Trip Report

[adolph santorine]

I always said I was not going to post one of these, but sometimes good news is just “good”.

Since 1 January 2019

7015 miles.

It’s handling and steering almost exactly like I want it to. I’m on the almost.

One make up quart during each oil change.

The calculations say 10.32 miles per gallon.

Now on make it prettier.

Dolph

DE AD0LF

Wheeling, West Virginia

1977 26’ ex-PalmBeach
Howell EFI & EBL, Reaction Arms, Manny Transmission

“The Aluminum and Fiberglass Mistress"

 

[scott nutter1]

Sounds very good to me. It's always good when things go according to plan!
I especially like the 10 mpg.
Scott
--
Scott Nutter
1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
installed MSD Atomic EFI
Houston, Texas

 

[Russell]

Dolph,
We like to hear good news. Keep it coming!

Safe Travels,
Russell
--
Russell Keith,
1978 E2 "Harry" 403 (still carbureted), Danny Dunn Tranny, Thorley, Stock Brakes w/Remote Vacuum Brake Booster, Quad Bags, Dakota Digital Dash, 6.5 kW
Onan, Dunedin, Florida

 

[Ken Shaffer]

Well, after months of preparation, we leave tomorrow on a two week trip from Center Point Iowa to California.
Our overnight destinations include:
North Platte NE
Salt Lake City
Reno NV
San Francisco
Riverside CA
San Diego CA
Williams AZ
Albuquerque NM

Wish us luck and give us a thumbs up if you spot us on the road. We will be on I-80 the next 4 days!
I will update trip report as I go. This is the first big trip we have taken in our GMC.

--
Ken Shaffer
Marion Iowa
73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior

 

[Matt Colie]

> Well, after months of preparation, we leave tomorrow on a two week trip from Center Point Iowa to California.
> Our overnight destinations include:
> North Platte NE
> Salt Lake City
> Reno NV
> San Francisco
> Riverside CA
> San Diego CA
> Williams AZ
> Albuquerque NM
>
> Wish us luck and give us a thumbs up if you spot us on the road. We will be on I-80 the next 4 days!
> I will update trip report as I go. This is the first big trip we have taken in our GMC.

Ken,

Be sure to PRINT a copy of the Black's list before departure.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit

 

[jim kanomata1]

Ken,
Keep our phone # also as we do help lot of people on the road.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 12:18 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist <

> > Well, after months of preparation, we leave tomorrow on a two week trip
> from Center Point Iowa to California.
> > Our overnight destinations include:
> > North Platte NE
> > Salt Lake City
> > Reno NV
> > San Francisco
> > Riverside CA
> > San Diego CA
> > Williams AZ
> > Albuquerque NM
> >
> > Wish us luck and give us a thumbs up if you spot us on the road. We will
> be on I-80 the next 4 days!
> > I will update trip report as I go. This is the first big trip we have
> taken in our GMC.
>
> Ken,
>
> Be sure to PRINT a copy of the Black's list before departure.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>
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--
Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
jimk
http://www.appliedgmc.com
1-800-752-7502

 

[scott nutter1]

Way to go ken!!
Not get out there and have some fun!! Expect a few issues on the road, but you are amongst friends. Bring some patience with you.
Buts most importantly, enjoy the adventure!
Scott
--
Scott Nutter
1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
installed MSD Atomic EFI
Houston, Texas

 

[sandra price]

Ken, doesn't sound like you'll have time to visit the Golden Spike Tower at
Union Pacific's train yard in North Platte. Bob and I were impressed with
it when we visited last year. I believe you would find it very interesting.

You will have a wonderful trip. Our country is so beautiful. Have a safe
and serindipitous time of discovery.

Sandra Price

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 2:24 PM Ken Shaffer via Gmclist <

> Well, after months of preparation, we leave tomorrow on a two week trip
> from Center Point Iowa to California.
> Our overnight destinations include:
> North Platte NE
> Salt Lake City
> Reno NV
> San Francisco
> Riverside CA
> San Diego CA
> Williams AZ
> Albuquerque NM
>
> Wish us luck and give us a thumbs up if you spot us on the road. We will
> be on I-80 the next 4 days!
> I will update trip report as I go. This is the first big trip we have
> taken in our GMC.
>
>
> --
> Ken Shaffer
> Marion Iowa
> 73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior
>
>
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[Ken Shaffer]

900 miles in and GMC is performing awesome! Couldn't be happier!
Had a roof top ac fan relay act up giving me trouble last night. Didn't get to our campground and had to settle for a very HOT Walmart parking lot
west of Omaha.
I80 across Nebraska was a cooker today (100 deg). So glad I installed vintage air!
Thank you Ken Henderson and Bob Dunahugh for reminding me to down shift on steep grades when speed gets to 45. Living in flat land (Iowa) it's easy
to forget.
Half way to SanFrancisco! Hope to hit Salt Lake City area tomorrow night.

