[omc-boats] David Detrick, value for 1964 Deluxe 150HP

Here's the reply from David Detrick's widdow (I cc'ed my note to her
to the list yesterday). I don't usually find out how much boats have sold
for, so if any of you can venture a guess (or a range), let me or Toni know...

> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:09:57 -0400
> To: Phil Budne <phil@...>
> From: "David T. Detrick" <ddetrick@...>
> Subject: Re: David Detrick
>
> Dear Phil
>
> Thank you for the condolence and also for removing David's name from your
> list, it is greatly appreciated.
>
> David had been on a lung transplant list for better than 3 years. The last
> couple of years he had failed a lot plus was on oxygen 24/7. We had had
> several "dry runs" for lungs, but they ended up not being healthy. Then on
> July 23rd. we got a call from UNC in Chapel Hill saying they had lungs.
> Well sure enough they did and they were good. So that night he had a
> double lung transplant. During the course of 4 weeks he hit some bumps in
> the road and most of the time was struggling, which the doctors said was
> not unusual or uncommon. But the last week he had started to come around
> and was doing well, so of course we all thought he was on an uphill climb.
> But then on the night of the 21st. he started to cough up blood and the
> doctor said he would have to re-open him to find out what was going on. He
> was bleeding too badly internally and they could not save him.
>
> But David knew the risk and was ready for it just to have a better way of
> life. He knew he might not get off the table but was more than willing to
> take that chance. I just wish he could have lived to enjoy his new lungs,
> even for a short while. But at least he got his wish.
>
> Anyway you mentioned helping me with the boat. I do not want to sell it,
> at least not yet. But I do need a value of it for the estate, as the clerk
> of courts said. Do you have any ideas about this? The boat is a 1964
> Johnson with an OMC inboard/outboard motor. It is in excellant shape,
> looks almost like new and runs like a dream. They need a market value, it
> does not have to be a true value. Of course in my thinking that would be
> how much a person wants a boat like this and is willing to pay for it.
>
> Will appreciate any help you can give me on this.
>
> David has gotten a lot of e-mails because his name was out there. I plan
> on saving the e-mail addresses, just in case I should ever need help from
> someone in the future.
>
> Sorry for the lengthly letter, but again I thank you for your thoughts.
>
> My name is "Toni"
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> At 04:29 PM 8/29/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> >Mrs Detrick,
> >
> >I'm so sorry to hear about your husband David. I've removed this
> >e-mail address from the OMC-BOATS mailing list.
> >
> >Best wishes for you and your family,
> >Phil Budne
> >(and the members of the OMC boats community)
> >
> >P.S. If you ever need any help with David's boat, please remember
> >this list. Of if you want to find a buyer for it or any parts, I have
> >a free "forsale" web page that might help you find an appreciative new
> >owner.
> >
> >
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Received on Wednesday, 30 August 2006