| Hughes GMC [message #91476] |
Wed, 07 July 2010 21:49  |
bryant374
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> Paul said "I just recently purchased a 1978 GMC 26' Hughes Model"
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> Never heard of a Hughes model. What is your TZE # maybe someone can tell us what model it is for sure.
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> Michael
A limited number of Landau, Hughes, Norris, Roll-A-Long and a few others were produced between 1975 and 1978.
Bill Bryant can probably tell us more.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Santa Fe, NM
I spoke with Peter Hughes last year hoping to get further "GMC history" from him and had a most interesting conversation. He started out in 1973 & 74 by renting GMC Motorhomes as well as selling other makes from his RV facility. He told me there were no GMC Motorhome Dealers in Canada so he had to use a US dealer as his source. Starting in 1973 he had several rental GMCs and indicated they were accumulating mileage rapidly. GMC engineering aparently was very interested in these units as they tested the early GMC MH design in the real world. Hughes said there were GMC "factory people" constantly visiting his facility making repairs, taking parts back to Pontiac, making changes, improvements, upgrades, etc.
In 1975 he started upfitting Transmodes as Hughes motorhomes. The link below is a sales flyer for these. He offered a number of interesting features. He said the turbo was never really made. I asked him how many Hughes motor homes he made, there are no actual records, but he estimated about 70 Transmodes. Seems rather high to me, maybe he was including the rentals as well.
http://www.bdub.net/publications/Hughes/Hughes1.htm
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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| Re: [GMCnet] Hughes GMC [message #91489 is a reply to message #91476] |
Wed, 07 July 2010 22:33  |
bhayes
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Ah ha! Hughes' had 55 gallon waste tanks and 50 gallon fresh water tanks.
Bigger tanks ARE possible! :-)
Bryan Hayes
GMCLess in Salt Lake City
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Bill Bryant <bryant374@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> >
> > Paul said "I just recently purchased a 1978 GMC 26' Hughes Model"
> >
> > Never heard of a Hughes model. What is your TZE # maybe someone can tell
> us what model it is for sure.
> >
> > Michael
>
> A limited number of Landau, Hughes, Norris, Roll-A-Long and a few others
> were produced between 1975 and 1978.
>
> Bill Bryant can probably tell us more.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Santa Fe, NM
>
> I spoke with Peter Hughes last year hoping to get further "GMC history"
> from him and had a most interesting conversation. He started out in 1973 &
> 74 by renting GMC Motorhomes as well as selling other makes from his RV
> facility. He told me there were no GMC Motorhome Dealers in Canada so he
> had to use a US dealer as his source. Starting in 1973 he had several
> rental GMCs and indicated they were accumulating mileage rapidly. GMC
> engineering aparently was very interested in these units as they tested the
> early GMC MH design in the real world. Hughes said there were GMC "factory
> people" constantly visiting his facility making repairs, taking parts back
> to Pontiac, making changes, improvements, upgrades, etc.
>
> In 1975 he started upfitting Transmodes as Hughes motorhomes. The link
> below is a sales flyer for these. He offered a number of interesting
> features. He said the turbo was never really made. I asked him how many
> Hughes motor homes he made, there are no actual records, but he estimated
> about 70 Transmodes. Seems rather high to me, maybe he was including the
> rentals as well.
>
>
> http://www.bdub.net/publications/Hughes/Hughes1.htm
> --
> Bill Bryant
> 1976~PB
> 1914 Ford
> 1965 Corvette
> GMC MH History CD
> GMC Showroom Films DVD
> http://bdub.net/billbryant/
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