Debbie and I got back last night from our first ever GMC Motorhome rally.
We were truly in awe of all the GMC's. There were about 65 of them there
at Lake Whitney, Texas. Most of em were in top condition and some had
brand new paint jobs. The Classics are one of the nicest groups of people
I have ever been around. We met Glyn Trimble, Bill Myers, Russ Bethel,
and Fred Hudspeth, all of GMCnet. A bunch of other great folks too.
Linwood Arthur let me bring home his album of pictures chronicling his
frame off restoration of a GMC. I told him of the others on here that have
done and are in the process of doing the same thing. I'll scan and post
the pictures on a site as soon as I have time. He has done some very
interesting modifications including raising the body 2.5" to accommodate
larger fuel and holding tanks. Very interesting pictures of their
placement in the bare frame.
Also, heard of a new refrigerant called F12 I think. It's suppose to have
nearly identical properties as R12 Freon except is ozone friendly and
doesn't have to have all the seals and dryer an other stuff changed out to
use it. I gotta do some investigating on the web about this.
There were several GMC's with a bar welded or bolted on to the frame under
and forward of the radiator. Found out that this is to take the place of
all the blocking that the manual shows to use for a wrecker to lift and tow
without damaging the front end. I'll probably be building and bolting on
one of these on our coach.
Also got a sample of a holding tank chemical called Enviro-Chem by
Monsanto. It smells good and is suppose to work better than anything else
one the market. We'll see.
I'll let ya'll know when I get them pics scanned and posted. Gonna get
some shut-eye fer now.
We were truly in awe of all the GMC's. There were about 65 of them there
at Lake Whitney, Texas. Most of em were in top condition and some had
brand new paint jobs. The Classics are one of the nicest groups of people
I have ever been around. We met Glyn Trimble, Bill Myers, Russ Bethel,
and Fred Hudspeth, all of GMCnet. A bunch of other great folks too.
Linwood Arthur let me bring home his album of pictures chronicling his
frame off restoration of a GMC. I told him of the others on here that have
done and are in the process of doing the same thing. I'll scan and post
the pictures on a site as soon as I have time. He has done some very
interesting modifications including raising the body 2.5" to accommodate
larger fuel and holding tanks. Very interesting pictures of their
placement in the bare frame.
Also, heard of a new refrigerant called F12 I think. It's suppose to have
nearly identical properties as R12 Freon except is ozone friendly and
doesn't have to have all the seals and dryer an other stuff changed out to
use it. I gotta do some investigating on the web about this.
There were several GMC's with a bar welded or bolted on to the frame under
and forward of the radiator. Found out that this is to take the place of
all the blocking that the manual shows to use for a wrecker to lift and tow
without damaging the front end. I'll probably be building and bolting on
one of these on our coach.
Also got a sample of a holding tank chemical called Enviro-Chem by
Monsanto. It smells good and is suppose to work better than anything else
one the market. We'll see.
I'll let ya'll know when I get them pics scanned and posted. Gonna get
some shut-eye fer now.
