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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic? [message #162431 is a reply to message #162428] |
Wed, 07 March 2012 18:19   |
Chr$
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Yep. BDub's right. Airstream.
-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
Photosite: Chrisc GMC:"It has Begun" TT: "The Other Woman"
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic? [message #162434 is a reply to message #162428] |
Wed, 07 March 2012 19:07 |
jknezek
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Since it is painted, maybe it's an Argosy? Yeah, I know, Argosy was made from '72 to '79, but I annoy a neighbor of mine who painted his 80s Airstream trailer by calling it an Argosy...
Thanks,
Jeremy Knezek
1976 Glenbrook
Birmingham, AL
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic? [message #162435 is a reply to message #162428] |
Wed, 07 March 2012 19:44 |
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mike miller
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| Gary Bovee wrote on Wed, 07 March 2012 15:59 |
A fellow emailed me today from the UK and sent me a picture of a coach he is thinking about restoring back to original. He asked me if I could identify the year this GMC was manufactured. Here is a link to the picture he sent me. http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=43094&title=gmc35&cat=500
Does anyone know recognize the year and model of this coach or know where more info can be found? ...
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While it might have a chassis built by GM(c). None of us here would call it a GMC!
I would say Billy has it pegged as an Air Stream. Looking at this site: <http://www.airstreammotorhomes.com/>
I would say it is built from 1993 to 1997. Maybe a 1993/4 Airstream Classic 36 Motor Home.
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
http://m000035.blogspot.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic? [message #162438 is a reply to message #162428] |
Wed, 07 March 2012 20:41 |
GeorgeRud
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He may want to contact Jim Bounds at the GMC Coop in Orlando, Florida. I seem to remember that he has restored or worked on a few of these.
Neat looking coach! Next to the GMC, the Airstreams and the Vixens were my other favorites.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic? [message #162569 is a reply to message #162440] |
Fri, 09 March 2012 20:28 |
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Gary,
In answer to your question - it's a 1996 Airstream that's 36-feet in
length. Note the rear wheels - dual wheels with a tag.
Argosy was the name given to the "trial" coaches in the 1970s. They had
single, round headlights and didn't come in such a length. In 1978 the
Argosy name drifted off to the great brand name grave in the sky and
Airstream name appeared with a slightly redone front end.
Around the same time (mid 90's) Airstream got into making diesel pushers.
At first they were smaller but the yielded to the big box temptation and
went to taller, wider and longer -- slide-outs too. They didn't have the
legendary shape, however, just the classic style of construction and
quality.
Byron
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Bovee <gcbgold@digitalpath.net>
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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:00:06 -0800
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic?
>Thanks everyone for your response to my question!
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>Gary Bovee
>Red Bluff, CA
>1978 GMC Royale by Coachmen
>Free - Idiot's Internet Guide to Finding 1973-1978 GMC MotorHome
>Information
>http://www.gmceast.com/about/Bovee_Idiots-Guide.pdf
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>http://www.bdub.net/bovee/
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic? [message #162603 is a reply to message #162428] |
Sat, 10 March 2012 16:32 |
Luvn737s
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Maybe it's one of those Funeral Coaches. Don't consider me a ghoul, but they were kinda cool. It sends a message to your loved ones, "Let's get this over with. You've got better things to do than sit in some line of hearses".
Perhaps I should leave instructions to have everyone ride to the cemetery in my GMC. Then they look at each other and say, "Hey, that's an awfully big hole they dug. You mean we have to walk back home now?"
If that's not having the last laugh, it's pretty darn close!
Randy
1973 26' Painted Desert
Ahwatukee (Phoenix) AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMC Coach Pic? [message #162732 is a reply to message #162603] |
Mon, 12 March 2012 09:38 |
Chr$
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ROTFLMAO.
| Luvn737s wrote on Sat, 10 March 2012 15:32 |
Maybe it's one of those Funeral Coaches. Don't consider me a ghoul, but they were kinda cool. It sends a message to your loved ones, "Let's get this over with. You've got better things to do than sit in some line of hearses".
Perhaps I should leave instructions to have everyone ride to the cemetery in my GMC. Then they look at each other and say, "Hey, that's an awfully big hole they dug. You mean we have to walk back home now?"
If that's not having the last laugh, it's pretty darn close!
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-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
Photosite: Chrisc GMC:"It has Begun" TT: "The Other Woman"
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