Tonight is a sad night

"winterlegacy, here 'till the end" (winterlegacy) 04/21/2018 at 02:03 • Filed to: mail van, Dots

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Sorry for the potato camera quality but mobile phone cameras hate the darkness. RIP this LLV.

pip bip - choose Corrour > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 02:08

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Crashed or just broken down?

LOREM IPSUM > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 02:39

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Filed under long-term largely unjustifiable wants.

CRider > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 03:31

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It lived a long life.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 05:49

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Why do you think it is dead? They transport them to maintenance all the time. It takes some serious damage to be permanently removed from service.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 10:00

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I think there needs to be a spec LLV racing series as they get auctioned off.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/21/2018 at 11:00

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Seemed broken down, there was a stench of some sort of leaking fluid that I could not place

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/21/2018 at 11:01

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There was a fluid leaking out from underneath it, I couldn’t tell which one, but it didn’t smell healthy at all.

Dogapult > LOREM IPSUM 04/21/2018 at 11:16

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I’ve got a full build planned for one at some point.

wafflesnfalafel > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 11:20

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Those are getting awfully long in the tooth, (our local carrier’s rig has been knocking pretty bad for a week or so...) Don’t they run the 4cyl out of old Chev s-10s?

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 11:23

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They’re on their way out unfortunately, just looking older and sadder every time they grumble by. I’ve seen too much of this carnage at such a young age.... Scarred for life

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > wafflesnfalafel 04/21/2018 at 11:26

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Yeah, they run Iron Dukes AFAIK.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 04/21/2018 at 11:27

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I wish they’d put them up for auction for people to own a piece of American history.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 11:29

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It takes more than a little fluid leak to kill an iron duke. They’d rebuild it, anyhow, because USPS.

Die-Trying > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/21/2018 at 19:15

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they do......

1991 Grumman LLV Mail Truck VIN#1GBCS1OA3M2924002 (TR-3847)

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Die-Trying 04/21/2018 at 22:57

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I very rarely if ever see them go up for auction, but then again I’ve only been focused on looking in New England (as it would be easiest for me to get them.)

I was told they were going to the scrap heap before anywhere else, though. I must have been lied to.

Die-Trying > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/23/2018 at 01:30

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it is very few and far between that i ever see any that have gone up for auction. i was surprised to find the listing that i did.

i think that they WILL start to show up a bit more often, but you will have to be on your toes to catch one. and you might have to be willing to drive a WAYS to pick one up. i think that one went for $3500 in the not perfect shape it is in.

i would love to get my hands on one for a “project”, but might have to save a few nickels an dimes to afford to pick one up........