Thread: Spudboy's super-sized camper replacement for a 130 - and no it's not a Unimog!

The whole package...

I love it when people do something out of the Norm it makes me keep coming back to the thread WANTING updates

I also love it when people are proactive about their builds I enjoy seeing the ideas they come up with and the problems they nut out.

I love your thread because you are building something I could only dream of...but whole heartedly would love to own and use. you are currently building my perfect touring vehicle as Im sure you are for many others also.

I'm glad you like it! It has been a very interesting journey and will probably send me broke. Bad news for the kid's inheritance, that's for sure Thanks for your interest & encouragement.

Today I got the water heater fixed in. Made a stupid mistake with measurements which has made me cross with myself. The nicely made frame that holds the heater turned out to be a fraction too small, so I am feeling like a complete beginner about this. So basic!

This is the external frame I made and fitted to the truck:

Sadly 5mm too small for the external cover I can't face re-cutting/re-welding/re-painting/re-fitting another frame, so I will "butcher" the cover to make it fit.

The build is strangely "Land-Rover-esque", what with all the rivets and all!!

On the inside I made a stainless plinth for the whole thing to sit on, so at least that went well:


As per usual, link to the blog with a bit more information: Hot-Water-Service-install

Just saw this in Apollo Bay.



It's as big as the apartment I use to live in!!

They are Swiss travellers that came down to Australia, along with the Germans that stayed with us a few weeks ago.

Their vehicle is one of the ones that inspired us with our design

Did you get to meet them?

Are these part of the Wohnmobil-Verschiffung & Wohnmobil-Touren - SeaBridge group? We spotted a few in tassie and this one above think around Apollo bay too.

Didn't get to meet them. Just took a sneaky pic while we had lunch. I figured there was a good chance it was the people you met. There can't be too many around!!

Ahh those dudes! Saw them in Mt Isa fuelling up, didn't have much of a chat as they were keen to boost. There were happy me taking a couple of happy snaps but. That thing has a pretty decent amount of chassis/body flex, even compared to the U1700s.

That's Heidi and Max in their super-sized Swiss MAN. They just left our place headed for the interior, to go and see some desert country.

That is one heavy truck! It has solid marble bench-tops Max reckons it weighs in at over 13 tonnes. It is also very high compared to ours. Their floor is 400mm higher due to the very deep chassis they have built.





See here for more details and pictures if you are interested: Swiss MAN visitors

For my part, the build continues slowly. In the last week I have got a basic 240v switchboard installed which means we have an internal power point to plug tools into now, and the airconditioner can be run too. I've also built an aluminium "battery box" for my 3 Optima deep-cycle batteries and installed an 8 way fused distribution box for all the 12v items. Should be able to have the internal lights working by the weekend.