| Place Your Bets - Gadabout Run........ [message #248863] |
Tue, 29 April 2014 22:03  |
Gadabout
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Registered: March 2013
Location: Edmonton
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Place your bets, will we make it ? 1480 Miles
Gadabout II departs Tuesday from Las Vegas, NV to our shop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I will be driving, the Gadabout with our Race Team Transporter following for assistance if needed. We have a spare transmission loaded, no engine.
The Gadabout has not been driven in over 10 years, seems to run fine. New tires.
Bets as follows:
1. Breaks down and needs a Tow
2. Make it to Edmonton , no problems
3. Minor repairs needed
4. Major repairs causing more than 1 day delay
5. Your best guess.
Route will be Salt Lake City, Butte Mt, Great Falls, Calgary AB, Edmonton, AB
I will update photos at this link as we make our way...
http://gmcgadabout.com/photos-2/
Carl Harr : Driver NASCAR Pro Series #2
1978 Gadabout-Restoring
1978 Palm Beach
1976 Glenbrook
Prevost Featherlite H3-45
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| Re: Place Your Bets - Gadabout Run........ [message #248864 is a reply to message #248863] |
Tue, 29 April 2014 22:06  |
Bob de Kruyff
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Chandler, AZ
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| Gadabout wrote on Tue, 29 April 2014 21:03 |
Place your bets, will we make it ? 1480 Miles
Gadabout II departs Tuesday from Las Vegas, NV to our shop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I will be driving, the Gadabout with our Race Team Transporter following for assistance if needed. We have a spare transmission loaded, no engine.
The Gadabout has not been driven in over 10 years, seems to run fine. New tires.
Bets as follows:
1. Breaks down and needs a Tow
2. Make it to Edmonton , no problems
3. Minor repairs needed
4. Major repairs causing more than 1 day delay
5. Your best guess.
Route will be Salt Lake City, Butte Mt, Great Falls, Calgary AB, Edmonton, AB
I will update photos at this link as we make our way...
http://gmcgadabout.com/photos-2/
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Sounds like fun but you forgot those annoying custom's guys 
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: Place Your Bets - Gadabout Run........ [message #248865 is a reply to message #248863] |
Wed, 30 April 2014 00:09 |
appie
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Location: denmark
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She looks good. No problem
Appie
eleganza 76 "Olga" now sadly sold
6 wheel discbrake
Quadrabags
Springfield stage 2 462 olds
Manny tranny
( pictures at http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g6489-olga.html
Fulltiming in Europe july 2014 til july 2016
Denmark
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| Re: Place Your Bets - Gadabout Run........ [message #248877 is a reply to message #248863] |
Wed, 30 April 2014 09:56 |
George Beckman
Messages: 1085
Registered: October 2008
Location: Colfax, CA
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| Gadabout wrote on Tue, 29 April 2014 20:03 |
Place your bets, will we make it ? 1480 Miles
Gadabout II departs Tuesday from Las Vegas, NV to our shop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I will be driving, the Gadabout with our Race Team Transporter following for assistance if needed. We have a spare transmission loaded, no engine.
The Gadabout has not been driven in over 10 years, seems to run fine. New tires.
Bets as follows:
1. Breaks down and needs a Tow
2. Make it to Edmonton , no problems
3. Minor repairs needed
4. Major repairs causing more than 1 day delay
5. Your best guess.
Route will be Salt Lake City, Butte Mt, Great Falls, Calgary AB, Edmonton, AB
I will update photos at this link as we make our way...
http://gmcgadabout.com/photos-2/
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No sweat. #3 fuel filter, perhaps. These things just sit and wait for someone to being them to life. Then they charge down the road just like they did before parked.
'74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
Best Wishes,
George
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| Re: Place Your Bets - Gadabout Run........ [message #248884 is a reply to message #248863] |
Wed, 30 April 2014 11:22 |
Dennis S
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Registered: November 2005
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My best guess...
at least two minor incidents...
--belts first
--fuel pump leak on day 2 or 3 (the old pumps seem to fail fairly quickly after a coach has been sitting for some time)
| Gadabout wrote on Tue, 29 April 2014 22:03 |
Place your bets, will we make it ? 1480 Miles
Gadabout II departs Tuesday from Las Vegas, NV to our shop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I will be driving, the Gadabout with our Race Team Transporter following for assistance if needed. We have a spare transmission loaded, no engine.
The Gadabout has not been driven in over 10 years, seems to run fine. New tires.
Bets as follows:
1. Breaks down and needs a Tow
2. Make it to Edmonton , no problems
3. Minor repairs needed
4. Major repairs causing more than 1 day delay
5. Your best guess.
Route will be Salt Lake City, Butte Mt, Great Falls, Calgary AB, Edmonton, AB
I will update photos at this link as we make our way...
http://gmcgadabout.com/photos-2/
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Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Memphis TN Metro
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| Re: Place Your Bets - Gadabout Run........ [message #248897 is a reply to message #248896] |
Wed, 30 April 2014 13:35 |
xplorid
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Registered: February 2012
Location: Boise
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Does this mean that #4 is already come to pass, and the poll is moot?
If you are going to buy new, get the AL radiator drop shipped, great upgrade, and OBTW, having done this by myself in a driveway last year, take the grill out for the install.
Jeff
1974/94 GMCII by Explorer
Manny 6.5 TD Al radiator
1 ton front 4 bags back
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| Re: Place Your Bets - Gadabout Run........ [message #248906 is a reply to message #248863] |
Wed, 30 April 2014 16:41 |
chasingsummer
Messages: 434
Registered: May 2011
Location: asheboro, nc
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ignition module will quit when u go to restart after fueling.
but i guess if you replace it quick enough you can just call it an extended rest stop.
support vechicle blows a tire
brian
asheboro, nc
75 eleganza, 74 build
119k miles and counting,
DOG HOUSE
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