I am writing this part because GPA owner Wibo de Vries has some problems with putting pictures on this forum.
As a good friend, I am glad to help him with this. sunny
Placing text is no problem for him, only pictures.
So reactions to Wibo
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Wibo bought his GPA 7023 in 2011 in the USA, as a good running and sailing vehicle.
He got the correct Dutch licence plates for it and repaired some spots.
He arranged correct parts that were missing or that were not original.
A lot of work with then already a lot of unknown bad spots
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After several trips in the last three years, with every time problems, he made a brave choice
to strip the GPA completely and do a correct full restoration.
In my opinion, the only way to get your GPA reliable
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Here a picture of the GPA just arrived from the States in 2011.
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Wibo was working on on for months to get it safe on land and in the water.
A lot of unknown unpleasant supprices became visible
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After a lot of work, wibo decided to make the outfit like the Canadians had their GPA's, when they libarated a big part of Holland.
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As mentioned, he made the brave decision to strip the vehicle completely and do the correct totall restoration sunny
I adviced him to get some bottles with boose, when the GPA returned from the sandblasting company joker
But even before that happened the need of a good restoration became visable.
A lot of polyester repairs and bondo!!
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To be continued................. crazy