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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #214533 is a reply to message #214524] Mon, 15 July 2013 20:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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k2gkk wrote on Mon, 15 July 2013 17:39

Take your GMC out of gear at the top of the west end of that road (engine running for power steering) and you might get to 100 MPH by the time you reached the bottom, IF you could keep it on the curving road!
> Ken Henderson wrote on Mon, 15 July 2013 15:08
>
> > Is my memory correct that there's a 24% grade right in Branson? Maybe we
> > could have a "hillclimb" during GMCMI. BIG prize for anyone who makes it.
> > Smile



So there could be a hillclimb _and_ a speed record attempt...? This is shaping up to be one helluva rally.

Richard


'77 Birchaven TZE...777; '76 Palm Beach under construction; ‘76 Edgemont waiting its turn
Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #214668 is a reply to message #37810] Tue, 16 July 2013 23:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Welcome to Manny's home in San Jose
Howard
Alpine CA

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On Jul 16, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Nelson Wright <f25ccapt@gmail.com> wrote:

> Stick,
> I also encountered that 25% grade and just made it with my Smart in
> tow on a dry road. It was foot to the floor, all 4 barrels screaming
> and maybe 5 MPH til I got to a pull off about 3/4 of a mile up. I let
> her cool down and called the Ranger station and told them of the
> situation, they said if I made it that far I could probably make it to
> the campground, which i did.At that time last fall I requested that
> they warn all drivers before you make that left turn to the 1 mile 25%
> grade.
>
> Nelson Wright
> Orlando, Fl. and Nantahala NC
> 78 Royal rear bath
>
> On 7/15/13, Stick Miller <stickmiller@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Sunday afternoon, we headed north to Amicalola Falls State Park in north
>> Georgia. As I pulled into the park I saw the warning signs: Warning! 25%
>> Grade ahead. Well, I&#8217;ve never heard of a 25% grade but I&#8217;ve
>> read about people going up 7 or 8% grades with difficulty. I got a running
>> start and made it about a half mile (in the pouring rain) when the front
>> wheels started spinning. I put it in Park, set the electrically actuated
>> parking brake and had my DW sit in the captain&#8217;s chair with her foot
>> on the brake. I went out and disconnected the toad.
>>
>> We swapped places and she went around me in the Jetta to scope out
>> campsites. I, confident in my ability to scale the mountain without the
>> extra weight of the toad, put the shifter in Lo and slowly released the
>> brake. Not only could I not go forward, I felt myself slipping backward.
>>
>> With no place to turn around, I started slowly backing down the mountain.
>> Cars approached and were waved around and finally a ranger pulled alongside
>> and kept the traffic at bay. I backed down the entire stretch of the road
>> covered and decided against another attempt. Long story short, the park
>> allowed us to stay in a cabin and to park the coach right next to the
>> mountain.
>>
>> After I changed my pants, things got better.
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip report [message #226745 is a reply to message #37810] Wed, 23 October 2013 14:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You are in our prayers
Howard and Susie
Alpine Ca

