I'm gonna try to buy my next bus from a lady named Dolly!....well, hello dolly! --- On Thu, 6/26/08, chuck blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: chuck blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Murray update and PSYCOBLOOIE! > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 10:21 AM > If there has to be a new body it's not Murray.If it is a > new body it has a new vin number so it can't be > Murray.According to Denis if it is a different bus it would > have to have the name of the previous owner.I don't > think Zimmerer is as good as Murray.Murray has to stay > Murray if at all possible.If not say goodbye to Murray and > Hello Zimmerer. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:09 AM > Subject: [tcb] Re: Murray update and PSYCOBLOOIE! > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> > > I winched Murray on to his trailer yesterday and took > him out to Wayout Salvage. Derrick and Danny inspected him > carefully and kinda declared him DOA. We figured that we > would have to, basically, cut off everything from under the > roof to the B pillar, and were looking at $5K, pretty much > as Will said. I looked at a '67 that I could gut > completely and transfer all the mechanicals from Murray. > Really, build a new bus that wouldn't be Murray. > > Interesting concept, at what point does a repair make > him no longer Murray? The engine and running gear or the > body? Where is the soul of a bus? > > Anyway, as I was getting increasingly depressed, > Derrick sent me to a guy in Berryville who has a reputation > for pulling and straightening cars that are beyond saving. > He looked at it and pronounced that he could fix this, but > that it could take more than two day's work. I > personally saw a notch that was really destroyed in an > accident and that I thought had died, but was put back on > the road. Now, I find that this was the guy that did it. > > So, I am to call him today and see if he can start on > Murray tomorrow and I get to watch. Let's all cross our > fingers and toes. > > PSYCOBLOOIE!!! Julie is, apparently, this year's > dynamite jockey. She will be transporting the fireworks. > Pray for her. Dan and Kat have finally confirmed that they > will be here, probably Friday, stylin' in a 2008 Jetta > to show us how the upper crust live. Brown Bus Mike is > coming on Wednesday to take all the best spots. Steve and > Sharon and Dennis and Claudia and maybe Mike say Friday, > Paul and corn on Saturday. Where is Shirley? Somebody get > to Shirley. Robb and his entourage have said > "Maybe". If I have not mentioned any of you that > are coming just chalk it up to my mental state. > > All you that are coming need to shame and cajole the > ones who say no or on the fence. If you can't make it, > we still love you, but you will forever be the Ones Who > Weren't Here. And nobody wants that, do they? No. > > > > I've always considered the heart and sole of a VW > to be in the said owner. Can you transfer the sole of a bus > to a new owner when you have to let one go. I think not. > That bus will always be in your heart. Murray will live > again whether it be in it's original (yet slightly > warped) sheet metal or will it's sole live in another > body. Hmmm???? > > Mark