The mission of the GMC Western States club is to “promote the preservation of the classic 1973-78 GMC Motorhome” and we need ideas – and volunteers to help, of course – to refine them and make them happen. During our recent membership renewal drive a [read more]
This is the first article in a series that will explore the kinds of things that GMC Western States members do in their ‘spare’ time – when they are not working on their GMCs that is. This article was written for us by Audree Rowe [read more]
At the Fall 2011 rally at Emerald Desert RV Resort we had some good and informative tech sessions but I thought that Chuck Garton’s session on his instrumentation added a couple of surprises, at least for me. Chuck might be described by some folks as [read more]
Karaoke became part of our rally fun at the King City rally in the Spring of 2011. Joanne and Phil Hernandez borrowed a karaoke machine from their neighbor and many of us enjoyed using it for a sing-a-long session on one of the evenings – [read more]
The blog section of the GMCWS.org web site will serve as a prime communication medium between officers and members of the club. We expect that we will be able to present and discuss ideas on the site. This seminar is just an introduction to the [read more]
I (Armand Minnie) presented these slides as part of a seminar I presented at the Fall 2011 GMCWS rally at Emerald Desert in Palm Desert, CA. The title – ‘the living area’ – refers to the fact that only the area behind and including the [read more]
Today consisted of work, competition, and fun. Some seminars in the morning, some swimming pool competition in the afternoon, and dinner, awards and goodbyes in the evening. We will be leaving after breakfast tomorrow morning. Here are today’s photos:
We had some great technical sessions by Jim Rowe, Bill Hubler, Miguel Mendez, Jim Kanomata, and Jim Hupy. The team competition continued with putting, hula hoop racing and a treasure hunt. The evening meal was hamburgers and chili and all the fixens followed by karaoke [read more]
Today we had an impromptu seminar on replacement of the rear window and then in the evening we had a ‘talent’ competition by the various teams. Here are the photos:
More photos. I’ll try to put some words around these later.
Lots more activity at night with great meals and team competitions. Here are some photos from the evening activities:
We are off to a good start. We had a catered dinner of barbequed chicken and pork with all the fixings and ice cream for desert. The Survivor thing is a way of having some entertainment and friendly competition among the members. We are divided [read more]
Below are the seminar schedules for both men and women at the next rally. As usual, the schedules are subject to change at any time but this is our best estimate right now. [fall-2011-mens-seminars] [fall-2011-womens-seminars]
Here is the registration form for the Fall 2011 “Survivor II” rally at the Emerald Desert RV Resort in Palm Desert, CA. Please print it out and send it with your check as directed on the form. If you get a message that a “plug [read more]
Here is the preliminary schedule for the Fall 2011 “Survivor II” rally at Emerald Desert Resort at Palm Desert, CA. If you get a message that a “plug in” is missing it means that your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari) is missing the [read more]
In the last few years, both Mary and I have gotten hearing aids. As anyone with hearing aids will tell you, they not only increase the volume of people’s voices, but also increase the background noise. With hearing aids on so we could hear each [read more]
This post is copied directly from Gary Bovee’s Idiot’s Guide – please click here for the latest version. I’d suggest the forum – far less confusing and much easier to follow a topic (my opinion – not everyone’s). I don’t think enough can be said [read more]
[This post is just a link to the original files on the old web site. The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how future tech articles will be published.] A substitute for the OEM rear suspension air control system. [wireless_air]
[This post is just a link to the original files on the old web site. The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how future tech articles will be published.] A tutorial on battery and starter related issues common to the GMC motorhome. [mrerf_starting123]
Scheduled for September 25 – 30, 2012 at East Bay RV Park in Springville, Utah this rally will be hosted by Les and Sharon Watson. We will post details as they become available. Please come back and visit this post periodically to check for additional [read more]
Summer is going by a little slowly for us here in Southern Arizona. It has been over 100 degrees most days and got as high as 117 during the last few days of June. Besides my ‘normal’ activities (woodworking and GMC stuff) I have been [read more]
Our Fall 2011 “Survivor II” rally will be held at the Emerald Desert Resort in Palm Springs, CA. Dave and Donna de Graffenreid and Pat and Sharon Cerrina will share hosting duties. The rally will begin on Saturday, October 1 and go through Wednesday, October [read more]
At the GMCWS rally in King City we had a karaoke night which mostly became a sing-along. We – there were quite a few of us – had a blast. Hardly anyone could sing and we had some learning issues regarding karaoke but it was [read more]
