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

A 1966 model at $ 5.500 on
http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingID=74996

Joergen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Budne" <phil@...>
To: <omc-boats@...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:08 PM
Subject: [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