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> On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:07, Charles Boyd <covered-wagon@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> Good morning, Thank you all for your kind concern. I am home and felling fine. Never did have any pain as such. I was up most of last Thurs night with pressure in my chest. Cat fed me aspirin and antacids. Went to Dr Fri morn and did an EKG and straight to emergency room. They confirmed I had a massive heat attack and admitted me. In the process of doing stents they found a AAA lower aorta aneurism bout the size of a grapefruit. Gotta go back and get that dealt with. The vascular surgeon says that he can do a "Y" shaped covered type stent on the inside of the aneurism but he will have to get it special made since I am a total hip amputee and one side branch of the aorta is a different size than the other. While I was having a CAT scan they found small holes in my left hip wing bone and thought it might be cancer. They had the whole hospital a hopping to get me transferred immediately to Thompson cancer center for a full PET scan and evaluation. Thankfully the ca
nc
> er Dr looks at the scans and me before they shipped me off and said it was cause I was a amputee and the bones were no longer weight bearing and the pockets were fat deposits. Probably the only place I got fat.. While they were doing the heart cath and stents the nurses had me covered from my private parts over. It wasn`t till the heart Dr came in to tell me the results that he noticed I was an amputee. So for the next hour or so I am splaining how I balance the Harley and do the clutch and transmission and how I do the clutch on the big truck and the tarps and chains and how my prosthesis worked and what in the world a fwd GMC motorhome is. I am sure if he had any hair he would have been scratching his head. Speaking of hair guess I`ll get back to pealing glue where they had electrodes stuck to me. Every time a different test was ran they had to peel and re-stick the electrodes. I kinda look like an old harry dog with the mange. So no driving till Sunday (Moms hou
s
> e for dinner) and lite duty for 2 weeks (no motor or tranny swaps just brakes, electrical, alignments, you know lite stuff), then back for more Dr stuff.
> I am truly grateful for all your prayers and concerns and hope you will join me in praying for Dan. If nothing else maybe I am an example of hope. There is no reason for an old junkyard dog like me to be so blessed and a fine pedigree like Dan be dealt such a lousy hand. I do know there are powers beyond our perception and there is always hope. Some times all it takes is for one Dr to see something obvious that no one else has.
>
> PLEASE HELP DAN SWEET JESUS; PLEASE HELP US ALL.
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> 76 Crestmont
> East Tennessee
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #226766 is a reply to message #37810] Wed, 23 October 2013 18:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Chuck,

Reading what you wrote about your heart attack was riveting, made me forget all of what little troubles I have, and most of all made me thankful there is a bunch of people who like old stuff, who have wives who put up with them and are friendly to other wives married to the defective, who make a fine life of the hand dealt, and having people who not only can repair a transmission in a GMC from parts from another, but can write like you and Dan can, and relatively few others much know what a fine slice of humanity you represent and Dear God, may You bless and keep Chuck and Dan and look after their loved ones while the unwanted spotlight is on them.

(I liked reading Hemingway as a kid and kind of studied English and see what it got me.)

Thank you and may God continue to shower blessings on you and the Docs who are tending to you, and may I be forgiven for continuing this hijack.


Carey from Ennis, Texas 78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #226798 is a reply to message #37810] Thu, 24 October 2013 01:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Carey
Thank You
Well stated
Howard and Susie
Alpine CA

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> On Oct 23, 2013, at 16:20, Carey Bryan <chbryan@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Chuck,
>
> Reading what you wrote about your heart attack was riveting, made me forget all of what little troubles I have, and most of all made me thankful there is a bunch of people who like old stuff, who have wives who put up with them and are friendly to other wives married to the defective, who make a fine life of the hand dealt, and having people who not only can repair a transmission in a GMC from parts from another, but can write like you and Dan can, and relatively few others much know what a fine slice of humanity you represent and Dear God, may You bless and keep Chuck and Dan and look after their loved ones while the unwanted spotlight is on them.
>
> (I liked reading Hemingway as a kid and kind of studied English and see what it got me.)
>
> Thank you and may God continue to shower blessings on you and the Docs who are tending to you, and may I be forgiven for continuing this hijack.
>
> --
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> 78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #226800 is a reply to message #37810] Thu, 24 October 2013 03:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Snow Canyon, near St. George is on a highway between Cedar City and St. George. Another stop along that highway is Pine Valley Utah. Great campground in the Dixie National Forest. Although in southern Utah it is not accessible in the winter due to deep snow. It is way off the beaten path but it has cool refreshing Mountian breeze in the afternoon and is a good place to escape from the summer heat. You can also take a tour of the old Pine Valley chapel that was built by a ship builder. Very interesting construction, basically an up side down ship.

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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #229869 is a reply to message #37810] Thu, 14 November 2013 21:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I've been told that Hwy 50 isn't really the lonliest road, just had
better PR. I have been on a few roads that had less traffic than Hwy 50,
but they weren't as long.
I sure enjoyed our travels on it, though, I could drive as fast as I
wanted....About 50. Nobody tailgating me and honking.

