The rebuilding of Norman's 75 Eleganza II

At the 1st of September 2002, I became the proud owner of a GMC Motor home (MH), which had last been tagged in 1981. Due to many unfortunate circumstances, the former owner had left the vehicle parked, uncovered, beside his house in the weather extremes of Houston, for the past 21 years. The responses from my friends and family ranged from "Wow that's great! What a neat project." to "Are you out of your mind? Do you have any idea what that will cost?" I simply responded with "Well, my therapist thought it would be good for me to take up a new hobby so … 8-).