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A look at the Competition ca 1973 [message #100421]

Mon, 20 September 2010 09:32

Peter_Crowl

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This link was in a post at the Motorhome Magazine Forum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRDAfCkNsmA&feature=related

Stark Contrast eh?

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Re: A look at the Competition ca 1973 [message #100432 is a reply to message #100421]

Mon, 20 September 2010 12:50

Harry

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Some of them were plain ugly!!

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Re: A look at the Competition ca 1973 [message #100434 is a reply to message #100432]

Mon, 20 September 2010 13:12

Peter_Crowl

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What a contrast between those and the GMC!
But the lunch box rigs can grow on you.

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Re: A look at the Competition ca 1973 [message #100440 is a reply to message #100421]

Mon, 20 September 2010 15:33

JimGunther

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Some of those off-road forays were scary.

Slow down bub!

Jim Gunther
www.LotusV6.com

now former owner - ;( 73 GMC-II 2600
by Explorer

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Re: A look at the Competition ca 1973 [message #100520 is a reply to message #100421]

Tue, 21 September 2010 08:13

Erv Troyer

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This video brings back a lot of memories about those "cracker boxes".

I was a Service Engineer for Duo-Therm during those days, and I got to see a lot of these boxes on my job. I made numerous calls to Winnebago in the early 70's, and I recall a dealer seminar in 1973, when someone brought up the GMC, which had just been introduced. The Winnebago speaker said they were not worried - the GMC was not competing with them, as it was for a different market than what they were selling to. He was right - the Winne was a camper, and the GMC was a deluxe traveling vehicle.

Someone asked "When are you going to make something better looking than the cracker boxes?" The reply: "When people stop buying them"

And they did buy a lot of them - in the summer of 1973 they were cranking out over 600 PER WEEK from Big Bertha, which was the main assembly building for their Class A. At that time the Winnebago was considered to be the best value in motorhomes - well designed floor plans and cabinetry, for the least money invested.

But how many of those are on the road today? Very few - just a small fraction of those that were built in the 70's.

Erv Troyer Lagrange, IN
74 Sequoia (headed for Duquoin tomorrow morning)
77 Birchaven (staying at home, and for sale)

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Re: [GMCnet] A look at the Competition ca 1973 [message #100844 is a reply to message #100520]

Fri, 24 September 2010 03:05

980

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No one loved the Winnebago more than Jack Rebney with his Sunflyer in
1989...

This video contains A LOT of profanity, you have been warned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDQQfBrSUs0

You've probably already seen that, but what you may not have seen is the
new documentary, where they catch up with that Jack and tell him that
he's a celebrity. He had no idea.

http://winnebagoman.com/index.php

I missed the showing of the documentary here and I'm bummed that the DVD
won't be out until after the Fleet Week shindig. I would have loved to
watch it projected on the side of a coach. I predict that this will
turn up at rallies.

Does the GMC have anything that "you can shove up your fern if you want
to!"?

Desmond

--
1977 GMC ex-Palm Beach, 26-3
Treasure Island, CA
KC6VHG, KAG0675 "980"

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Re: [GMCnet] A look at the Competition ca 1973 [message #100845 is a reply to message #100844]

Fri, 24 September 2010 04:27

Mr ERFisher

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>
> I missed the showing of the documentary here and I'm bummed that the DVD
> won't be out until after the Fleet Week shindig. I would have loved to
> watch it projected on the side of a coach. I predict that this will
> turn up at rallies.
>

I cannot believe I have missed this all of these years.....
here I am sitting at 2am laughing like an idiot. Only a sick person would
watch this.....

I will own a copy of this

wish it was available ( how did I miss this section of life?)

I also wish it was available for Fleet-week

gene

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