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DaBull

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@DaBull - great update!

Do you know how many Grenadiers arrived in your shipment? Mine arrived in November with 60-80 others. It took 30 days for mine to get on a dealer transport, but I am told that process is much quicker today.
Hi Tom109, I did not get a chance to count how many had arrived. There were perhaps 200 or so in a storage yard at the port and the row of 14 I saw on 2-14-2024. I understand transport takes a bit longer, as the transport trucks can only carry a few at a time because the Grenadier is so tall. I am hoping mine gets to my Dealer in Pasadena soon. I'll have to take a drive over to the port to see if any of them are being tranported.
DaBull
 

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Where can we find the drawers by Diabolical ? On their site, its just the slide out. THanks
 

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Where can we find the drawers by Diabolical ? On their site, its just the slide out. THanks
Hi Texas Grenadier, Here's the link to both their Grenadier slide floor and their Grenadier slide floor drawer top, which together gives you the drawer system. DaBull
 

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This should win one of the best Grenadier story!

Hopefully, it won’t be the hardest way home!

Can't wait for your adventures!
 

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This should win one of the best Grenadier story!

Hopefully, it won’t be the hardest way home!

Can't wait for your adventures!
Thanks crashburn, I am always wondering when I write these long stories if anyone other than me is enjoying them.
Something about the Grenadier has captured my imagination and pocket book too. 😉
DaBull
 

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Thanks crashburn, I am always wondering when I write these long stories if anyone other than me is enjoying them.
Something about the Grenadier has captured my imagination and pocket book too. 😉
DaBull
We all roll our eyes when we see another one of your posts!! :LOL::ROFLMAO::rolleyes:
 

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This is DaBull's Journey to his Grenadier & eventual Build.
This first and second post are called "THE CHASE"

DaBull’s Grenadier Journey
“THE CHASE” Part 1 of 2

2-14-2024 Valentines Day


DaBull's Grenadier and others arrived at Port Hueneme this morning 2-14-2024, Valentines Day, on the car-carrying vessel the Don Quijote.

I live near the port, so I drove over to see if I could capture a photo of the ship Don Quijote.
Jumped out of my New Defender and stepped to the other side to take a photo and as I turned around to get back into my vehicle,
a parking maid had already pulled up and proceeded to give me a $53 ticket.
I know this is not going to be the first time my Grenadier gets me into trouble or costs me more money then ever including now
having to opt for 2 dozen roses vs 1 dozen roses for Valentine's day to keep my wife calm and on the Grenadier path.

So I next decided to park in a spot across from the Port where I would not get another ticket, (I am wiser now),
and walked across this vacant field and proceeded to climb a large dirt mound to hopefully catch a view of them off loading my Grenadier.
It took over 30 min from the time the ramp started being lowered before it was fully on the ground.
Then they removed a huge catamaran, 3 cabin cruisers, 50 pieces of new heavy-duty earth moving construction equipment.
It was amazing what was coming out of the back of that ship. Then I saw headlights peak out from inside the ship and was prepared
to see the first Grenadiers get unloaded including mine. Instead they started to unload 300+ Volvo SUV's.
At this point I have been standing and balancing myself on top of this mound for longer than I will admit to and decided to Google,
"How many cars does a car carrying ship hold?" The answer was amazing, the equivalent of 10 football fields, 8500 cars.
It was immediately apparent that my knees were going to give out before I would see my Grenadier's drive down the ramp.
I resigned myself to knowing that I would have to wait for my first encounter with my Grenadier in 2-3 weeks at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier in Pasadena.

The chase has been fun, however I am ready for my new Grenadier.
By the way, there was another shipment of Grenadier's already stacked up at the port,
which I believe were dropped off from the ship Helios Leader the day before.
There's going to be a lot of happy Grenadier owners soon!

Last but not least, it may be appropriate that my Grenadier arrived on the Don Quijote, as sometimes I feel like I am tilting at windmills.
Did you know that the book Don Quijote was first written in 1605 and is the most sold book in the world, only behind the bible.
I immediately ordered a copy on Amazon to read it again, last time was over 50 years ago, to find out why I am still tilting at windmills.

