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Our New GMC-Using It Every Weekend [message #180193] Tue, 14 August 2012 09:44 Go to previous message
Devin is currently offline  Devin   United States
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Well, I always drag things home which I call a classic and my wife calls junk. We started talking about selling our pop up camper and buying our first RV. She wanted something with lots of windows. I immediately thought of the futuristic looking GMC motorhome from my youth. I saw one going down I-40 through Nashville and was very impressed with it. I showed her some pictures and she liked it. I sold my pop-up camper and had the money to deposit in the bank. On my way I decided to go see this GMC, which the lady wanted way too much for. It looked rough on the outside, but when I entered it looked great! It had been previously restored and somewhat modified to a more open space. It had a plaque inside where 2 owners previous had won 3rd place in a national meet in the 90's. All the books and records were there. The coach could not be started as it had a broken fuel line, so I was buying a "pig in a poke." My rule of thumb is if you only pay parts value you can't go wrong. I made the lady a ridiculous offer-the money in my pocket from my pop-up sale. To my suprise she went and got the title. It had been her husband's who had died 3 years previous and she needed to get rid of it to get some closure. I had a mechanic come over who changed the oil, belts, fixed the gas line, drained the bad gas and we drove it home. It did need brakes and tires. The air works great and after replacing the fuel pump, the generator fires every time. After much buffing and polishing, my wife likes it as much as I do. We have used it to go campring every weekend. My 9 year old son wants to find and put the Davo bunk bed back in but otherwise we are ready to travel. Met the Dixielanders at Rally and they have been a wealth of information. I e-mail Chuck Boyd daily!

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Devin Wells
Nashville Tennessee
74 GMC Seqouia

Devin Wells Nashville, Tennessee 1974 GMC Sequoia 260 "Gilligan"

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