1973 GMC Motorhome

GMC motorhome on the street, Saab 9-3 Estate in the driveway. You, sir, a living a life. Congratulations on the purchase. 

californiamilleghia said:

When you have a chance can you measure how much room between the rear wheelwells ?

and since most of the newer Motor homes have slide out rooms , has anyone done that on a GMC ?

They also sold these as a mobile  "Office"   

When I was a kid the local fire department had one as an ambulance.

conesare2seconds said:

GMC motorhome on the street, Saab 9-3 Estate in the driveway. You, sir, a living a life. Congratulations on the purchase. 

GTV6 under car cover (baby sitting Hungry Bill's)

Got the engine spun over by hand this morning, installed new plugs and made new 8mm plug wires.

She will run on ether.

Need to figure out how to dispose of 40 gallons of bad gas.

Drain it and mix it in with lawn mower gas.

m4ff3w said:

Need to figure out how to dispose of 40 gallons of bad gas.

What would Kid Rock do?

Bring it(stale gas) to my house(Magnolia Tx. just sayin') and let me use it on the BURN pile.....late...... great score on da 'BUS' always wanted one

Trans_Maro said:

m4ff3w said:

Need to figure out how to dispose of 40 gallons of bad gas.

What would Kid Rock do?

Drink it?

Saw some fuel being squirted out of the injectors, but it stopped..  

Not getting fuel out of the tank.  

Suck up some fuel into the high pressure pump from a jar and she started right up.

I hear what I think is the in tank pump prime, but no fuel comes out.  More trouble shooting to follow.

Gotta say, I didn't think I'd hear it run the 2nd day I had her home.  Super happy with the purchase!

In reply to m4ff3w :

got a way to blow some air pressure through the fuel line from the engine to the tank?  maybe the pump inlet in the tank is crudded up with sediment?   worth a shot just because it's a cheap thing to test.

AngryCorvair said:

In reply to m4ff3w :

got a way to blow some air pressure through the fuel line from the engine to the tank?  maybe the pump inlet in the tank is crudded up with sediment?   worth a shot just because it's a cheap thing to test.

Yup, that was my plan for this evening.

Make sure you remove the gas cap first. I did that one time and didn't wound up pressurizing the tank and blowing all the gas out of the filler neck

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

Thanks for reminder.

Awesome!
Good to see other people messing with these. 
If you have any questions shoot me a message, I've had them down to the frame and a shell and back.

Here's mine 

www.thegmcrv.com

In reply to SONICJK :

Drool!!

In reply to SONICJK :

Oh E36 M3!  I've seen your site, didn't realize you were on here.  Amazing work!

I like the name Onan the Barbarian.  My slide is stuck, need to figure that out so I can see if it works.  It doesn't try to start when I hit the button on the wall.

In reply to SONICJK :

that is awesome

Looks like quite a score! I've sometimes wanted to fix up an old motorhome for a long road trip myself.

Yeah man I'm a bit of a lurker around here. 

I've got a lot of projects, an e30 rallycross car is next on the docket! 

SONICJK said:

Yeah man I'm a bit of a lurker around here. 

I've got a lot of projects, an e30 rallycross car is next on the docket! 

I really like the white on the inside , most campers are dark wood and when old look depressing , 

Great Job

So air into the primary fuel tank hose just blows.  Can't tell if it is blowing into the tank or above the tank.  So that tank needs to get dropped.  I was able to get the drain plug out, what's in there doesn't even smell like gasoline.

Shooting air into the hose for the aux fuel tank (both are 25 gallons) and I can't get air to flow at all.  Drain on it is stripped (by me :( )

Dropping the tanks isn't that bad so long as you can fit under it. 
Some ramps to drive up on would make it MUCH easier. 
ALL the fuel line needs to be replaced anyway to stand up to these E36 M3ty fuels we have today. 

Sonic, that interior is amazing.  Any more pics?

I love the orange.  And the name Onan the Barbarian.  Following along

Just in case you have not seen this....

Landspeed record version

Fantastic project!!