I don't know that there is much more to be said regarding Gord and
his character, all positive including his lovely wife Joanne.
Some Amphi owners don't seem to realize the maintenance on these
little floating wonders. A freshly restored Amphi will soon require
adjustments, tweaking, etc as it is the nature of an amphibious
vehicle, lots of do dads to contend with. I have personally witnessed
Gord spending much of his time at swim in's working on many Amphi's
that had issues. Many were not restored by him and the few that were
needed a tweak here and there due to some of the owners just not
checking things out on a regulator basis.
When my generator went south at Celina he not only had one he let me
use his Amphi to go get a shaft key at NAPA. And by the way Gord if
you don't soon tell what I owe you for the generator the statue of
limitations may one day run out.
Ron Green
IAOC Board Member
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amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com, ron gaydis
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> Howdy to All,
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> I also have seen there is an individual whom in his mind
feels that for whatever reasons he did not get his moneys worth from
Gord and his restoration, and also quiestions his integrity /
honesty. I of course do not know this individual and am not about to
bad mouth him or his thoughts, but what I will do is voice my
thoughts and opinions of Gord the person and Gord the Amphicar
restorer / mechanic / parts supplier. There are readers of this chat
whom own or some day want to own an amphi and over time will form
their own opinions of the Amphicar community. The amphicar is Gords
business and also his pleasure, he takes both very serious.
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> My name is Ron Gaydis (wife Carol). I purchase an Amphicar
about two (2) years ago and the car is currently under restoration in
my garage. Having never done a nut & bolt restoration on any car I am
making an Amphicar the first. That either makes me crazy or smart.
Last year I attended the Celina gathering with carol at my side (She
really wanted nothing to do with going along) hoping to see some
cars, take photos and maybee purchase some parts and get some
pointers about restoration. Well on to Gord.
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> The second person we met at Celina was a fellow named Gord.
We were looking at a car taking photos when a guy (owner of the car)
says are you interested in Amphicars -- my name is Gord Souter a hand
shake and as they say the rest is history. I told him that my wife
had never seen on other than the one I brought home and neither one
of us had ever driven in a car. Gord was the provider of our first
ride (there were many more from other wonderfull amphi owners) but
you can only have one first. During the ride was driving / swimming
instructions and after the ride was a solo swim with just Carol and
myself as the driver. Next of course was me driving him crazy with
all the restoration quiestions and more quiestions. I have heard and
seen at swim-ins if you dont see Gord around he is somewhere helping
out an owner in trouble with repairs and fixes. We kept in touch
after celina with parts orders and the usual quiestions.
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> On to the Business side of Amphicars and Gord. With my car
background in 1964 Comets that were made by the 100,000's you still
cannot purchase repo quarter panels in either steel (Dave the Wave)
or fiberglass (Gord) It amazed me at the ammount of repo Amphi items
and their quality & NOS parts. As all owners know the cost of
Amphicar restoration is not cheap, and we all have a budget that we
all I'm sure exceeded. Gord as all business do offer a service or
parts for a profit (simple Uh!!) Through experience I can say his
parts are Top Quality at a fair price and his Restorations are Top
Notch in Appearance and Function. If my budget would allow Carol and
I would not hesitate to give Gord free reign to do a complete
restoration with no worries about not getting exceptional return for
our dollar. Having seen his restorations and met their owners. Not
only does he provide a Great service but has become a Great friend to
the owners of these cars. How Often Can we Say That
> About People We Pay to Do Work or Buy Anything From??????
>
> Carol and myself attended the Orillia swim in this year
after asking Gord if we could bring our camper along and camp on his
farm for a few days. Welcomed with open arms and treated as lifelong
friends we got to witness and be part of an Amphi Gathering Gord
Style.There were Gord restorations and their owners a-plenty what
Carol and I saw is what can be described as a Family Reunion with
relatives that you can pick. Not even having a running Amphicar or
having Gord do our restioration I can say we already have a life long
friend. So to put it simply there is no quiestioning the work or
integrity of Mr. Gord Souter since his cars can't speak ---- their
owners are more than happy to say Gord you do it the Right Way and
don't let one un-happy egg spoil the Amphi Experience.
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> Thanks for everything
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> Ron & Carol Gaydis
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