For those like me still tilting at windmills, here's a link to the copy I ordered on Amazon.
Whenever we get together we will now have something to talk about then just Grenadier,
well maybe.
Amazon.com

Enjoy DaBull

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:) I'm sure the parking ticket was all worth it!!! I'm still not sure when I'm getting mine. I was told Mar to Apr. I believe you're in SoCal? I'm in San Diego. We can all go to the beach, desert, or the mountains soon as possible!
 

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:) I'm sure the parking ticket was all worth it!!! I'm still not sure when I'm getting mine. I was told Mar to Apr. I believe you're in SoCal? I'm in San Diego. We can all go to the beach, desert, or the mountains soon as possible!
I'm just up the coast in Ventura County, always looking for an excuse to head south and explore the coast. Let's stay in touch. Let me know when you take delivery. DaBull
 

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@DaBull - great update!

Do you know how many Grenadiers arrived in your shipment? Mine arrived in November with 60-80 others. It took 30 days for mine to get on a dealer transport, but I am told that process is much quicker today.
Hi Tom109, I am not sure of how many arrived on my shipment that arrived at Port Hueneme, California on Valentines Day, 2-14-2024. When driving by the port that day, I saw what looked like a a couple hundred Grenadier's in a far off storage yard and that was before the car carrying vessel the Don Quijote, even started off loading their Grenadiers. When I went back to the port that afternoon, I say a row of 14 Grenadier's that had been off loaded from the Don Quijote that were in a new storage area on port, of which one turned out to be mine. I went by the port a couple days ago on 2-25-2024 to check to see if it was still there and it was not. I am assuming it is now at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier Pasadena and that I will be getting a call soon once they have completed any PDI items on it. I am trying to not get too excited, however that's now working. DaBull
 

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DaBull’s Grenadier Journey
“THE CHASE” Part 2 of 2
2-14-2024 Valentines Day

Update on DaBull’s Grenadier

If you have read DaBull’s “THE CHASE” Part 1 of 2 above, which I recommend you do first),

DaBull had completely given up on trying to catch a glimpse of his Shale Blue Grenadier being off loaded at the port of Port Hueneme from the car-carrying vessel the Don Quijote on 2-14-2024, Valentines Day.

After buying not 1 but 2 dozen red roses, See’s Candy and 2 Valentine Cards for my wife, (read Post #1 above to know why 2 dozen roses), I found a half hour break late in the day to run back over to the port. As I was driving over to the port I was hoping against hope that perhaps the Grenadiers would be the last of 5000-8000 vehicles being offload and that I would after all catch a glimpse of mine coming down the ramp.

Since I am not allowed on the port, as it is a secured naval base, I parked this time where I would not get a ticket again and ran out across the same field from the port where I was earlier in the day. I scaled the dirt mound to get a better view of the ship and it’s off-loading ramp. No sooner then I reached the top, I saw a Grenadier being driven off the ramp. It was either a Donny Grey or Inky Black one. I was overjoyed thinking maybe mine would be next or would soon appear.

In the corner of my eye I watched the Donny Grey or Inky Black Grenadier head over to the beach side port storage area where I was first earlier in the day and got the parking ticket. The thought crossed my mind that they were now storing some of the Grenadiers there instead of where others were stored elsewhere at the port. My attention immediately turned back to the ramp to make sure I would not miss any Grenadiers coming off the ramp. To my disappointment, only white Ford Transit Vans were now being off loaded. After watching 40+ roll off and no more Grenadiers except the one I saw, I gave up and decided to head home. It was staring to get late.

I got back in my Defender and was going to head back home and remembered where that Donny Grey or Inky Black Grenadier had headed towards. I decided to venture out towards the beach fenced off storage area to see if I could see any Grenadiers in the storage lot.

I made sure to park this time so Ticket Lady would not bushwhack me again. Note: I found out from some friends she is well known to be on the prowl and relentless and has no mercy.

I jumped up on a 3’ high round post to get a better look over all the stored vehicles and after my eyes adjusted to the dimming light, I could see way off in the distance past 25 rows of vehicles a single row of approximately 14 Grenadier. All I could see were their roofs. I began to scan from left to right and noticed one and only one with a Shale Blue Roof. Could it possibly be my Grenadier? After waiting almost a year, was it here, was it mine. I had this feeling that it was, however how could I prove it. What good was a photograph without hard evidence it was mine.