--
Ken Shaffer
Marion Iowa
73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior

 

[wardhillarch]

Sounds epic
Enjoy
--
Jeffrey Fleming
1976 edgemonte
Living in Maine

 

[sandra price]

Ken, there's a beautiful city park in Scott's Bluff, reasonably priced, if
you need to stop anywhere near there.

Sandra Price

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 12:14 AM Ken Shaffer via Gmclist <

> 900 miles in and GMC is performing awesome! Couldn't be happier!
> Had a roof top ac fan relay act up giving me trouble last night. Didn't
> get to our campground and had to settle for a very HOT Walmart parking lot
> west of Omaha.
> I80 across Nebraska was a cooker today (100 deg). So glad I installed
> vintage air!
> Thank you Ken Henderson and Bob Dunahugh for reminding me to down shift on
> steep grades when speed gets to 45. Living in flat land (Iowa) it's easy
> to forget.
> Half way to SanFrancisco! Hope to hit Salt Lake City area tomorrow night.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ken Shaffer
> Marion Iowa
> 73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior
>
>
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[Gary Coaster]

Ken,
It looks like you will be coming through Reno. My wife and I would like to invite you to stay over at our place on your way to San Francisco.
We have plenty of room and a place for hookup.
Gary & Terry Coaster

Gary Coaster / Reno, NV
1977 GMC Eleganza ll
GMC RV Day Night Shade Sales
GMCShades
www.GMCMotorhomemarketplace.com/GMC_Shades/

>
> 900 miles in and GMC is performing awesome! Couldn't be happier!
> Had a roof top ac fan relay act up giving me trouble last night. Didn't get to our campground and had to settle for a very HOT Walmart parking lot
> west of Omaha.
> I80 across Nebraska was a cooker today (100 deg). So glad I installed vintage air!
> Thank you Ken Henderson and Bob Dunahugh for reminding me to down shift on steep grades when speed gets to 45. Living in flat land (Iowa) it's easy
> to forget.
> Half way to SanFrancisco! Hope to hit Salt Lake City area tomorrow night.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ken Shaffer
> Marion Iowa
> 73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior
>
>
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[Ken Shaffer]

Thank you so much for the offer. We are traveling with friends that
haven’t seen their son for almost 2 years that lives in san Francisco. We
are anxious to get there so pushing the clock. We are staying in Elko
tonight and hope to arrive in Concord CA by early afternoon tomorrow.
Thanks again for the generous offer.

Ken and Wendi

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 5:19 PM Gary via Gmclist
wrote:

> Ken,
> It looks like you will be coming through Reno. My wife and I would like to
> invite you to stay over at our place on your way to San Francisco.
> We have plenty of room and a place for hookup.
> Gary & Terry Coaster
>
>
> Gary Coaster / Reno, NV
> 1977 GMC Eleganza ll
> GMC RV Day Night Shade Sales
> GMCShades
> www.GMCMotorhomemarketplace.com/GMC_Shades/
>
> > On Jun 29, 2019, at 10:13 PM, Ken Shaffer via Gmclist <

> >
> > 900 miles in and GMC is performing awesome! Couldn't be happier!
> > Had a roof top ac fan relay act up giving me trouble last night. Didn't
> get to our campground and had to settle for a very HOT Walmart parking lot
> > west of Omaha.
> > I80 across Nebraska was a cooker today (100 deg). So glad I installed
> vintage air!
> > Thank you Ken Henderson and Bob Dunahugh for reminding me to down shift
> on steep grades when speed gets to 45. Living in flat land (Iowa) it's easy
> > to forget.
> > Half way to SanFrancisco! Hope to hit Salt Lake City area tomorrow
> night.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Shaffer
> > Marion Iowa
> > 73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior
> >
> >
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[Gary Coaster]

Remember us next time!
Safe travels.

Gary Coaster / Reno, NV
1977 GMC Eleganza ll
GMC RV Day Night Shade Sales
GMCShades
www.GMCMotorhomemarketplace.com/GMC_Shades/

>
> Thank you so much for the offer. We are traveling with friends that
> haven’t seen their son for almost 2 years that lives in san Francisco. We
> are anxious to get there so pushing the clock. We are staying in Elko
> tonight and hope to arrive in Concord CA by early afternoon tomorrow.
> Thanks again for the generous offer.
>
> Ken and Wendi
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 5:19 PM Gary via Gmclist

