I still see them on the Interstate and some parked in fields with blue tarps on them. They hay the GM Toronadio 455 cu in front wheel drive.
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The EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle
One Heavily Armed Recreational Vehicle
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The latter ones had a 455, earlier ones had a 425 I think. Another cool old coach was the Cortez made by Clark forklift co. My dad had a GM motorhome, it was orange. Dad was a huge fan of the Tornado and drove a series of them for decades
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At least GM didn’t reposes them like they did the EV1
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Wasn’t this the ‘Urban Assault Vehicle’ from the movie “Stripes”?
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My first real girlfriends parents had one of those. You folks really should keep those locked. Bad (fun) stuff can happen in those things!
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Probably the left…they kill everything
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I want one! 🙂
That was cool.
More stories like this please, tired of politics.
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A dimwit who lived near me bought a perfect one at an estate sale about two years ago and it was really cool… Before he spent a lot of money and effort ruining it by “updating” everything. He also bought a super cool beach bungalow a few years ago that had the coral sinks, tubs, toilets and avacado appliances, real linoleum flooring, knotty pine paneling etc and by the time he was through with the granit counters and stainless steel and fake wood flooring it was nothing special. His wife painted the knotty pine paneling too.
Stainless steel is put in zoos and prisons for a reason is my opinion.
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My dad sold his GM in the 90’s. It was absolutely mint even though had been used extensively, like everything he owns. IIRC his is wife wanted one of the huge busses, I don’t think they kept it until the paint was dry on it.
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I suspect suicide
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Those were great rv’s and if you were bored on the road you could actually watch the gas gauge moving. Toward empty. Fast.
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Still a part of my everyday life. Neighbor has one that still travels to Florida in December and returns in April, but is usually parked in his driveway (THUS BLOCKING THE VIEW ONE WAY UP THE STREET). I get sick of it but the neighbor and his wife are great (and occasionally mow our lawn and such.) They also talk CC and have our backs watching the neighborhood. So I can hack it.
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When GM dropped the 455, and redesigned the Toronado/Eldorado in the late 70s, they didn’t have a drivetrain with the torque and durability to support the Motorhome. Too bad. Because they were fiberglass with a one-piece roof, they seldom leaked, and so you still see a lot of them 40 years later.
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saw one on the road yesterday.
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I’ve got an old ’74 Travco, looks sorta similar to the GMC, but mounted on a Dodge chassis. Handles like a pig on stilts.
I still see them on the Interstate and some parked in fields with blue tarps on them. They hay the GM Toronadio 455 cu in front wheel drive.
The EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle
One Heavily Armed Recreational Vehicle
The latter ones had a 455, earlier ones had a 425 I think. Another cool old coach was the Cortez made by Clark forklift co. My dad had a GM motorhome, it was orange. Dad was a huge fan of the Tornado and drove a series of them for decades
At least GM didn’t reposes them like they did the EV1
Wasn’t this the ‘Urban Assault Vehicle’ from the movie “Stripes”?
My first real girlfriends parents had one of those. You folks really should keep those locked. Bad (fun) stuff can happen in those things!
Probably the left…they kill everything
I want one! 🙂
That was cool.
More stories like this please, tired of politics.
A dimwit who lived near me bought a perfect one at an estate sale about two years ago and it was really cool… Before he spent a lot of money and effort ruining it by “updating” everything. He also bought a super cool beach bungalow a few years ago that had the coral sinks, tubs, toilets and avacado appliances, real linoleum flooring, knotty pine paneling etc and by the time he was through with the granit counters and stainless steel and fake wood flooring it was nothing special. His wife painted the knotty pine paneling too.
Stainless steel is put in zoos and prisons for a reason is my opinion.
My dad sold his GM in the 90’s. It was absolutely mint even though had been used extensively, like everything he owns. IIRC his is wife wanted one of the huge busses, I don’t think they kept it until the paint was dry on it.
I suspect suicide
Those were great rv’s and if you were bored on the road you could actually watch the gas gauge moving. Toward empty. Fast.
Still a part of my everyday life. Neighbor has one that still travels to Florida in December and returns in April, but is usually parked in his driveway (THUS BLOCKING THE VIEW ONE WAY UP THE STREET). I get sick of it but the neighbor and his wife are great (and occasionally mow our lawn and such.) They also talk CC and have our backs watching the neighborhood. So I can hack it.
When GM dropped the 455, and redesigned the Toronado/Eldorado in the late 70s, they didn’t have a drivetrain with the torque and durability to support the Motorhome. Too bad. Because they were fiberglass with a one-piece roof, they seldom leaked, and so you still see a lot of them 40 years later.
saw one on the road yesterday.
I’ve got an old ’74 Travco, looks sorta similar to the GMC, but mounted on a Dodge chassis. Handles like a pig on stilts.
Yea, but does it have radar jamming capability?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGvblGCD7qM
I’m gonna get it…. ” Jimmy Carter ” Killed them.
These are occasionally at Campland on Mission Bay, they are the bomb !
Who killed it?
Who cares?
I almost bought one a few years ago. I think it was a diesel.