The original GMC Motorhome interiors

Don Jaksa

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Here are the 1973 original color schemes for the GMC Motorhome
 

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Ugh! I have a ‘74 Canyon Lands model but all of that 🍊 orange 🍊 has long been replaced. I can’t imagine purchasing that color scheme back in 1973!
There are so many people on the boards trying to find interior components (drapes, carpet, upholstery, etc.) to get their rigs back to original from the horrible "upgrades" made in the nineties. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The Canyon Lands and Glacier interiors are my favorites, but the sheer audacity/magnificence of the Sequoia green can't be denied!
 
There are so many people on the boards trying to find interior components (drapes, carpet, upholstery, etc.) to get their rigs back to original from the horrible "upgrades" made in the nineties. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The Canyon Lands and Glacier interiors are my favorites, but the sheer audacity/magnificence of the Sequoia green can't be denied!
I'm one of those looking for original 1974 Canyon Lands upholstery. Let me know if you have a whole or partial set.
 
i remember when they came out. Those were popular colors. Even those SHAG carpets. never cared for shag really.
In my mind, my RV is fine with vinyl floor tiles for easy clean up and throw carpets for comfy toes. Easy to take outside and shake out or replace too.

My GMC was a GLACIER in its former life.
Its original color was Sky BLUE. Not much of that left, I think the rear bed room has a cloth on the wall in some kind of weave design and below the big back window is a blue vinyl wall covering. EVerything else is gone.

The GMC has had 3 prev owners, I'm the 4th and each of those owners had a hand at tearing out the old and putting something else in its place, eliminating things on some items. For instance, I have no wall cabinets, they took them all out. The breakfast table and chairs, GONE.
It looks nice, and roomy, but its not all that practical.
I have a folding table that can be used but the chairs don't face each other in the nook.

I think they hired someone from home and gardens for the "latest" style and colors, and Shag Carpeting, oh my.
I have only seen one or two that are still close to OEM from the factory. Most have had upgrades done.
 
Well, except the the blue snag carpet was a total loss, our coach is about how it left Pontiac. We like it that way. In a 23 without a built in vacuum, the snag was hard to care for. Fortunately, we also have a period Kerby complete with snag rack, but at about 45yo, the carpet just could not make it any more.
GM did actually hire Better Homes and Gardens as consultants for all of the style, floor plan and colors. They sure are 70's colors. The Glacier Blue scheme is all that bad.
Matt
 
There are hints that the original carpet in my 260 is just overlayed with the newer stuff and lays gloriously underneath the protective layer
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CARPET
Our GMC's need some kind of carpet if you travel and stay in it overnight.
It acts like an insulation between your feet and the floor. Shoes do not help keep my feet
warm when the floor is ice cold.
The Prev owner installed some right weave carpet, honestly it probably would have done well in
a house but in the GMC, it is having a rough life.
On the main floor as I mentioned, I tiled then use throws.
To help with the floor coldness, I have thought to aim the heater register to direct a blast of warm
air onto the floor to warm it up.
There is a company that makes a film thin heat that is laid under a carpet or laminate flooring.
it uses 120v, it is pricy but not totally out of reach.
My RV has the original spray insulation in the walls. The effects of all these years and the heat has shrunk
that insulation to nothing. It would take a total disassemble to respray foam again to regain the insulation
qualities to fight heat and cold.
I probably won't be going that route.
I can only guess the carpet that was OEM was SHAG and the theme seemed to have been BLUE/with brown dash and seats.
Never saw the seats it was delivered with but I have seen some brochures.
Those cabinets in blue, WOW.
As for overhead cabinets, I have no idea what there was. The GMC didn't come with any from the PO.
So storage is always a concern. I did create a storage hole under the double bed, and that helps.
I do sort of like seeing out those tall big windows.