Just like with the GMC motorhomes, having a curved roof, took away storage space, in the compartments above your head.
Then again, I think 77 or 78 was the last year for the GMC. The GMC had potential, but seems nobody at GM cared enough to make the kind of improvements wanted by RV'ers.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

It was killed by the first arab oil embargo, IIRC.

I worked up in the detroit area and used to drive by where they were built. When the oil embargo hit there were thousands of them sitting outside it.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Lots of people restore them There are very active owner's groups. One thing I definitely disliked about some of them is that all appliances were electric, no propane at all. Puts a real dent in one's ability to boondock.

I owned a Travco which was produced for many years by Dodge. Two piece fiberglass construction, seamed down the middle with a steel frame. Sold my pristine 22' 1971 with 40k miles to a guy from Atlanta a few years ago. He flew out to pick it up here in Denver. Just a couple of hundred miles from Denver, he ran off the road and rolled it. He was fine but he had no insurance on it. What a bummer. He was too embarrassed to call me and tell me about it. I only learned what had happened when I called him to see how his trip home was going.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I have from time to time considered the old travcos. I love the shape of them.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.