RonC

On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:22:26 -0600 Darryl Meyers <hospacctg@att.net>
writes:
>
>
> Just completed a three-week trip through Nevada (Highway 50 really
> is the loneliest road), Utah, Arizona and back to California with no
> problems.
Ron & Linda Clark
1978 Eleganza II
North Plains, ORYGUN

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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #229925 is a reply to message #229869] Fri, 15 November 2013 12:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We know Hwy 50. Saw about only one car when we drove it in Oct. 1995. It
was a 60's Chevy with the windows down. It passed us like we were standing
still--driven by a woman with her hair flying out the window. Left us
eating her dust. One if our good memories made while traveling.

Sandra and Bob

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I've been told that Hwy 50 isn't really the lonliest road, just had
better PR. I have been on a few roads that had less traffic than Hwy 50,
but they weren't as long.
I sure enjoyed our travels on it, though, I could drive as fast as I
wanted....About 50. Nobody tailgating me and honking.

RonC

On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:22:26 -0600 Darryl Meyers <hospacctg@att.net>
writes:
>
>
> Just completed a three-week trip through Nevada (Highway 50 really
> is the loneliest road), Utah, Arizona and back to California with no
> problems.
Ron & Linda Clark
1978 Eleganza II
North Plains, ORYGUN

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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #230007 is a reply to message #229925] Sat, 16 November 2013 06:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I've been on it over 4 hours and not seen another vehicle, maybe even
longer.
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:26 AM, bsprice9359@gmail.com <
bsprice9359@gmail.com> wrote:

> We know Hwy 50. Saw about only one car when we drove it in Oct. 1995. It
> was a 60's Chevy with the windows down. It passed us like we were standing
> still--driven by a woman with her hair flying out the window. Left us
> eating her dust. One if our good memories made while traveling.
>
> Sandra and Bob
>
> Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: rallymaster@juno.com
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Sent: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 03:50:26 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report
>
> I've been told that Hwy 50 isn't really the lonliest road, just had
> better PR. I have been on a few roads that had less traffic than Hwy 50,
> but they weren't as long.
> I sure enjoyed our travels on it, though, I could drive as fast as I
> wanted....About 50. Nobody tailgating me and honking.
>
> RonC
>
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:22:26 -0600 Darryl Meyers <hospacctg@att.net>
> writes:
> >
> >
> > Just completed a three-week trip through Nevada (Highway 50 really
> > is the loneliest road), Utah, Arizona and back to California with no
> > problems.
> Ron & Linda Clark
> 1978 Eleganza II
> North Plains, ORYGUN
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #288341 is a reply to message #37810] Wed, 07 October 2015 20:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Not going in for an overhaul yet. The Surgeon said that I will need an
aortic valve at some time in the future. It is presently moderate but not
severe. He told me to keep living a healthy lifestyle and when it worsens,
we will have it fixed.
Jim Hupy
On Oct 7, 2015 6:20 PM, "James Hupy" wrote:

> I have met Hal and traveled 3 days on route 66 with him and his lovely
> wife. They are GREAT PEOPLE. His Bus conversion is like his GMC diesel
> conversion. A work of art. I meant no disrespect to him or his work. Just
> teasing him a bit.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Or.
> On Oct 7, 2015 4:57 PM, "Ken Henderson" wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Don't be too catty about Hal's diesel -- it's a work of art if nothing
>> else! I'd admired the photos as he's done the conversion, but wasn't
>> prepared for the beauty I saw at Pueblo! I'm just sorry he didn't join us
>> in SD.
>>
>> You've got to somehow manage to get a face-to-face with Hal and his coach.
>>
>> When do you "go in" for your overhaul?
>>
>> Ken H.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:05 PM, James Hupy wrote:
>>
>>> Let's see, if we balance out the difference between the cost of diesel
>> fuel
>>> vs. gasoline, yeah, I almost forgot the cost of the diesel conversion,
>> the
>>> diesel swap should pay for itself in fuel savings by 2075 or so. (grin)
>> Oh
>>> what the heck, if any of us had any sense at all, we wouldn't have
>> anything
>>> to do with 40 year old motor homes. Yes, I do indeed include myself in
>>> that group.
>>> Good job Hal. Looking forward to seeing it sometime. You planning an
>> Oregon
>>> trip any time soon?
>>> Jim Hupy
>>> Salem, Or.
>>> On Oct 6, 2015 11:38 AM, "Hal StClair"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So my 13.779 mpg with the new 6.5 swap wasn't too bad I guess George?
>>>> :lol:
>>>> Hal
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #288344 is a reply to message #288341] Wed, 07 October 2015 21:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Darn good news, Jim!

