We’re classic GMC owners and enthusiasts!
GMC Eastern States is an affiliated chapter of the Family Motor Coach Association. Members of GMCES are dedicated to continuing and building on the legacy of the GMC MotorHome as a recreational vehicle for the ages.If you’re looking for a motorhome that offers timeless style and design, it can be found in the GMC motorhome. If you’d like an RV that is sized right, not too big and not too small, the GMC coach is it. If you want a boulevard-like riding and handling experience, the GMC has it. If you want a vehicle ready to be customized to fit your personality, a GMC is waiting somewhere for you. Or, if you’re looking for friends who are also proud owners of these classic RVs, there are GMC owners anxious to meet you and share their experiences with you. Just like the vehicles we own, GMCES is many things to many people.
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The Spring Rally for Eastern
States is scheduled for April 22-25, 2010 at the Calhoun KOA in the
northwestern hills of Georgia. Jim White, Technical
VP, has announced the following presenters and topics
have have been scheduled.
--• An Airbag
for the Future - Matt Frady, Southland Motorhome
Center
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Rebuilding and Tuning the Olds 455/403 on your
GMC - Joe Mondello, Mondello Performance
Products
--• Dashboard
and Instrument Upgrades - “Mac” McNeal, Custom
Instrument Panels
--• Coach
Weight and Drivability Issues - Alex Sirum,
Sirum GMC Motorhomes
Here’s a list of separate activities planned for the women who’ll be attending the spring rally. No additional fee will be due for the craft sessions.
--• Craft Session #1 - Spring/Summer Small Door Wreath (supplies provided)
--• Craft Session #2 - Making Personal Greeting/Note Cards (supplies provided)
--• Ladies Technical Session - Innovative Storage/Organizational Ideas for Your RV (group discussion)
There’ll also be a session everyone who’s ever owned, currently owns or plans to own a GMC will fully appreciate.
--• Our Experiences - Ron and Sue Tase have traveled extensively in their RV
--• they call “GMC Wannabe”. In recent years they served as campground hosts at
--• a state park in Colorado. They also made an extended trip to Alaska. They’ll
--• present their story on Thursday evening.
--• My TZE Land Yacht - Daniel Prigmore will talk about the complete restoration/
--• renovation/conversion of the coach of his dreams, a 23-foot GMC. The coach redesign was done
--• by Prigmore. Leigh Harrison reworked the mechanicals. The interior and exterior work was
--• completed at Fairhaven Shipyard in Massachusetts.
Any member in good standing with FMCA is invited to attend. The only other requirement is a tremendous amount of interesting in the coaches we all admire, the GMC MotorHome. Simply click on the Rallies tab to find out more.
Book Exchange
Members are invited to participate in the book exchange. Bring books you’ve read and would like to exchange. The exchange will be available throughout the rally. Paperback and hardcover books welcome. All types accepted: fiction and non-fiction.
A limited quantity of shirts will be available for purchase with the GMCES logotype over the left chest pocket. Three styles are available. One is a mens, washed denim fabric with buttondown collar. They are $14.50 each. The second style is a mens, luxury twill that is navy in color. They are $14.25 each. The style just for women is called a business casual twill. That means its a fitted shirt. It, too, is available in navy at $16.85 each. All styles are available with long sleeves. Men’s styles are available in small, medium, large, and extra large. Women’s fitted style will be available in medium and large at the rally.
Orders will be taken so members can be “in uniform” at the fall rally which will be held in cooperation with GMCMI. The convention will be held in September at the home of the DuQuoin State Fair. DuQuoin is located in Southern Illinois, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri.
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February
Newsletter
The February newsletter for members of GMC Eastern States
has been prepared and will be available around February
25. It has been posted to the Members Only/News Archive
area as a PDF file and is available to view or download
now. Please go to the Members Only area to access this
and previous newsletters online. If you don’t have a
username and password, please read “Get Username and
Password” below for further instructions regarding access
to the Members Only area.
Members Only Username and Password
Members of GMC Eastern States may request a username and
password by simply submitting a request.
Clicking the link will open a new page in your
browser. Enter your name, email address and other
required information on the form. In the subject line
type: “Request for Username and Password.” Other
information required includes your FMCA number as well
as basic information about your primary coach. The
site administrator will verify your membership and
reply to your email with the Username and Password you
may use in accessing the Members Only pages.
What’s in the Members Only Area?
To be succinct -- membership information, materials from
technical presentations given at ES rallies, surveys of
the membership so officers can keep the organization “on
track”, the current and previous newsletters in PDF
format, and other information that ads value to your
Eastern States membership.
Comments?
The Eastern States website is among the better sites
dedicated to RVers and the officers want it to remain
that way while adding value to your membership. If you
have comments, concerns or suggestions, please make them
known by contacting the web and newsletter
editor.
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Coach of the
Quarter
The coach that draws a
second look, Prigmore’s “Land Yacht”.
Click here to read about it in an FMCA
Member Story.
Dan has also agreed to be present and give a presentation
at the Spring Rally 2010.
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