I had to drill a hole for the fridge flue in the vehicle side but had an old style Electroux flue vent to fit which looks completely in keeping. The original being 12V would only run for about 12 hours before flattening the leisure battery, and being compressor driven was slightly noisey. The original fridge, although working perfectly has been replaced with a retro gas item. Possibly slightly naughty on a gas appliance, but as a gas engineer I will take my chances! I am satisfied with the integrity of the new installation. Also a new water heater fitted as the old one leaked, I kept the old outside vent cover in place to keep the looks. They have been replaced with modern equivalents and wiring upgraded for 240v use. Old onboard battery charger, water pump, 110v consumer unit removed, Next jobs involved some cleaning and updating. However an original albeit damaged emblem came with the paperwork, so had it copied onto vinyl type stickers. One front wing looks to have been replaced. The original Xplorer emblem had been replaced with 80's style ones as a result of I guess some panel and respray work. Have to thank my mum and her large suitcase for bringing them back from the 'states for me! The old Chinese chrome ones were rusting merrily. The wheels were also treated 4 new stainless steel centre caps. Was running on 4x4 tyres but now has 4 van rated tyres in a size that better matches the original 16.5" rim fitment.
XPLORER RV UPDATE
Its update time, been doing a few jobs at my usual snails pace. Compares well to the low 20's out the 2 litre VW I feel. The upside is that the 50-70 pick time is very impressive and it just will not be slowed down by any hills. I've never had more than 75mph out of it, more due to mechanical sympathy and the thought of that big engine whizzing round so quick. This limits cruising speed for me to about 55-60mph. The gearbox is very low geared and is in top normally by about 15mph! It is something you soon get used to and being LHD means you can easily keep in tight to roadside. Some formed under the American flag stickers here, It already had additional high power reverse lights fitted, which I have kept, but put them under relay control instead of scotch locked onto overloaded original wiring.īody condition is very good the worst rust being of the light surface variety. At the rear the twin filament bulbs were retained but the indicator function relocated into the reverse light position with an orange bulb. The side light feed being removed from the front indicator. I converted the lights to UK spec.įor the headlights a standard 7" light from a classic mini fitted easily in. The undersized door mirrors have been replaced with later Dodge ones. Most of the chrome for the above appeared to of the Chinese rusty variety, so was no great loss. The spare is the original rim and could do with a new tyre if anybody has any ideas.įirst thing to do was a bit of de-blinging 2, Even in the states the 16.5" tyres are not common and very expensive. This is good news as 1, I like the look of them. The original 16.5" rims have already, fortunately been replaced with white 16" 8 spoke wheels. Limited Slip Rear Differential (though don't think I'll try any drifting D) So the camper was finally home and as good as I could have hoped for.ģ18 V8 'Small Block' Engine which is roughly 5.2 litres.
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