It reminded me of the time when I photographed a bright UFO over the ocean with a 500mm lens on the Hollister Ranch late at night after a surf trip. It was moving so fast horizontally and vertically it was hard to keep the lens centered on it. I had the film developed and sent the UFO negatives and photos to the Nuclear Physicist, Stanton T. Friedman, who at the time was the preeminent specialist on UFO’s. He did a deep investigation and a month later I received a letter back. He proclaimed it was in fact a UFO, which was incredible news, until the letter continued on and said, UFO simply stands for an unidentified flying object. Proof, that’s not proof.

I am known for being persistent when in pursuit of something and naming my Grenadier DaBull gives you a sense of my tenacity. I was also born a Taurus.

I had to find a way to prove it was my Grenadier. I started pondering what my next move would be, break onto the navy base late at night, which of course was a foolish and fleeting thought. Then I remembered passing by a Harbormaster Building that was just outside the port gates. Would it be open, would anyone be there this late. I pulled in, parked and walked around to the side of the building and tugged on the entry door and it opened. The lobby was very small and bare except for perhaps one or two chairs. I saw two men in uniforms standing behind a 2” thick Lexan bulletproof window. They looked perplexed why I was there and after seeing my wind blown hair, (from standing in the wind on that dirt mound earlier), they were likely thinking to themselves, this is why we have 2” thick Lexan Bulletproof windows.

There was a small covered opening to try and speak through. I explained about the ship I had been tracking, (perhaps not the best thing to lead with), and was speaking for no more than 15 seconds when one of them said sternly, “I’ve heard enough. Sir, do you have any ID. At this point I was wondering what I had done wrong and perhaps the ticket I received in the morning was just the beginning of my troubles. What he said next blew me away, Can you please meet me outside, I am going to grab my security vehicle and we are going to see if that is your Grenadier. He pulls his vehicle around and I jump inside and in less than 1 minute, we are parked in front of the Shale Blue Grenadier. I jump out and start heading for it and he says,

“How are you going to know it’s yours?” I responded right back, I memorized the VIN number.

I walk up and look straight down at the lower left windshield where the VIN# should be. I am nervous like when reading a lotto ticket that you think might be a winner. I carefully look at each letter and number and silently repeated all 17 of them to myself and started to get excited as I got to the end. It’s my VIN#, It’s was My Grenadier. VIN# SC6GM1CA8RF011465.

Upon hearing the news, the harbormaster, who by the way has the cool name of Brian Master Harbormaster, is completely blown away and as overjoyed as I am that we found my Grenadier. He could not believe it and either could I, although I had this mysterious profound feeling all along it was mine. He commented, I love the Grenadier and that blue color looks great. I asked him to take a picture of me with my Grenadier and asked if I could take a picture with him next to my Grenadier. I can’t thank Brian Master enough and his partner who stayed back at the Harbor Master Building so we could find my Grenadier. It was the perfect end to the day, especially after my encounter with Ticket Lady, although I will have to say, it was the best $53

I ever spent on my Grenadier. Thank You Ticket Lady. Thank all of you for joining me on my Grenadier Journey, which is not over. It’s been an honor to be a part of all your journeys too. So let’s keep posting and letting all of us know about your Grenadier Journeys.

Now if I could just check the VIN on that UFO.

DaBull

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DaBull’s Grenadier Journey
“THE CHASE” Part 3
DELIVERY DAY

March 7, 2024 What an amazing sunny day or so we thought.

We took delivery of DaBull, our new Shale Blue Trialmaster Grenadier, and also had our first adventure. We arrived at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier in Pasadena at 10:30 thanks to our friends, Suzette and Freddie, who drove us down from Silver Strand Beach to Pasadena.

A special note of thanks to our sales consultant, Javier Chacon, who always kept in communication with us and came in on his day off to hand off the Grenadier. We would also like to thank Quincy Armstrong, Barby Mates, Trevor Weigel, Varawut Sangthonekum and the rest of the staff at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier for their help and assistance.
The hand off and test drive was great and went smooth.

As we drove off to meet family to celebrate, we connected up Apple Car Play and were soon listening to our favorite surf music from Honk, who did the soundtrack for the surf movie 5 Summer Stories. We all met at Don Cuco Mexican Food Restaurant in Burbank for an incredible lunch.

