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Tue, 06 August 2013 07:24  |
rcjordan
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So, my on-going spelunking of the internet to bring GMCs out into the sunlight is turning up some searchers looking for SOBs --Revcons and Argosies in particular are showing up in my logs.
I know there is a rabid Airstream community, and Dave can go on for hours about Shastas and other tin cans. ...And we have the Travco here. If we were to make a list of the quality coaches & trailers that rightfully belong in the 'vintage' or 'hall of fame' categories of the rv world, which ones would you include?
SOLD 77 Royale Coachmen Side Dry Bath
76 Birchaven Coachmen Side Wet Bath
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| Re: Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217121 is a reply to message #217117] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 08:01  |
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Definitely the FMC. That's how I got the GMC. Almost bought one until I began to research brake and bearing issues and found that the parts were not readily available. But a cool machine nonetheless.
The UltraVan?
Galen Briggs
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1978 Palm Beach
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| Re: Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217138 is a reply to message #217117] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 10:14 |
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| rcjordan wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 07:24 |
and Dave can go on for hours about Shastas and other tin cans.
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No one has ever timed me but.......
Among motorhomes there were the ones that were designed right from the ground up, FWD or rear pusher- GMC, FMC, Revcon, Clark, etc.
Of which the GMC is the only practical choice for the modern user becasue of the vendors and the support.
Then there were the ones that were really well made but tragically put on top of truck chassis-
- Barth, Trvaco, Airstream (Argosy), Vogue (before they went to pushers,
For really well made travel trailers there's Airstream, Spartan, Boles Aero, Silvertreak, Streamline, and maybe Holiday Rambler (I think Holiday Rambler made a decent motorhome too)
Then there's a category of travel trailers that have status just becasue. Serro Scotty and Shasta are no better made than all the other stick and staple junk of that era but they are more highly valued than all the others in their class. So much so that they are making over-priced replicas of them today.
Scamp and Casita fit in their some where.
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217141 is a reply to message #217138] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 10:48 |
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And don't forget the Superior with all steel shell; made by the same folks who build/built all those yellow school buses!
Mac in OKC
"Money Pit"
'76 ex - P.B.
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On Aug 6, 2013, at 10:14, "dave silva" <admin@oldrv.net> wrote:
rcjordan wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 07:24
> and Dave can go on for hours about Shastas and other tin cans.
No one has ever timed me but.......
Among motorhomes there were the ones that were designed right from the ground up, FWD or rear pusher- GMC, FMC, Revcon, Clark, etc.
Of which the GMC is the only practical choice for the modern user becasue of the vendors and the support.
Then there were the ones that were really well made but tragically put on top of truck chassis-
- Barth, Trvaco, Airstream (Argosy), Vogue (before they went to pushers,
For really well made travel trailers there's Airstream, Spartan, Boles Aero, Silvertreak, Streamline, and maybe Holiday Rambler (I think Holiday Rambler made a decent motorhome too)
Then there's a category of travel trailers that have status just becasue. Serro Scotty and Shasta are no better made than all the other stick and staple junk of that era but they are more highly valued than all the others in their class. So much so that they are making over-priced replicas of them today.
Scamp and Casita fit in their some where.
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Dave & Ellen Silva
1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217144 is a reply to message #217141] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 10:55 |
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I don't know if it would make the list, but I have a soft spot for the VW Camper vans. My dad had one when I was a kid and I spent hours playing house in there. :) you could hear him coming home from miles away.
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On Aug 6, 2013, at 8:48 AM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk@hotmail.com> wrote:
> And don't forget the Superior with all steel shell; made by the same folks who build/built all those yellow school buses!
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> Mac in OKC
> "Money Pit"
> '76 ex - P.B.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 6, 2013, at 10:14, "dave silva" <admin@oldrv.net> wrote:
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> rcjordan wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 07:24
>> and Dave can go on for hours about Shastas and other tin cans.
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> No one has ever timed me but.......
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> Among motorhomes there were the ones that were designed right from the ground up, FWD or rear pusher- GMC, FMC, Revcon, Clark, etc.
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> Of which the GMC is the only practical choice for the modern user becasue of the vendors and the support.
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> Then there were the ones that were really well made but tragically put on top of truck chassis-
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> - Barth, Trvaco, Airstream (Argosy), Vogue (before they went to pushers,
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> For really well made travel trailers there's Airstream, Spartan, Boles Aero, Silvertreak, Streamline, and maybe Holiday Rambler (I think Holiday Rambler made a decent motorhome too)
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> Then there's a category of travel trailers that have status just becasue. Serro Scotty and Shasta are no better made than all the other stick and staple junk of that era but they are more highly valued than all the others in their class. So much so that they are making over-priced replicas of them today.
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> Scamp and Casita fit in their some where.
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> Dave & Ellen Silva
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> 1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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| Re: Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217145 is a reply to message #217138] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 11:08 |
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| hertfordnc wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 11:14 |
| rcjordan wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 07:24 |
and Dave can go on for hours about Shastas and other tin cans.
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No one has ever timed me but.......
Among motorhomes there were the ones that were designed right from the ground up, FWD or rear pusher- GMC, FMC, Revcon, Clark, etc.
Of which the GMC is the only practical choice for the modern user becasue of the vendors and the support.
Then there were the ones that were really well made but tragically put on top of truck chassis-
- Barth, Trvaco, Airstream (Argosy), Vogue (before they went to pushers,
For really well made travel trailers there's Airstream, Spartan, Boles Aero, Silvertreak, Streamline, and maybe Holiday Rambler (I think Holiday Rambler made a decent motorhome too)
Then there's a category of travel trailers that have status just becasue. Serro Scotty and Shasta are no better made than all the other stick and staple junk of that era but they are more highly valued than all the others in their class. So much so that they are making over-priced replicas of them today.
