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GMC Trailer Project [message #150602] Thu, 24 November 2011 12:23 Go to next message
seven is currently offline  seven   Canada
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Gutting my Trailer project, Unbelievable on how much electrical equipment in this unit, With four heaters two actual gas, one electric and the one heaterline,
The unit had two 6000 watt Onans with 9 plugins along the walls!
Man when you get these empty They are huge inside. Check out the Rear wiper!

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=41592&title=0155&cat=5231

Jay Fox Calgary AB
73 Painted Desert (Turtle)
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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150610 is a reply to message #150602] Thu, 24 November 2011 16:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dan Borlase is currently offline  Dan Borlase   Canada
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Jay...looks like your having fun there !!!
If you can't use the onan front switch/read out suround (black), I could use it. Mine is cracked and broken.
Dan

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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150611 is a reply to message #150602] Thu, 24 November 2011 17:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
seven is currently offline  seven   Canada
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It,s yours if you come my way or I have friends heading that way as from time to time as well.

Jay Fox Calgary AB
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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150612 is a reply to message #150602] Thu, 24 November 2011 17:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
seven is currently offline  seven   Canada
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I remember seeing pictures of several rear hatch's
anyone know who made car haulers or info on back hatch setups.

Jay Fox Calgary AB
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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150615 is a reply to message #150602] Thu, 24 November 2011 19:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
carguy is currently offline  carguy   United States
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Check with Jim Bounds. He did at least one car hauler GMC motorhome.

Bill Brown - '77 Buckeye Cruiser
Coshocton OH
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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150616 is a reply to message #150611] Thu, 24 November 2011 20:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dan Borlase is currently offline  Dan Borlase   Canada
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Thanks Jay. By the way...any plans to race at Penticton or Vernon this summer ??

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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150624 is a reply to message #150602] Fri, 25 November 2011 00:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
seven is currently offline  seven   Canada
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No plans but we have racers that will be traveling to all the National rounds so it should get to you quite easily.
In the mean time keep an eye out for a rear cap or parts of one.

Jay Fox Calgary AB
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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150631 is a reply to message #150624] Fri, 25 November 2011 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dan Borlase is currently offline  Dan Borlase   Canada
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...will do...

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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150654 is a reply to message #150624] Fri, 25 November 2011 22:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Matt Colie is currently offline  Matt Colie   United States
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seven wrote on Fri, 25 November 2011 01:07

No plans but we have racers that will be traveling to all the National rounds so it should get to you quite easily.
In the mean time keep an eye out for a rear cap or parts of one.

Jay,

You need to find a friend that has done some fiberglass work.
It would be a simple matter to coat the end cap you have with release and use it as a plug to make a mold. Then you can have a matching end cap. It would also be easy to modify the mold to make one end cap without window or light lumps.

Ask around, fiberglass molding is more common than you probably believe.

Matt

Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150691 is a reply to message #150654] Sat, 26 November 2011 12:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We have talked about that as we make our own Race Bodywork molds for our Road Race Bikes, It,s on the table. The factory look is what I,m looking for, Just as it might have been if it came if GM made it. As I heard they did once as a prototype.

Jay Fox Calgary AB
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Re: GMC Trailer Project [message #150749 is a reply to message #150691] Sun, 27 November 2011 11:00 Go to previous message
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""We have talked about that as we make our own Race Bodywork molds for our Road Race Bikes, It,s on the table. The factory look is what I,m looking for, Just as it might have been if it came if GM made it. As I heard they did once as a prototype. ""

I think Matt is on the right track. The original end cap is heavy and not that structurally sound. If you can replicate the surface you may make the functional part of it much easier.

Bob de Kruyff
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