From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2006 - 16:47:47 PDT
bet he gets that AA gun given to him..
timothy.smith1@att.net wrote:
> 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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