Our Rig, Named, Daniels Domain

[Russ Daniels]

It's a 1985 Mercedes Benz 1316 x school bus that we purchased from Geelong, drove up to Mackay in 3 days, then spent 5 Months actually working on the rebuild (over an 8 month period)
It's 11m long,3.2m high & now weighs almost 12 tonne, has a 160 turbo charged 6 cyl diesel 5 speed crash box that is now giving me an average of 3.75kms/litre
Its fitted with 455lites water capacity, 87 litres grey tank, 200 litres original fuel tank
Inside is fitted with 2 leather captains chairs, Lounge, a large kitchen area with 2 bowl sink, gas oven/grill/hotplates, 4 person Dinette, 3 way fridge/freezer, full size fibreglass shower with separate cassette toilet & hand basin, 7kg front load washing machine, clothes dryer, Large wardrobe (full & 1/2 hanging), queen bed (liftup for storage, who doesn't need that ?, 2 x 12v TVs with vast boxes (kitchen & bedroom), 2 split system Inverter A/Cs, 12 v LED lights throughout, 2 Fiamma awnings mounted to the curl of the roof to fit inside our 21/2 m width, plus they had to be up there to go over the windows

[BernieQ2]

Hi Russ, I know what you mean about 5mths actual 8mths.
We are 8mths into a few mths rebuild as well, we have a 9mt Isuzu x school bus probably closer to finished then I tell people, but that's Carol not me after all the driver seat is in and the fridge what more do I need?
Will put pics up one day?
Enjoy you home.
Bernie.

[generdawg]

...Its fitted with 455lites...

Man that's a lot of beer and I don't even like the lite stuff.

...the driver seat is in and the fridge what more do I need?

A few more fridges if you have as many bottles as Russ.

[Russ Daniels]

Sometimes, the tanks even have WATER in them

[T1 Terry]

I love the collection of fan belts and the idler pulley drive for the radiator fan. I reckon you'd gain about 5 hp if you replaced it with an electric fan, that 5 hp can mean quite a lot on the long hills.
The 3.75km/l make the Bedford 5km/l look good and the turbo 351 Clevland at 3km/l not too bad at all

[Russ Daniels]

Here's some pics of inside






I agree terry, I've got a fan, I've just got to get around to fitting it

[BruceS]

Don't throw out the belt driven components!
I forget who it was but after a lot of worry about cooking the engine they ended up having to go back to the belt driven system.
Try it by all means but ........... ???

[generdawg]

On closer inspection of the power plant photo, I see you had a visit from the vice squad.

Probably wanted to clamp down on your fan club suspecting it was a front for suspicious activity.

dawg

[Dot]

Wait till his other half sees the pics , he has left "stuff" on benches, the tea towels are not folded, stove top is up
Brad you are a dag

[generdawg]

Brad you are a dag

Can't hold a candle to *Fred. Now there was a guy who could carry on like a politician speaking forever without completing a sentence or saying anything meaningful.

* Fred Dagg

dawg (excuse me, That'll be the door. )