBL, 3.42 FD, 4 Bag, Macerator, Lenzi (brakes, vacuum system, front end stuff), Manny Tranny, vacuum step, Tankless + OEM water heaters.
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC coach winter activity [message #368227 is a reply to message #368218] |
Thu, 30 December 2021 13:24 |
Silvernort
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James Hupy wrote on Thu, 30 December 2021 10:45Isn't anyone using their coaches on this Holiday Season? No extra bedrooms
for visiting family? No "snowbird" activity? How about Quartzite? Just
curious about the lack of postings.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
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My 76 PB shares 'daily driver' duty with the 95 Miata. The GMC works pretty good for hauling big stuff- boards, big grocery runs, getting a new snoblower, etc. The Miata is for everything else. Thankfully the heaters in both work very well, it's been flippin cold lately.
Holiday cheers!
Shane Harvey
1973 26' "Packer Backer", 1976 Palm Beach, 1965 Dart
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| Re: [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368228 is a reply to message #368221] |
Thu, 30 December 2021 13:41 |
lqqkatjon
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My coach is stored and it is cold here in MN.
I know many are not on Facebook, but I did see many people posting nice photos of their coaches full of gifts. Covered in lights in a parade. Probably a dozen holiday photos. One owner in wisconsin posted about his winter drive and how the snow on the roof reacted
To the travels.
See some people using coaches in south.
I just put together my shopping list i need to buy before spring thaw. Some air system changes and seelevel gauges.
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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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC coach winter activity [message #368230 is a reply to message #368218] |
Thu, 30 December 2021 13:48 |
boybach
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Deep snow and unseasonably cold on Vancouver Island. Managed to gas her up and fill the propane tanks before the storm hit but hunkered down ATM. Spent Xmas sourcing out a few parts for ol'Leaky and my "new" old boat.
there's always next week, right?
Larry
Larry - Victoria BC -
1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat exchange hoses
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| [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368232 is a reply to message #368228] |
Thu, 30 December 2021 13:51 |
James Hupy
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Good, I am gratified that several of us are using our coaches. We did a 308
mile 1 way jaunt to Anacortes, Washington for a GMC CASCADERS Christmas
rally the first week end in December. Coach RAN well, but speedometer quit
on the way home. Cable? Perhaps. Might be the gear reduction box for the
final drive. Might be the Instrument itself. When it warms up a bit (Snow
on the ground, and temps in the 30° range)
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
On Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 11:41 AM Jon Roche wrote:
> My coach is stored and it is cold here in MN.
>
> I know many are not on Facebook, but I did see many people posting nice
> photos of their coaches full of gifts. Covered in lights in a parade.
> Probably a dozen holiday photos. One owner in wisconsin posted about
> his winter drive and how the snow on the roof reacted
> To the travels.
>
> See some people using coaches in south.
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> I just put together my shopping list i need to buy before spring thaw.
> Some air system changes and seelevel gauges.
>
>
> --
> 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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| [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368242 is a reply to message #368240] |
Thu, 30 December 2021 15:28 |
CJV
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Clever use of French...we are looking for a name and yours just opened up a new line of thought.
CJ Vermeulen, Scribbler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Colie"
To: "gmclist"
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2021 3:17:41 PM
Subject: [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity
Chaumière is still in her place next to the barn, but I have finally done the fall services for both cars and made the lawn tractor into a snow
remover. Now that is done only a few more tasks before she comes into here heated winter home.
Apart from a regular long list of annual maintenance, she is getting fit with a pair of electric fuel pumps underneath and the required controls, and
a the same time, a massive rework of the failing suspension air that will include a new Viair 485 and a MicroLevel control. I will have some spare
valves when I am done with that.
I actually still have some repairs to make that were damage done by the trip into the median in South Carolina. That is all cosmetic, but it still
needs to be done so she doesn't feel bad.
At this time, the spring international is still in the plan. I would like to travel enough in the next year to need to change the oil.
Happy New Year to all
Matt
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SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368248 is a reply to message #368242] |
Thu, 30 December 2021 20:10 |
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CJV wrote on Thu, 30 December 2021 13:28Clever use of French...we are looking for a name and yours just opened up a new line of thought.
