From: Sarge (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2006 - 06:50:52 PDT
Why don't these things ever happen to me?
----- Original Message -----
> Saint Jude should be my patron saint. Essentially, he is the patron saint
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
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
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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