After lunch, we started towards home and saw the sky start to turn black. Our phones started warning of flash floods and imminent danger.
We were caught in a El Nino onslaught of torrential rain, lightning and thunder, all of which we experienced through the overhead safari windows.
Soon, portions of the streets were flooded in 1’ deep water. The noise of rain was deafening, reminding me of the monsoon rains at Subic Bay in the Philippines. We soon realized DaBull was being christened and we were on our first adventure. We felt secure in the storm knowing we were in a Grenadier. Soon the dark clouds opened to sunny skies as we finished our drive back home.

It was an amazing eventful day that ended with the Grenadier boot wash at the end of the day, as the Grenadier decided to christen us too.
DaBull & Debbie
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CONGRATS!!!

I was so thrilled leaving RDS that day it was like the wait never happened.
 

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DaBull’s Grenadier Journey
“THE CHASE” Part 3
DELIVERY DAY

March 7, 2024 What an amazing sunny day or so we thought.

We took delivery of DaBull, our new Shale Blue Trialmaster Grenadier, and also had our first adventure. We arrived at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier in Pasadena at 10:30 thanks to our friends, Suzette and Freddie, who drove us down from Silver Strand Beach to Pasadena.

A special note of thanks to our sales consultant, Javier Chacon, who always kept in communication with us and came in on his day off to hand off the Grenadier. We would also like to thank Quincy Armstrong, Barby Mates, Trevor Weigel, Varawut Sangthonekum and the rest of the staff at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier for their help and assistance.
The hand off and test drive was great and went smooth.

As we drove off to meet family to celebrate, we connected up Apple Car Play and were soon listening to our favorite surf music from Honk, who did the soundtrack for the surf movie 5 Summer Stories. We all met at Don Cuco Mexican Food Restaurant in Burbank for an incredible lunch.

After lunch, we started towards home and saw the sky start to turn black. Our phones started warning of flash floods and imminent danger.
We were caught in a El Nino onslaught of torrential rain, lightning and thunder, all of which we experienced through the overhead safari windows.
Soon, portions of the streets were flooded in 1’ deep water. The noise of rain was deafening, reminding me of the monsoon rains at Subic Bay in the Philippines. We soon realized DaBull was being christened and we were on our first adventure. We felt secure in the storm knowing we were in a Grenadier. Soon the dark clouds opened to sunny skies as we finished our drive back home.

It was an amazing eventful day that ended with the Grenadier boot wash at the end of the day, as the Grenadier decided to christen us too.
DaBull & Debbie
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Congratulations DaBull, in that color it looks splendid, I hope you enjoy it a lot, I'm glad that the first "big" adventure has gone well and is the prelude to many, many more. a hug Paco
 

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Congrats DaBull!!
Beautiful ride!

I grew up most of my early years in the Philippines too!
Did you serve in Subic or just for work?
 

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Congrats DaBull!!
Beautiful ride!

I grew up most of my early years in the Philippines too!
Did you serve in Subic or just for work?
Hi crashburn, My father was a Navy Pilot. We were stationed there in the very early 60's.
We lived on base on a hill that was surrounded on 3 sides by jungle.
My bothers and I literally were swinging from the vines, much to my mom's dismay.
I attended 3rd, 4th & 5th grade in elementary school. I had my first
job there delivering the Subic Bay Newspaper in tropical sun or monsoon rains. It was
a blast and I have so many fond memories. One day I am going to have to take a trip
there for a visit down memory lane. DaBull
 

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Hi crashburn, My father was a Navy Pilot. We were stationed there in the very early 60's.
We lived on base on a hill that was surrounded on 3 sides by jungle.
My bothers and I literally were swinging from the vines, much to my mom's dismay.
I attended 3rd, 4th & 5th grade in elementary school. I had my first
job there delivering the Subic Bay Newspaper in tropical sun or monsoon rains. It was
a blast and I have so many fond memories. One day I am going to have to take a trip
there for a visit down memory lane. DaBull
Hi DaBull,

Salamat sa Serbisyo ng tatay niyo!
(Thanks to your dad's service!)

You must have been swinging with the monkeys back then 🐒, well they still do linger around.

Those were the days when Subic (&Clark) was an American base.
I have yet to go back after 13 years...
 

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Yeah, Yay! It's about damn time. Beautiful looking rig. Please come up to Hungry Valley on the 17th to meet us all.
 

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Beautiful story DaBull! Congratulations on a fun and successful delivery of your Grenadier (beautiful color, I might add). Wishing you many miles of smiles, as I know my Grenadier continues to put a smile on my face each time I drive it.
 
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