My Dad is a cool dude.

[Scooterz]

So my Dad tells me to come see him at lunch today... says he needs to tell me something... I think to myself: "great, he has bad news; maybe the cancer came back or something." We talk. Then he says: I decided to give you & your wife our motor home!! He bought a new one. He says: "I value the time more than the money these days & we want you guys to enjoy it"... I was blown away. He just put new tires on it, had the generator/AC serviced, washed & filled her up with gas... gave me the keys. She is a Minnie-Winnie (yr 2000 I think) with 32,000 miles. The thing is stellar & has been in a barn storage. Man, I can't wait to go camping!!! Gonna go next weekend to the desert with dirt bikes; eat STEAK, & kill things with my bow & guns!! Thanks POP!!!!!!!!! Pretty cool.

[mopar1968]

Now that is cool 8) 8) Great Dad you have there :!: :!:


Mark

[TheRabbit]

Scooter, your dad knows the value of you spending time with your family.
It's priceless!
Spend as much "on the road time" as you can with your wife and boy. Get him out of the house and spend time with nature and the environment. Teach him how to be a responsible sportsman. There is no replacement or substitute for it when your boy gets old enough to look back on the time the family spent together. He'll probably do the same with his children.

I spent many summers on the road with my mom, dad and sister when we were little. At the time I hated it, but the older I get the more I really miss it. One reason is because I know it will never happen again. My dad will hit the road for 2 to 3 months at a time and loves every min of it.

I have no idea why I just typed all this. You already knew and do this anyway. Guess it just made me think about my time with my dad and family.

[Harbone]

I understand Rabbit. My grandpa used to take me everywhere in this POS RV he had that was broke down more than driven but those were some of the best times of my life!
I have always had some sort of RV over the years and enjoy the hell out of it. Going camping, some really nice RV sites, going to the races, etc.
Well Scooter I need to find you a bumper sticker for your new toy!

[482]

Friday the 13th is your lucky day for sure, Good Deal ! :lol: 8)

[olds48]

Very cool! Ya need a camping buddy? :lol: I have beer...remember that.

[TheYellaBrick]

KOOOOOL BEANS ! What's the towing capacity ?
PICTURES - PICTURES !

"Back in MY day"....our RV was a 1952 Plymouth station wagon and then a '55 Ford Ranchwagon. We were all over Southern Alaska on road trips exploring old mining sites and such. Surplus Army tents, sleeping bags, cooking gear, and 'hiking' gear. Lots of O.D. around in those days. Heavy canvas, no nylon yet. Fond memories......

.

[dragonmaster093]

Man I remember until we got a pull type camper we had this big heavy canvas tent. It had an awning on it over the door held up by 2 poles.

Funny story on the straw that broke the camels back on a camper.
We were at one of our favorite camping/fishing spots and that night it stated to rain. But turned in to a big gully washing thunderstorm. By morning the inside of tent soaked we are all soaked so we decide to call the weekend. So me and my step dad go off between tent and truck to "was the wheeels " :wink: :wink: . Well about the same time mom desides to push the freezing cold water out of the awning. needless to say a cold shower while draining the main vein while half awake wasnt a good feeling.

[BEAST477]

Enjoy Scooter, I know you'll put it to good use.

[curtisreed]

That's awesome. I Love giving things to my kids, so the enjoyment he got from passin it to you was ten time what money it would have brought. Have too much fun with it.

Curtis

[bjuice]

Wow...all I can say... Kudo's to the real dads of the world !

[Scooterz]

Gents: Thanks. We talk a lot about cars, racing, tragedy, disease, none of us are getting any younger... life's circumstances happen. My dad is seasoned in these areas & is a cancer survivor. He really values our time together & my personal families time too. I appreciate his generosity... because as some of you mention the monetary value is really not important to him. I love the stories & the memories about family camping in this thread!! I don't know the towing capacity (have not looked yet); but she otta be able to pull the Chevelle on a decent trailer assume. I need to GET OVER my frustration of posting pics on here!! It is my lack of figuring it out.

[TheRabbit]

Scooter all you have to do is set up a photobucket account. You actually download the pics there then you use the link from there to post the pics on a web site.

[zipper06]

I too had a windfall a couple weeks ago. My neice had a 1998 Lexus with a good bit of miles on it. She bought a new ford SUV, didn't want the Lexus anymore. The bad was the front suspension was totally worn out, and i mean wore out, it was wearing tires out in 3,000 miles on the front. she was going to junk it. I said please don't, so she gave it to me for free. We did a doner give no taxes to me for the state. I know Outlaw it's a nippo car, but it get's 30 mpg, VS my duelly that get's 10.5 mpg, $46.50 and the 2 yr lic and title it's mine. Little did i know how hard it was to rebuild the front end on one of these cars. bought a complete rebuild kit on line for $162.43, minus struts. I have so many cars in my shop i had to do it on the aporn by one door. I know that most of you are not 73 yrs. old and doing that is tough. I did the drivers side on sunday afternoon, it was only 95 degrees heat index 104, i was so wore out and sore from working on the ground, i took 2 days off and did the passengers side on wensday again 95 plus degrees. The new tires came today, and i had them installed a balanced and it drives like new. I would recommend you don't do this at home if you can afford to have someone do it for you. I think i have one or two fingers that's not cut and a couple knucles that not that doesn't have scabs on them. but in the end it's all good, and really appreciate the gift. I'll drive it until it dies and save ton's of gas money.
It's all about family, which i appreciate mine very much.

Zip.

[dragonmaster093]

good deal zipp. had to rebuild the front on one at the shop last summer pain in the a$$ and replacing the rack is no picnic either

[outlaw256]

i forgive you zip,lol if it was free. lolbut my freind please be careful out in the heat. hell im only 56 soon to be 57 and i almost had a heat stoke a few days ago. i got sick puked up my lunch and got like i was high. couldnt think( i know dont even go there). so be careful. im tired of loosing friends.

[TheYellaBrick]

We're hittin' triple digits here in the west, also. I've had heat stroke and hypothermia so being AWARE of how I'm feeling is a top priority.

Ken, I own a Honda Accord wagon as a service rig, but I PAID for mine so you can scold me twice ! :D :D

[zipper06]

I hear what you're saying outlaw and DD, but we've been 95* plus with heat index over 103 for weeks. I needed to get this done. I did only work maybe 15 min and set down for 5 or 10 min., drank lot's of ice tea. It took over 3 hrs. for the drivers side (learning courve) the passenger side took less than 2 hrs. the tough part was working on the ground with a creeper, getting down was easy but getting up was hard so many times. If i had a rack it would have been considerably easier, but the good thing is i won't be doing it again, now i only have to fix a valve cover leak and i'm done with it.
Outlaw you know i'm a Green Mountian boy (a stones throw from were you are) me and my sister come over there every couple yrs. to cleanup and put flowers on our many relatives from Owens-X-Roads. I will PM you if we come this yr. and if you'll let me pull in your driveway with a Nippo car i'll stop by and say hey.

Zip.

[Scooterz]

Hey Zip- I am impressed buddy. You do motors well, understand power, aspiration, R & R, race, so many things... then you go and rebuild a Lexus front end for less than 200.00 bucks... man you are my HERO!!!! I hope that car treats you well & you put many more miles on it. It is better for your back anyways for point A to point B traveling. Well done.