CJ Vermeulen, Scribbler
Yes, French names are such fun ..I considered "O quel cul t'as" (O Calcutta) and "Piss-en-lit" (dandelion) but settled on plain English "Ol'Leaky" - very similar to "piss-en-lit" if ya think about it, eh?. 
Larry
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1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat exchange hoses
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| [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368274 is a reply to message #368273] |
Fri, 31 December 2021 21:07 |
GMCWiperMan
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Larry,
Y'All need to make Americus one of those "no plans". We're about 300 yards
west of US-19, which is 4-lane thru Georgia with virtually no traffic 30
miles west of bumper-to-bumper I-75. A good alternative to I-65 half way
south thru Alabama. We've got full hookups available. And you can go to
Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class only 11 miles away! :-)
Ken H.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:44 PM Larry wrote:
> We left Wisconsin yesterday headed for Florida where we willl camp in
> daughter's back yard for a while. Then several SS rallys, visit sisters,
> brother, nephews, and friends around Florida and then on to GMCMI rally in
> Patterson. Our travel plan is "no plan". Go somewhere for a while (friends
> relatives) then look at the map. See a place we haven't been and go there
> for a while. After a few days, look at the map again for another place. Go
> there. Sometimes it is 40 miles, sometimes 100miles. The plan is no
> plan. WHAT A LIFE! Gotta love it. Will be home sometime after the snow is
> gone.
> Whenever that is.
> --
> Larry
> 78 Royale w/500 Caddy
> Menomonie, WI.
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC coach winter activity [message #368275 is a reply to message #368273] |
Fri, 31 December 2021 22:53 |
jricke
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Safe travels, Larry and Lucy!
Look forard to seeing you, hearing of your travels and returning GMC tools when the snow is no more.
Take care.
Joe and Terry
Joe Ricke - KE0CPM
Arden Hills, MN
'77 Transmode
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| [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368313 is a reply to message #368273] |
Sun, 02 January 2022 17:31 |
Jeanette
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Greatest way to travel. Y’all do great!
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> On Dec 31, 2021, at 8:44 PM, Larry wrote:
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> We left Wisconsin yesterday headed for Florida where we willl camp in daughter's back yard for a while. Then several SS rallys, visit sisters,
> brother, nephews, and friends around Florida and then on to GMCMI rally in Patterson. Our travel plan is "no plan". Go somewhere for a while (friends
> relatives) then look at the map. See a place we haven't been and go there for a while. After a few days, look at the map again for another place. Go
> there. Sometimes it is 40 miles, sometimes 100miles. The plan is no plan. WHAT A LIFE! Gotta love it. Will be home sometime after the snow is gone.
> Whenever that is.
> --
> Larry
> 78 Royale w/500 Caddy
> Menomonie, WI.
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| [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368317 is a reply to message #368313] |
Sun, 02 January 2022 20:30 |
CJV
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That's the way we travelled for 6 months of every year....couldn't be beat
CJ Vermeulen, Scribbler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanette Hodges"
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Sent: Sunday, January 2, 2022 5:31:56 PM
Subject: [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity
Greatest way to travel. Y’all do great!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 31, 2021, at 8:44 PM, Larry wrote:
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> We left Wisconsin yesterday headed for Florida where we willl camp in daughter's back yard for a while. Then several SS rallys, visit sisters,
> brother, nephews, and friends around Florida and then on to GMCMI rally in Patterson. Our travel plan is "no plan". Go somewhere for a while (friends
> relatives) then look at the map. See a place we haven't been and go there for a while. After a few days, look at the map again for another place. Go
> there. Sometimes it is 40 miles, sometimes 100miles. The plan is no plan. WHAT A LIFE! Gotta love it. Will be home sometime after the snow is gone.
> Whenever that is.
> --
> Larry
> 78 Royale w/500 Caddy
> Menomonie, WI.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Re: GMC coach winter activity [message #368324 is a reply to message #368313] |
Mon, 03 January 2022 07:23 |
Larry
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Jeanette wrote on Sun, 02 January 2022 17:31Greatest way to travel. Y’all do great!
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Can't wait to travel west again. Loved stopping at Brownwood to see ya all! Really looking forward to seeing you again at Patterson. Love you both.
Larry 
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
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