Motorhome renovation
Discussion
I'll post some pics up of the progress when I'm not on the iPad, but there's a few here:
https://ourmotorhome.wordpress.com
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Mmmmmmm! Definitely has potential!
I own an A-Class 410d built by RMB back in 1992. My own experience tells me that these old dinosaurs are rather slow up hills, but momentum conservation, a heavy right foot, strong tailwind and immunity to the din from that solid old diesel donk should help you ascend reasonably swiftly for a while at least. The laws of physics, your bravery, scale of the hill and any sharpish bends will determine how slow you end up at the top.
Firstly, though, get the thing serviced to make sure all the oily bits are in good order. You can't really overcome the barn-door aerodynamics or lack of modern-day oomph, so just sit back and relax. The journey is all part of the fun of it. The destination merely the icing on the cake.
Look forward to the updates. Nice blog.
I own an A-Class 410d built by RMB back in 1992. My own experience tells me that these old dinosaurs are rather slow up hills, but momentum conservation, a heavy right foot, strong tailwind and immunity to the din from that solid old diesel donk should help you ascend reasonably swiftly for a while at least. The laws of physics, your bravery, scale of the hill and any sharpish bends will determine how slow you end up at the top.
Firstly, though, get the thing serviced to make sure all the oily bits are in good order. You can't really overcome the barn-door aerodynamics or lack of modern-day oomph, so just sit back and relax. The journey is all part of the fun of it. The destination merely the icing on the cake.
Look forward to the updates. Nice blog.
This thread got me scouring Ebay last night, and look what I found.
Another retro camper with lots of potential
Just a shame I'm not in a position to buy this right now
Another retro camper with lots of potential
Just a shame I'm not in a position to buy this right now
The shower room / toilet has been the biggest pain so far!
I don't think my chances of getting my other half to agree to crap in a bucket were particularly high, so I picked up a cassette toilet - it just happened to be 7 cm too wide to fit. Out came the grinder, out came the interior walls, and I also cut a great big hole in the side of the van!
Before:
During:
After...installed and working, but still needs "prettying"
Annoyingly, the plastic vents that were on the outside of the wall were covering nothing but a couple of dents.
I don't think my chances of getting my other half to agree to crap in a bucket were particularly high, so I picked up a cassette toilet - it just happened to be 7 cm too wide to fit. Out came the grinder, out came the interior walls, and I also cut a great big hole in the side of the van!
Before:
During:
After...installed and working, but still needs "prettying"
Annoyingly, the plastic vents that were on the outside of the wall were covering nothing but a couple of dents.
We have an old T25 (so not a like for like comparison, but 2.0L aircooled (70bhp when new) and fully kitted with high top, approx. 2.5 tonnes I reckon).
It can be a struggle up hills, but I suspect 15mph is a little extreme. We have just fitted a set of twin webers to ours. It has made a huge difference - before it was similar to yours (approx. 20 mph up slow long hills). Now I can pull up the same hill at 30 - 35mph.
Love the other work you are doing to yours - a bit of inspiration for me to start tidying our van up a little prior to the spring/ summer.
Mike
It can be a struggle up hills, but I suspect 15mph is a little extreme. We have just fitted a set of twin webers to ours. It has made a huge difference - before it was similar to yours (approx. 20 mph up slow long hills). Now I can pull up the same hill at 30 - 35mph.
Love the other work you are doing to yours - a bit of inspiration for me to start tidying our van up a little prior to the spring/ summer.
Mike
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