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> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:26:54 -0700
> From: jamesh1296@gmail.com
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report
>
> Not going in for an overhaul yet. The Surgeon said that I will need an
> aortic valve at some time in the future. It is presently moderate but not
> severe. He told me to keep living a healthy lifestyle and when it worsens,
> we will have it fixed.
> Jim Hupy

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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #288350 is a reply to message #37810] Thu, 08 October 2015 07:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Did that route in reverse in a 22ft Cruise America Winnebago in 1987....lovely country.
It was our introduction to RVing. Razz

Pete



cfield@ix.netcom.com wrote on Fri, 13 March 2009 23:04

Hi All,

Well here is a trip report from our little run south from Bainbridge Island,
WA down south to southern Utah. Got out on March 1st and have made stops at
Antelope Is. north of Salt Lake and then Snow Canyon in St. George, UT and
then on to Zion. The GMC is going great and the 454 is doing great. The
new four bag system is the best and what a change that has made. Right now
we are at lake Powell and will head for Monument Valley and Moab for some
rides on the Ural sidecar. It is great to be on the road in the GMC.

Chuck and Jane Field
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #294391 is a reply to message #37810] Mon, 25 January 2016 13:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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is that using 21st birthday on Feb. 29th?
ronc

On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:40:19 -0700 Carl Stouffer
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> Thanks, I'm still not old enough to drink :lol:
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #309158 is a reply to message #37810] Fri, 21 October 2016 18:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thank you..



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Date: 10/21/2016 7:12:06 PM

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A fairly recently Fuel Injection system to replace carburetors in GMC
engines.



Mac in OKC



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On Oct 21, 2016, at 18:07, "jhsilva19@verizon.net"
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What is FiTech...











J. Silva







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From: Jon Payne



Date: 10/21/2016 6:16:19 PM



To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org



Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report







Hi Scott,







For sure you can't go wrong with a well tuned Q-Jet, mine did well for many

Years. For me I didn't want to deal with the carb anymore and when the



FiTech came out at what I thought was a very good price I couldn't resist.

Before I took the plunge I did read a bunch of reviews, 95% was very



Positive, some reviews were negative but that mostly was towards the fuel

Command center issues which by the time I got mine those issues were



Supposedly resolved. I did get my set up from Jason at the thegmcrv.com.







Anyway, so far no regrets!











JMHO!







Jon



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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #310661 is a reply to message #37810] Sun, 20 November 2016 13:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have had a GMC coach since 1997. Not the longest here by any means. It
had less than 80,000 miles on the clock. Now over 135,000. So it gets used.
I have been towed once. Other than that, I have driven it home every time
it left. Crossed Canada in 2012, lost a mechanical fuel pump. Retraced
Route 66 in 2015. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. If you prepare them correctly,
and do your due diligence maintenence, they are very reliable. Your
experience will vary.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403

On Nov 20, 2016 10:57 AM, "Peer Oliver Schmidt GMC"
wrote:

Adam,

I bought my coach in 2014, replaced the tyres, drove 2500mls from San
Diego to Virginia, let Ken Frey look over it and fix what needs fixing,
and haven't had any issue with it, that wasn't self inflicted (note: no,
the chassis battery does not get charged when your house charger is
connected to 110V, and yes, the cigarette lighter on the dash does wear
the chassis battery down after three days of not moving the coach).

I have had two nice vacations with it, one around 1600mls in two weeks
with my wife, and one 3500mls with my whole family. No issues, what so ever.

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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #310688 is a reply to message #37810] Sun, 20 November 2016 19:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jeremy, your report is inspirational in more ways than one.

Being mature, no children, but using our '73 for area and international
rallies, two trips from Texas to Alaska, one to the Maritimes, and to
Oregon last year, we can appreciate your family memory-making trips.

Thanks for sharing.

Sandra and Bob Price

On Nov 20, 2016 6:04 PM, "Jim Kanomata" wrote:

your always welcome to call and discuss with me.

