Is my antique RV a B class or A class?
New RV owner. Managed to get this beauty from an older man just retiring at 80. My husband and I are 32, so we are looking to fill it with more years of memories. Just had our first short trip, and ha...
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Sure. It's a 1979 Hymer Mobil. From what I can tell it is a 521 B, and the body is Vauxhall. The engine is by Bedford, 2.3L regular gas. It's a 4 gear plus Reverse manual, with non-power stearing. I normally drive a VW Polo (think tiny bit larger than a Golf) so this is a huge change, but my husband doesn't like driving anything large (or strange, so I drove in Tasmania when the steering wheel side was switched in our rental). It won't go much above 80 kmh (around 50 mph) but the upper speed limit is 90 kmh here and once out of Reykjavik the traffic is normally pretty light so I give people the signal to pass whenever it's safe.
It had around 300,000 KM on it (around 190,000 Miles) but the engine was overhauled about 60,000 km ago. Starts up first thing and drives nicely.
I love the wrap around windows.
Back booth (with two seatbelts) and kitchen all closed up.
Fridge and stove opened up (though I need to get some kind of insulation below the stove, it kills the fridge temp when on, and from the fridge's manual, this was not supposed to be installed like this, the old owner drilled the holes for the gas knobs, so this is not factory)
Back bed folded down (could easily sleep 3) closet opened, and that's a propane heater below with two fan settings, one adjustable, and the other a very quiet night setting.
Bathroom. Shower has cold water only, drain is in the floor. He took out the hot water heater cause it would use an entire tank for a 20 minute shower, and pools are so frequent in Iceland one can nearly always have a real bath.
Plenty of room for our puppy too, though a full sized cage made it nearly impossible to move down the center aisle at night to use the toilet or our friend to leave for a smoke, so I'm thinking of rigging up a wire wall to confine him to the front wheel wells below the bed.
Camper has 4 corner jacks for stabilizing which is super nice in the heavy Icelandic wind. Sleeping would have been much less comfortable without them.
It had around 300,000 KM on it (around 190,000 Miles) but the engine was overhauled about 60,000 km ago. Starts up first thing and drives nicely.
I love the wrap around windows.
Back booth (with two seatbelts) and kitchen all closed up.
Fridge and stove opened up (though I need to get some kind of insulation below the stove, it kills the fridge temp when on, and from the fridge's manual, this was not supposed to be installed like this, the old owner drilled the holes for the gas knobs, so this is not factory)
Back bed folded down (could easily sleep 3) closet opened, and that's a propane heater below with two fan settings, one adjustable, and the other a very quiet night setting.
Bathroom. Shower has cold water only, drain is in the floor. He took out the hot water heater cause it would use an entire tank for a 20 minute shower, and pools are so frequent in Iceland one can nearly always have a real bath.
Plenty of room for our puppy too, though a full sized cage made it nearly impossible to move down the center aisle at night to use the toilet or our friend to leave for a smoke, so I'm thinking of rigging up a wire wall to confine him to the front wheel wells below the bed.
Camper has 4 corner jacks for stabilizing which is super nice in the heavy Icelandic wind. Sleeping would have been much less comfortable without them.
