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Motorhome Dateline: August 1972

Full size clay model of the GMC Motorhome.  This one was labeled "RV-26." .

Pontiac, Mich., San Jose, Calif.: General Motors finally takes wraps off long-awaited front-wheel drive motorhome prototype at end of May, unveiling 26-footer at Transpo '72 in Washington, D.C., promising 23-footer soon. Turn to page 50 for all facts and pictures at MHL press time. Simultaneously, in Northern Calif. more secrets are unveiled, exclusively to MHL, as FMC (Food Machinery Co. conglomerate now in many other kinds of production as well) announces coming steel-chassis, rear-engine motorhome. See our cover for full color rendition of new 29-foot fiber glass coach to cost $20,000-plus.

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