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Adam Metzger wrote:

> sorry to hijack the thread!
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> Jimk, that's why I'm here, soaking up as much info as possible.
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #310701 is a reply to message #37810] Mon, 21 November 2016 07:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Sandra, yall will get a chance to meet IRL (in real life) next August in Dillard.

--johnny


Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons. Braselton, Ga. I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #310727 is a reply to message #310701] Mon, 21 November 2016 18:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Looking forward to that special weekend, Johnny.

Sandra and Bob

On Nov 21, 2016 7:54 AM, "Johnny Bridges via Gmclist" <
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> Sandra, yall will get a chance to meet IRL (in real life) next August in
> Dillard.
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> add - ons.
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Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #314067 is a reply to message #37810] Sat, 04 March 2017 17:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Oh! Yes, I remembered that declaration, thus the confusion. :-) Wish you
were closer, I'd bring a couple or three down as well.

Y'all have fun!


On Mar 4, 2017 5:49 PM, "Ken Henderson" wrote:


Manny's planning to come here again next month and build some
transmissions. He's been here twice before, and we'd agreed that "we're
both gittin' too old for this...", but events and demand means we're having
at least one more fun week.
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Your right Bob.  I go to all the Winternationals & World finals in Pamona ca.  They are quite mindblowing.
My 76 palm desert runs great also now.  Just the odd vapour lock.  But an inline elec.booster pump solves that.
Cheers,
Graham.
Nanaimo,BC
76 Palm Desert




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-------- Original message --------
From: Bob Schilling
Date: 08-22-2017 9:01 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: [GMCnet] Trip report

Earlier this month I had my 60th birthday and my wife surprised me with a family trip to the NHRA Finals in Brainerd, MN. I don't follow drag racing,
but I have always wanted to see what it looks like for a vehicle to go from 0 to 330 mph in under 4 seconds. The races were incredible and we even got
to see the fastest time ever recorded in the sport which was done by the Papa Johns car.

Now to get to the GMC portion. Just before our trip began I started hearing a whining noise as the engine was running. I determined that the noise was
coming from the A/C pulley and could also see some wobble in it. I decided to remove the belt and run with just roof air and the genset.

The first leg of our trip was from Rapid City, SD to Dickinson, ND to meet up with our son, who caravanned with us to Brainerd. On the way to
Dickinson everything was going fine until the clutch fan kicked in. Then the remaining two belts started squealing. We listened to the noise all the
Dickinson, whenever the fan would engage. The next morning my son and I got up and tightened the belts, which took about 20 minutes. That fixed the
problem and we were off to Brainerd, MN.
We drove to about 450 miles to Brainerd and averaged about 9 mpg traveling an average speed of 65 mph. The GMC performed flawlessly. We boondocked for
about 4 days in the on site campground called "THE ZOO" (appropriately named) and again the GMC worked perfectly. It had rained 2" the night before we
arrived and the campground was nothing but mud and soft ground. I couldn't believe we never even spun a tire getting to our campsite.

We left Sunday afternoon and drove half way home. We stayed in the Cabela's parking lot and then drove the last leg of our journey to arrive home just
before the eclipse. In total we drove 1377 trouble free miles and averaged about 9 mpg ( we even got over 10 mpg on one tank). I almost forgot to
mention that the whole trip was done with 2 finger steering thanks to Alex Farerra's magic touch about two years ago. It ran and handled perfectly.
What a great trip!

Before this trip, I was hesitant to take my GMC very far from home. Since most of the posts on this site are about repairs and trouble shooting I have
gotten a little gun shy. As a matter of fact I was nervous for the first 500 miles of the trip that something was going to break. However the imho
there is no more comfortable rv to drive than our classic coaches. I wanted to enter a success story, if for no other reason than to reassure the
newbies that these GMC's can be very reliable and enjoyable to drive. Based on my first hand experience, I would advise anyone to make your coach safe
and reliable and then go out and enjoy the fruits of your labor. I can't wait for our next trip.

PS: I also recommend everyone go see a Top Fuel drag race at least once. It is an experience that is hard to describe and you'll always remember.
--
Bob and Pam Schilling
Rapid City, SD
"78 Royale


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