Husker6.5
135' diagonal 16:9HD, 25KW sound!
Breaking sad news.
Just received a message from Jody @3bals as to why he didn't make it into Lincoln yesterday evening on he and his wife's vacation. At MM74 on I-80 in Iowa yesterday afternoon there was a fire in the engine compartment of his P-30 chassis-based motorhome that quickly spread to the rest of the coach and totally destroyed it.
He, his wife Carole, and their two cats made it out ok. They lost pretty much everything in the fire, clothes, cellphones, laptop, etc. He just Messengered me off a Walmart-purchased cell phone.
Their RV (what was left of it) was towed into Atlantic, IA. They are going to see what, if anything, is still salvageable from their motorhome.
For those of you who recall, Jody did a thread on here about his P400 repower project via Peninsular on the motorhome and all the "fun" encounters along the way with the oil pan, custom headers, new B/W turbo, new transmission woes, as well as his posting about our fun adventure 11 years ago driving it back from Reno, NV in February on I-80.
There will be more posted as more news breaks. Jody has told me he will post on here with pictures of the carnage. I know @WarWagon will be jealous as somebody has finally out carnaged him!
So glad he and Carole made it out OK with the cats. So bummed that all that work done on that motorhome went up in flames, including what was done in preparation for this trip.
I was looking forward to them coming back through here ten days from now for the annual Zoofest Blues Festival, enjoying some of Lincoln's Nationally Award-winning microbreweries' products and parting ways the next day before Garth Brooks's Memorial Stadium concert before 90,000 fans.
The important thing is that he, his wife, and their cats are safe. Things can be replaced.
Jody will post more (with pictures, because we ALL know the rule on here: No pictures, it didn't happen!) to follow shortly from his new phone.
Allen
Just received a message from Jody @3bals as to why he didn't make it into Lincoln yesterday evening on he and his wife's vacation. At MM74 on I-80 in Iowa yesterday afternoon there was a fire in the engine compartment of his P-30 chassis-based motorhome that quickly spread to the rest of the coach and totally destroyed it.
He, his wife Carole, and their two cats made it out ok. They lost pretty much everything in the fire, clothes, cellphones, laptop, etc. He just Messengered me off a Walmart-purchased cell phone.
Their RV (what was left of it) was towed into Atlantic, IA. They are going to see what, if anything, is still salvageable from their motorhome.
For those of you who recall, Jody did a thread on here about his P400 repower project via Peninsular on the motorhome and all the "fun" encounters along the way with the oil pan, custom headers, new B/W turbo, new transmission woes, as well as his posting about our fun adventure 11 years ago driving it back from Reno, NV in February on I-80.
There will be more posted as more news breaks. Jody has told me he will post on here with pictures of the carnage. I know @WarWagon will be jealous as somebody has finally out carnaged him!
So glad he and Carole made it out OK with the cats. So bummed that all that work done on that motorhome went up in flames, including what was done in preparation for this trip.
I was looking forward to them coming back through here ten days from now for the annual Zoofest Blues Festival, enjoying some of Lincoln's Nationally Award-winning microbreweries' products and parting ways the next day before Garth Brooks's Memorial Stadium concert before 90,000 fans.
The important thing is that he, his wife, and their cats are safe. Things can be replaced.
Jody will post more (with pictures, because we ALL know the rule on here: No pictures, it didn't happen!) to follow shortly from his new phone.
Allen
