GPA 9398 has at last had its first swim in probably 50 years.
Now there is just a pile of small jobs to do as i settler her back in to regular use.
Best regards
Richard
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by Richard Sanders » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:41 am
Well at least she is finished.
GPA 9398 has at last had its first swim in probably 50 years.
Now there is just a pile of small jobs to do as i settler her back in to regular use.
Best regards
Richard
GPA 9398 has at last had its first swim in probably 50 years.
Now there is just a pile of small jobs to do as i settler her back in to regular use.
Best regards
Richard
Last edited by Richard Sanders on Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by GPA2196 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:55 am
Congratulations Richard!! She is beautiful! And a wonderful venue.... is that Adelaide?
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by Richard Sanders » Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:58 pm
The lake we were swimming the GPA in is in the centre of Adelaide.
We are very fortunate to gain permission to swim the GPA in this lake from the local authorities.
It had to be an official club run and the club had to have $20 million public liability insurance.
It is a great place to swim GPA's.
Thank you to all of you that have helped make it possible for me to restore GPA 9398.
I can think of so many parts that came from all over the world.
Best regards
Richard
We are very fortunate to gain permission to swim the GPA in this lake from the local authorities.
It had to be an official club run and the club had to have $20 million public liability insurance.
It is a great place to swim GPA's.
Thank you to all of you that have helped make it possible for me to restore GPA 9398.
I can think of so many parts that came from all over the world.
Best regards
Richard
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by acmack » Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:45 pm
Wow! Doesn't get any better than that !
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by Jim M » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:04 pm
Very nice work Richard!
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by storchski » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:57 pm
Well done Richard she looks like off the showroom floor!! I wonder if your article "How to assemble an amphibious jeep" has some revisions added to it now??
Congrats again.
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Congrats again.
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by Cees » Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:55 am
Richard you did a perfect job It gif me inspiration to work on my GPA
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by bbloom » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:38 am
Looks fantastic Richard!
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by Leo Verhagen » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:19 am
Wonderfull Richard, you can be very proud on your vehicle!
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Re: Progress On GPA 9398
by TopKick » Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:03 pm
Outstanding! 
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