Talk:GMC motorhome

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I expanded the listing to provide a bunch of new information, and to provide sections that others can further expand.Rick Denney 04:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

P-Series
The following entry was added to Articles for Creation on December 26, 2005:


 * The P-Series Chevrolet chassis was built for GM's motorhomes. Chevrolet offered a wide range of engines to match the chassis over the years; many included the small-block and big-block V8's. Over the years, it was gradually receiving many refinements, up until 1999, when Chevrolet finally stopped building the chassis because of formidable competition from Ford. Ford introduced the V-10 series motorhome chassis with a "wide-track" stance, whereas the Chevrolet still retained the inward wheel base. However, Chevrolet didn't give up the fight because it offered the 7.4 Liter Big Block Vortec V8 with a class leading 290 horsepower until Ford's V10 received an upgrade in mechanicals, and it produced 310 horsepower. GM sold their rights to the motorhome chassis business to Workhorse Chassis Industries, who still use Chevrolet components, namely the 8.1 Vortec 8100 Series with a currently class leading 340 horsepower, and Workhorse uses the Allison five-speed automatic transmission.

I'm pasting it here because (a) I'm not knowledgeable enough to merge it into the article correctly, (b) I don't think it merits a separate article at P-Series chassis, and (c) I didn't want to just lose track of what seems like useful info. --Dystopos 17:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

The stub should be reserved for the GMC Motorhome with the TZE serial number sequence. The integrated design of the drivetrain and body makes this motorhome unique and distinguishes it thoroughly from later motorhomes that use the Chevrolet P-series chassis. The GMC Motorhome has a custom chassis developed only for that model that used an Olsmobile drivetrain. I would suggest that the P--series chassis information be included in a more general article on motorhomes, or as its own article. I think it would cause confusion here. Rick Denney 00:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Plagiarism
Seems like quite a bit of the article was lifted wholesale from the GM Heritage site: https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/The_GMC_MotorHome. 842U (talk) 18:03, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Wrong year
There are currently 1969 and 1970 GMC better homes for sale which would indicate the years in this article are incorrect 2600:100E:A000:7134:8965:DD0C:8230:20F8 (talk) 17:11, 16 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Are they 1969 and 1970 motorhomes built on GM truck chassis by aftermarket converters? Because those are a very different thing from this article, which was an actual model factory built by General Motors and sold through GMC dealerships. The GMC Motorhome (which this article is about) did not start production until the 4th quarter of 1972 for the 1973 model year (first completed examples rolled off the assembly line in the second week of November, 1972). "Motorhome" was used as the actual, proper model name with a capital "M", as this was a normal GMC vehicle model. You can still buy new motorhomes today that are built using GMC and Chevrolet cutaway van chassis, but they aren't GMC Motorhomes, since everything other than the chassis, drivetrain, and cab around the front seats is built by an outside company and sold through their dealer network. 72.45.31.238 (talk) 22:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Barbie doll version
The Barbie doll had her own version, called the "Star Traveler Motor Home," which looked almost identical to the GM motorhome. Bill S. (talk) 12:07, 18 September 2022 (UTC)