A client of mine was (in the past) President of the GMC Motorhome
club. If I ever need to "upgrade" the van, this is what I will get.
Very well designed, front-wheel drive via big-block GM engine, easy
and cheap to work on, and full-featured.

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Justin M. Mayrand
Mayrand Computer Services
justin@mayrandcomputer.com
(603) 817-7572

On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:

> A little back ground before I get to the topic.
>
> It is that time of year here in Port Huron, MI when our population
> swells by
> tens of thousands of people because of the annual Port Huron to
> Mackinac
> sail boat race. It's quite the party every year - starting
> Wednesday with
> the "Blue Water Parade" (which was rained out this year), on
> Thursday with
> "Family Night" along the river - Friday is "Boat Night" the streets
> are
> closed off for a few blocks and basically the town has one hell of
> a party -
> used to be a drunken bash but that has calmed some in the last 6-10
> years,
> sail boats leave early Saturday morning. It's a nice time of year
> lots of
> food, music, and interesting people.
>
> Ok so what does this have to do with GMC Motor Homes? Well, there
> is some
> recently cleaned up land here in the city. A local philanthropist
> has dumped
> Millions hoping to help revitalize the downtown area. It's great.
> Part of
> the land appears to be hosting a campout of all these cool 1970's GMC
> Motorhomes - like this: http://www.bethunesales.com/special_01.htm
> They are
> in all kinds of colors and various conditions, Awnings, Window
> screens,
> modifications, names painted on the sides, vanity plates, etc. I
> mention
> this because they remind me so much of us Vanagon people. I talked
> to a few
> and they are equally passionate about their vehicles. Nice people
> and cool
> to see here in our city. I've never really noticed those RV's before.
> Apparently they were produced between 1973 and 1978. They are kind
> of neat -
> Not a VW Bus or Westy but the folks who own them are sort of a kindred
> spirit. They have CLubs and the whole thing as well.
>
> I also found them interesting because they aren't near the
> monstrosities you
> see made now - but are much cooler. Then again I'm sure they aren't
> environmentally friendly at all - Big Olds V8 engines in them.
>
> Oh well still neat to see - thought I'd share.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful. Now sporting a very unstylish
> brown
> interior taken from the parts bus)
> 86' (We call this one Parts)
> 85' GL (Sidelined and feeling neglected)