odd camper

I hope the VW has air suspension if it is actually driveable (which I doubt). The second pic is one gorgeous interior.

The interior is not that of the VW, the windows don't match!

Passenger side interior photograph. I have it on good authority that the Russians are posting these as disinformation to the American public

Can you say....PHOTOSHOP?

And not even a very good one.

The interior pic clearly doesn't match.
- Windows are not the same
- The roof/wall joint curves on the interior but is a sharp 90deg on the exterior shot.
- There is 4-5' of interior ahead of the door on the interior but only about 1' on the exterior.
- Why would the steering wheel be on the same side as the entrance door? If it's a UK unit, the steering wheel should be on the right-hand side.

Also where is the engine in the interior pic? The old VW vans were rear engine.

That interior is from a new Airstream looking forward from the rear.

Coach entrance door would indicate it was designed for driving on the left (wrong :B) side of the road. Steering wheel is for driving on the right side of the road. Looks like a photo shop pic.

Richard

RLS7201 wrote:
Coach entrance door would indicate it was designed for driving on the left (wrong :B) side of the road. Steering wheel is for driving on the right side of the road. Looks like a photo shop pic.

Richard

Lots of things make it look like an imaginative rendering, not just the side the door is on.

The ladder in particular stands out to me. Who puts the ladder on the side of an RV, where it's liable to hit any tree you're at all close to and blocks the view in the mirror? And how do you get to the first step of the ladder, anyhow? And transferring from the top step to the roof over the cargo rack doesn't look any to easy, either.

Then there's what seems to be a fridge vent in the very back corner above the bumper, with no corresponding roof vent.

The lack of clearance lights is unlikely to garner any friends at the DMV.

The whole house part would be pretty narrow since it doesn't extend much at all past the side of the van body, and the VW vans aren't super wide to begin with. The cabover bed would only be suitable for short persons...and there doesn't appear to be much logical space for any other sleeping accommodations, besides perhaps a very narrow dinette.

(I'm ignoring the obvious fact that the picture of the interior is from something else entirely.)

Put this one in the imagination bucket. :)

The other issue, is safety, with the old split window buses. I've owned two in the past, and would never have another. You literally sit ahead of anything structural, surrounded by a single layer of sheetmetal and glass, in a vehicle designed to 1940s crash standards. Safer than a motorcycle, but not by much.

Imagine yourself sitting on the hood of a car, heading down the street, with your feet on the bumper, safety glasses on, and a thin piece of tin protecting your legs from bugs. That's about how safe you are in an antique VW bus. They look cool, they are cool, but in the era of folks driving part time, while they text, I want something that you can walk away from in low speed offset crash.

soren wrote:
They look cool, they are cool, but in the era of folks driving part time, while they text, I want something that you can walk away from in low speed offset crash.

That's the exact reason I stopped riding motorcycles......