Scamp and Casita fit in their some where.
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I agree about Serro and Shasta, but Scamp and Casita were both fiberglass and definitely in a separate class from the stick and staple.
We have completely ignored Cayo pre/Avion. They made very good stuff, but sold out to the group that started Avion.
An amazing build in its day was anything made by Bowlus. These were all metal trailers (and one motorhome - one, not one model). The company folded before WW2 and some of the equipment was bought by the people restarting Airstream after it's bankruptcy (kind of like Indian's that have come and gone).
One small technical correction. Travco's were originally made by Frank Manufacturing and Ray Frank worked with Dodge to design the purpose built frame that he and later Travco used. So, it was not actually a truck frame, but what was the difference? Not much.....
History of this industry is interesting and convoluted.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217166 is a reply to message #217141] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 13:26 |
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And don't let's forget Silver Eagle, whi turn out a lot of really nice high end coaches over the years.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode norris
'76 palm beach
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On Tue, 8/6/13, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk@hotmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches?
To: "gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org" <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 3:48 PM
And don't forget the Superior with
all steel shell; made by the same folks who build/built all
those yellow school buses!
Mac in OKC
"Money Pit"
'76 ex - P.B.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 6, 2013, at 10:14, "dave silva" <admin@oldrv.net>
wrote:
rcjordan wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 07:24
> and Dave can go on for hours about Shastas and other
tin cans.
No one has ever timed me but.......
Among motorhomes there were the ones that were designed
right from the ground up, FWD or rear pusher- GMC, FMC,
Revcon, Clark, etc.
Of which the GMC is the only practical choice for the
modern user becasue of the vendors and the support.
Then there were the ones that were really well made but
tragically put on top of truck chassis-
- Barth, Trvaco, Airstream (Argosy), Vogue (before they went
to pushers,
For really well made travel trailers there's Airstream,
Spartan, Boles Aero, Silvertreak, Streamline, and maybe
Holiday Rambler (I think Holiday Rambler made a decent
motorhome too)
Then there's a category of travel trailers that have status
just becasue. Serro Scotty and Shasta are no better made
than all the other stick and staple junk of that era but
they are more highly valued than all the others in their
class. So much so that they are making over-priced
replicas of them today.
Scamp and Casita fit in their some where.
--
Dave & Ellen Silva
1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217167 is a reply to message #217144] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 13:38 |
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| AlexPosner wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 10:55 |
I don't know if it would make the list, but I have a soft spot for the VW Camper vans.
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VW campers, absolutely make the list. Actually, i'd put them very high on the list. Very popular, hold their value, properly designed (rear pusher).
And they can probably go more places than anything else on the list except maybe a Casita pulled by CJ5.
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217172 is a reply to message #217167] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 13:48 |
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So, what do we all plan to do with that "list"?
Emery Stora
On Aug 6, 2013, at 12:38 PM, dave silva wrote:
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> AlexPosner wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 10:55
>> I don't know if it would make the list, but I have a soft spot for the VW Camper vans.
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> VW campers, absolutely make the list. Actually, i'd put them very high on the list. Very popular, hold their value, properly designed (rear pusher).
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> And they can probably go more places than anything else on the list except maybe a Casita pulled by CJ5.
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> Dave & Ellen Silva
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> 1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217173 is a reply to message #217167] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 13:52 |
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Local guy (Atlanta) some eyars ago used to sshow up at the Jeep dealer's with a Synchro every time they'd put the crossties and stuff to demo the Jeeps. The Synchro would go anyplace the Jeeps would, with really al;arming angles if you were sitting in it.
Two things I want - a diesel Synchro which isn't a Westfalia camper; and a CJ5 with the 292 inch engine.
--johnny
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On Tue, 8/6/13, dave silva <admin@oldrv.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches?
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 6:38 PM
AlexPosner wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 10:55
> I don't know if it would make the list, but I have a
soft spot for the VW Camper vans.
VW campers, absolutely make the list. Actually, i'd
put them very high on the list. Very popular, hold
their value, properly designed (rear pusher).
And they can probably go more places than anything else on
the list except maybe a Casita pulled by CJ5.
--
Dave & Ellen Silva
1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217174 is a reply to message #217172] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 13:54 |
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Sit around and review it while drinmking ber at a rally someplace. What else?
--johnny
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On Tue, 8/6/13, Emery Stora <emerystora@mac.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches?
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 6:48 PM
So, what do we all plan to do with
that "list"?
Emery Stora
On Aug 6, 2013, at 12:38 PM, dave silva wrote:
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> AlexPosner wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 10:55
>> I don't know if it would make the list, but I have
a soft spot for the VW Camper vans.
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> VW campers, absolutely make the list. Actually,
i'd put them very high on the list. Very popular, hold
their value, properly designed (rear pusher).
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> And they can probably go more places than anything else
on the list except maybe a Casita pulled by CJ5.
> --
> Dave & Ellen Silva
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> 1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] Golden Age of RVs --canned hams to coaches? [message #217177 is a reply to message #217172] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 14:15 |
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| emerystora wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 13:48 |
So, what do we all plan to do with that "list"?
Emery Stora
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I imagine RC's original question was partly related to making his website more effective at steering people to GMC's (which seems to be happening)
But don't we all share some interest in all things RV?
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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