>
>> Ken,
>> It looks like you will be coming through Reno. My wife and I would like to
>> invite you to stay over at our place on your way to San Francisco.
>> We have plenty of room and a place for hookup.
>> Gary & Terry Coaster
>>
>>
>> Gary Coaster / Reno, NV
>> 1977 GMC Eleganza ll
>> GMC RV Day Night Shade Sales
>> GMCShades
>> www.GMCMotorhomemarketplace.com/GMC_Shades/
>>
>>> On Jun 29, 2019, at 10:13 PM, Ken Shaffer via Gmclist <

>>>
>>> 900 miles in and GMC is performing awesome! Couldn't be happier!
>>> Had a roof top ac fan relay act up giving me trouble last night. Didn't
>> get to our campground and had to settle for a very HOT Walmart parking lot
>>> west of Omaha.
>>> I80 across Nebraska was a cooker today (100 deg). So glad I installed
>> vintage air!
>>> Thank you Ken Henderson and Bob Dunahugh for reminding me to down shift
>> on steep grades when speed gets to 45. Living in flat land (Iowa) it's easy
>>> to forget.
>>> Half way to SanFrancisco! Hope to hit Salt Lake City area tomorrow
>> night.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Shaffer
>>> Marion Iowa
>>> 73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior
>>>
>>>
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[SteveW]

Ken and Wendi -

Please reach out if you're travelling through Orange County on your way south...

Would love to share a story or two and maybe even an adult beverage or two.

nine four nine two nine three six five two nine

Steve W

--
Steve W
1973 : 23'
Southern California

 

[Ken Shaffer]

We arrived back home in Iowa last night. What a great trip! I wanted to follow up to all that have offered advice , help, and prayers along the
way. .... thank you!
Our adventure started at our home in Center Point Iowa and took us to California - AND BACK!
This was our first BIG trip so we didn't know really what to expect. One thing I did know was that we had an awesome support group here to guide us
along the way.

My coach ran beautifully and we didn't have any major problems. Here are the challenges that we did face along the way. Some tranny slip on a big
grade in Wyoming. After talking to Ken Henderson on he phone, I was reminded to down-shift into 2nd gear on up-grade when I reach 45mph. When I got
to Cali, I took it to Manny for a few days and he replaced some burned clutches. It kind of sounds like this one was self-inflicted. I learned a
lesson.

I had a remanufactured NAPA alternator fail 150 miles east of Salt Lake City. I simply started the generator and continued until I could get a
replacement.
Later, on my way back home, the alternator gave up again. Thank God for the Onan!

Our two week, 12 state, 4600 mile adventure Safely ended last night when we arrived home late. Even with Vintage air running on high most of the
trip along with Onan and rooftop air running 75% of the time, and average speed of 65-68 mph, we got 8 MPG. I was happy with that as well

--
Ken Shaffer
Marion Iowa
73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior

 

[Bruce Hart]

Awsome, good memories!

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 6:28 PM Ken Shaffer via Gmclist <

> We arrived back home in Iowa last night. What a great trip! I wanted to
> follow up to all that have offered advice , help, and prayers along the
> way. .... thank you!
> Our adventure started at our home in Center Point Iowa and took us to
> California - AND BACK!
> This was our first BIG trip so we didn't know really what to expect. One
> thing I did know was that we had an awesome support group here to guide us
> along the way.
>
> My coach ran beautifully and we didn't have any major problems. Here are
> the challenges that we did face along the way. Some tranny slip on a big
> grade in Wyoming. After talking to Ken Henderson on he phone, I was
> reminded to down-shift into 2nd gear on up-grade when I reach 45mph. When
> I got
> to Cali, I took it to Manny for a few days and he replaced some burned
> clutches. It kind of sounds like this one was self-inflicted. I learned a
> lesson.
>
> I had a remanufactured NAPA alternator fail 150 miles east of Salt Lake
> City. I simply started the generator and continued until I could get a
> replacement.
> Later, on my way back home, the alternator gave up again. Thank God for
> the Onan!
>
> Our two week, 12 state, 4600 mile adventure Safely ended last night when
> we arrived home late. Even with Vintage air running on high most of the
> trip along with Onan and rooftop air running 75% of the time, and average
> speed of 65-68 mph, we got 8 MPG. I was happy with that as well
>
> --
> Ken Shaffer
> Marion Iowa
> 73 Canyon Lands, 455, Manny Tranny, Custom interior
>
>
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--
Bruce Hart
1976 Palm Beach
Milliken, Co
GMC=Got More Class

 

[6cuda6]

Ken that sounds like an amazing journey....hope your planning many more!!
--
Rich Mondor,

Brockville, ON

77 Hughes 2600

 

[Deb]

Great to hear another great first trip. And another long one! Good on you.
--
Deb McWade
Logan Lake, BC, CAN
"Li'l Sister"
'77 Kingsley, 403, EBL EFI;
TZE167V101404
It's Bigger on the Inside!