From: timothy.smith1@att.net
Date: Thu Jun 01 2006 - 14:24:37 PDT
Be careful what you wish for...I've decided I need a Tetanus booster just to be near the thing!
TJ
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Sarge" <micdunn@ev1.net>
> Why don't these things ever happen to me?
> What has TJ done to deserve this?
> One day, TJ, I should be so unlucky!
> Have fun and if you ever need your yard cleaned, give me a call!
> -Sarge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <timothy.smith1@att.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:39 PM
> Subject: [MV] Saint Jude
>
>
> > Saint Jude should be my patron saint. Essentially, he is the patron saint
> of lost causes. "Lost cause" not only describes ME, but also describes some
> of the mil vehicles that I bring home.
> >
> > Today I went to a scrap yard to save some pallets of ammo cans from the
> shredder. I backed my truck into the loading area and when I stopped and
> returned my attention to the front, I found I was looking straight at what
> turned out to be a forlorn little early production GPW peering from between
> two mountains of scrap steel.
> >
> > Well, well, WELL! I scampered off to the office and made inquiries. It
> seems one of the big Kahunas there had set it aside with plans to "do
> something with it" but as with many other goodies residing in the dark
> recesses of scrap yards, nothing EVER got done with it. Being the
> kind-hearted fellow that I am (and relieved that I would not be having to
> bring home yet ANOTHER derelict HMV) I told him that I could get him hooked
> up with the right people and that anything he could possibly need for his
> jeep could be obtained with a credit card and a telephone and the rest was
> just hours of love, heartache and labor.
> >
> > What happened next was not what I expected. They guy says, "Aw, just take
> it.." "HUH!?", I responded incredulously. "No WAY!" I guess in a moment of
> candor, he realized that the GPW was just too much of a project for him to
> handle and he'd never get the around to it. Well, call me nuts, but I
> countered by offering to take it home, clear away all the wreckage and
> civilian add-ons and give him an assessment as to what he would have to do
> to get it going again and looking right because frankly, I need ANOTHER jeep
> like I need a hole in the head! In the final analysis, I fully expect that
> he'll offer it to me for little or no money after seeing what it will take
> to bring it around. He and I are on pretty good terms. On the other hand,
> if he decides he wants if back, I'll be relieved to have one less project
> around here and it will be a pleasure to see the little GPW looking just a
> bit more like it should.
> >
> > So, tomorrow, my partner will be driving down and picking it up. I hope
> to get some pics of the sad little thing before it gets recovered. But for
> now, another jeep has been rescued (however briefly) from eventual
> destruction. I can't wait to uncover the serial number (data plates are
> gone) and begin finding out what we've got.
> >
> > Regards,
> > TJ
> >
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