I'm going camping! 1966 GMC
 

Well I'm pretty sure I made a killer deal on this one! Clean 1966 GMC motorhome. My wife and I have been talking and we want to start camping. We are not sleep on the ground tent style people so we decided a motorhome would be perfect! This thing is in great shape! The interior side of the motorhome will need to be adressed. But thats no big thing. It has a 305 v6 4 speed. Needs a water pump but he says it runs strong. If everything is in order will this 305 be a keeper or should I plan to replace it when the time comes? Let me know what you guys think!
Tony from Norcal

p.s I'm stealing it for $700 bucks!

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Few more pics!
Tony from Norcal

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Dual fuel tanks. Looks like a really clean unit. Awesome price.

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cool find & great deal! happy camping

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That's awesome. Campin in style. Great find.

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THe V-6 is super reliable and has plenty of torque to haul around the camper. You will have to get the water pump from rockauto.com or NAPA. I think they're about $50. Nobody else has them, it seems.

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That is awesome! Very nice find, and even better steal of a deal.

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I used to have a 60 GMC with a 305 V-6. I kept it original and drove it for a while with that engine but it got about 6 miles to the gallon and did not have very much power. I eventually replaced it with a 350. Nice motorhome. Swap in a 5.3/4L60E and it will be a keeper for sure.

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If this truck has super low mileage, which it looks like it does, it will be a long time till you need to replace this engine. These engines were designed by GMC engineers to last 200-300K miles in truck service when they came out new in 1960, a time when period engines only lasted around 100K in truck service. The biggest problem with 1 tons is that they are geared very low, may require a gear vendors overdrive for far away camping trips.

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What an awesome find! What a great deal too... congrats.

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It looks super clean from the little pics. Is that a knee freezer under the dash! That thing would be right at home at Oroville or Collins. Where are you planning on taking it?

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Great find, hope you get many years of enjoyment from it!

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Dude, that is so sick !!!

It's that time of the year to get the camping gear going .... !!

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I agree. Lakes are full already! Time to hitch up the boat to the '63!

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$700 bucks?!!!!!!

Nice score, dude! Get the 305 running, but I think you'll find that you might be better off with a more powerful engine down the road. That's a lot of weight to pull around.

$700 bucks.......OMG that is a smokin' deal!!!

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I disagree that you'll need more "power" down the road, but you might need more speed.
That V6 is a torquie engine.

If you put a hay fork with some thread on it on the back you could drag it down the Grand Canyon and sew the whole
canyon back together. That camper won't bother it a bit.

The only issue is the speed because they're geared so low.

Still, you can drive it until 2050 at <60 mph, or you can rip the v6 out and put in a 350 then drive that until 2020 at 80mph.

Just depends on what you want.

Either way, that's a very good find. You must have been a saint in another life :)

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I say a trans swap is in order, or at least a gear-venders OD unit. Switch to electronic ignition, upgrade the alternator, and you'll be able to drive it just about anywhere. Great score, enjoy.
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Envious !!

Cant wait wait to hitch up my jetboat to my '63 !!

Again ... sweet Camper bro !!

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Im jealous.

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The cost to have an original pattern custom cab GMC seat redone runs $700 alone.

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Those pix are too small btw. How about some bandwidth busters of the interior :)

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ok...You Suck!!;):lol:
Great find!

We're always looking for something like this.

Instead we just bought a 1965 Boles Aero camper to pull to weekend shows.

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hey grumpy, I would like to see your camper if that isnt a prob here.

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You need to read John Steinbeck's "Travels With Charley". Then buy a dog. Then hit the road with your V6 GMC.

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That's too cool!! I'll give you $800 right now... :lol: