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Welcome, Martin. Your question is too open ended to really answer as there are so very many variables, but I will offer a couple of bits that may be helpful.
Start with the best coach you can afford. The better the coach you buy, the more time you will spend enjoying it. There are far too many stories of people who bought a beat up one and never did get it nice enough to leave the yard before they lost interest. You are going to have $25,000 invested before you have a safe running coach you will enjoy using no matter where you buy in, so why not start there and enjoy your new coach from the get go.
We have both a 77 Clasco and a 78 Royale which are as different as night and day WRT the interior layout. We enjoy both, but each for different reasons. The Clasco has the traditional GMC interior configuration with the dinette and couch forward, kitchen center on drivers side, a wet bath and the rear converted to a standard side to side double bed. It is great for socialization but the climb over bed requires a learning curve. Few of us are used to sleeping on a double bed any more so it is a bit tight. The Royale has a U shaped rear lounge and a kitchen forward on the drivers side with a dry bath. The forward passenger side is the dinette. The rear lounge is great for just the two of us hanging out and it makes into a larger than king size bed so it is much better for sleeping, but the socialization space forward is limited to the dinette. We like the Clasco layout best for shorter trips and going to rallies, but prefer the Royale for long distance travel when we wi
ll be out for a month or more. Wet bath vs dry bath is a non issue from my POV. I see benefits to both.
These later model coaches incorporate all the running changes GMC made and have a superior dash AC layout re the earlier coaches. There are work a rounds and both early and late coaches can be very satisfying.
Spiffy paint and fancy interior redos are a lot more more expensive than redoing the mechanicals, about twice as much. $10,000 to $15,000 will replace most everything mechanical if you do some of the work yourself. It is a lot harder for most people to pull off a great paint job or really nice interior redos themselves, hence the greater cost for those if done right.
Do yourself a favor and replace all the appliances as soon as you can. 40 year old appliances, even if they seem to work are not fun to live with over time. 16" Aluminum wheels and less than 5 year old tires are biiiiiig improvements over the 16.5" steel wheels which only have one tire choice now.
Buy up and enjoy now is my bottom line.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 23:45:48 -0600
From: Martin
Subject: [GMCnet] New to this forum
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For the past year I have looked with envy at loads of beautiful GMC motorhomes on the internet. I am becoming slightly obsessed with the thought of
actually owning one. Before I do make the big jump in I would be interested to hear from owners with things I should watch out for before putting my
money down. In my mind they are the ultimate RV but perhaps there is more I should know? Your honest opinions would be most welcome.
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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