| History/Registry questions [message #169986] |
Thu, 17 May 2012 12:13  |
xplorid
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At the registry site putting in my recently acquired 1973 GMC II, two questions came up that I am sure someone here on the board can help with -
1. If there were 2059 coaches built in 1973, why do I have number 2081?
2. As a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I am really curious what the "RPI College People Mover" is or was?
hmmm....
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| Re: History/Registry questions [message #169990 is a reply to message #169986] |
Thu, 17 May 2012 12:50  |
C Boyd
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Sir in the manual under identification shows serial #s starting with 100 a 3 digit # as 001 is a single digit # and would not fill the required 6 didgets.
| xplorid wrote on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:13 |
At the registry site putting in my recently acquired 1973 GMC II, two questions came up that I am sure someone here on the board can help with -
1. If there were 2059 coaches built in 1973, why do I have number 2081?
2. As a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I am really curious what the "RPI College People Mover" is or was?
hmmm....
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| Re: History/Registry questions [message #169992 is a reply to message #169990] |
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05 |
C Boyd
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actually shows 100053 which i think is close to first # First 3 rumerored to be expermental?? anyway don`t think they actually started with 0.
| C Boyd wrote on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:50 |
Sir in the manual under identification shows serial #s starting with 100 a 3 digit # as 001 is a single digit # and would not fill the required 6 didgets.
| xplorid wrote on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:13 |
At the registry site putting in my recently acquired 1973 GMC II, two questions came up that I am sure someone here on the board can help with -
1. If there were 2059 coaches built in 1973, why do I have number 2081?
2. As a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I am really curious what the "RPI College People Mover" is or was?
hmmm....
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East Tennessee
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| Re: History/Registry questions [message #169993 is a reply to message #169992] |
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07 |
C Boyd
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dang it forgot the link
http://www.bdub.net/manuals/X7425/X7425.pdf
| C Boyd wrote on Thu, 17 May 2012 14:05 |
actually shows 100053 which i think is close to first # First 3 rumerored to be expermental?? anyway don`t think they actually started with 0.
| C Boyd wrote on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:50 |
Sir in the manual under identification shows serial #s starting with 100 a 3 digit # as 001 is a single digit # and would not fill the required 6 didgets.
| xplorid wrote on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:13 |
At the registry site putting in my recently acquired 1973 GMC II, two questions came up that I am sure someone here on the board can help with -
1. If there were 2059 coaches built in 1973, why do I have number 2081?
2. As a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I am really curious what the "RPI College People Mover" is or was?
hmmm....
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East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] History/Registry questions [message #170022 is a reply to message #169986] |
Thu, 17 May 2012 18:02 |
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Jeff,
If have forwarded this to Bill Bryant; Professor at the GMC School of History. ;-)
Regards,
Rob M.
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Subject: [GMCnet] History/Registry questions
At the registry site putting in my recently acquired 1973 GMC II, two questions came up that I am sure someone here on the board can
help with -
1. If there were 2059 coaches built in 1973, why do I have number 2081?
2. As a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I am really curious what the "RPI College People Mover" is or was?
hmmm....
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| Re: History/Registry questions [message #170056 is a reply to message #169986] |
Thu, 17 May 2012 21:55 |
bryant374
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History/Registry questions
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:13
xplorid
At the registry site putting in my recently acquired 1973 GMC II, two questions came up that I am sure someone here on the board can help with -
1. If there were 2059 coaches built in 1973, why do I have number 2081?
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All years ended up with coach serial numbers higher than the production count, for 1973 the highest #s were ~31xx. I have contacted a number of GMC employees who might know the answer, but have had little success. We know the numbers were issued in batches and we can only assume all numbers issued were not used.
2. As a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I am really curious what the "RPI College People Mover" is or was?
hmmm....
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I don't remember if I had posted pictures of it or not, where did you find a reference? I am presently at a GMC MH rally in MA so if I don't answer your question contact me after next Sunday when I get back home. The RPI coach was an early Transmode that Ralph Merkle was quite proud of, I was never sure why. I have pictures of it and can post them if needed.
Re: History/Registry questions
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:05
C Boyd
actually shows 100053 which i think is close to first # First 3 rumerored to be expermental?? anyway don`t think they actually started w
The first 20 production 1973 coaches were used for testing etc and were destroyed. V100021 and higher were sold to the public.
I had always assumed the first coach of every year would start with V100001. I saw TZE168V100000 at Boerne, TX when the GMC Intl. rally was there, seems to me Dave G has at least one other listed.
After my searches for GMC information I have found only one thing for certain, nothing is for certain.
Bill Bryant
PO 1976~PB (owned 34 years)
1914 Ford (owned 70 years)
1965 Corvette (owned 39 years)
GMC Motorhome History
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