Lesson 3 Homework

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This is our 1978 GMC Royale........purchased in 1993 from a lady who had just become widowed. My wife Barbara and I were 65 and looking forward to retirement shortly. We had spent weeks and weeks looking for just the right motorhome.....then one day we drove past one on our way from the store in our neighborhood, we stopped and chatted and recieved an invitation to attend our first
"PACIFIC CRUISERS" motorhome rally, and within a  week we had purchased this little jewel with only 55,000 on the odomoter. It has been going strong ever since .....well!! with a lot of TLC.

 

"When you sit in the command seat of your GMC Motorhome, you are truly a "King of the Road". You're riding on your own, private magic carpet.
The inside quiet will make you think of a fine passenger car. The entire body is rubber-insulated from the chassis, and there's a specially treated, one-inch thick, exterior grade plywood floor to further block road noise.

Up front, the view is really something to behold. 23 sq.ft. of windshield safety glass for panoramic front and side vision. And big, bus-sized windshield wipers have the washers built right into them so the fluid hits right in front of the blade.
And the standard power steering and power brakes give you a road feel and handling close to a luxury car.
The GMC Motorhome weighs 2,000 to 3,000 pounds less than most comparably sized Motorhomes. That, plus the standard 455-cu.in. V8 engine, means you can accelerate to freeway speeds quickly; or, take on mountain grades comfortably."

 

 

"We wanted to build an ideal Motorhome. So we went back to find out what would make it close to perfect. Not just features from other Motorhomes, but basic design points that would give us the kind of Motorhome that people wanted. A low roofline was a must. And a low floor for easy entry and exit. Keeping everything low would also lower the center of gravity for easy handling. Yet, at the same time, we wanted plenty of headroom and the kind of ground clearance a real outdoor vehicle needs. The biggest problem was the drive shaft and the rear axle; and that big bulge in the center of the axle. So we got rid of them. We designed our Motorhome around a front-wheel drive unit. Thus, with all the machinery up front, a conventional rear axle and drive shaft is unnecessary. We designed simple support arms for the rear wheels and mounted them independently on the outside of an extra-wide chassis. That allowed plenty of interior width, a low floor, a 6-foot 4-inch ceiling, as well as the desired low roofline. Not to mention 8 inches of ground clearance. And with that as a beginning, we knew our Motorhome was well on its way."

 

 

 

 

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