Defender 130/Bimoil Husky 245 Demountable Expedition Campers

[AdventureOverlandUK]

Hi all,
Here are some pics of my new Bimobil conversion we have just collected from Germany.
You can see more pics on my Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/adventureoverlanduk


We now have the vehicle back in the UK with the addition of a spare wheel carrier/ bike rack.
With shots of the load bed conversion, the load bed can be lifted back onto the truck for everyday use.

 

[4xdog]

Wow -- that looks terrific!

What's the camper shell made from? How much does it weigh? Exactly how is it attached -- and lifted for removal?

Don

PS: Probably mounted similarly to the video on the bimobil von Liebe GmbH website, eh? Very nice. I like the separate mudgards and the clever alignment system at the rear.

 

[ZG]

Amazing.

 

[JSBriggs]

Very cool.

Any thought to closing up the inner wheel wells to keep road grime accumulation under the camper to a minimum?

-Jeff

 

[AdventureOverlandUK]

Wow -- that looks terrific!

What's the camper shell made from? How much does it weigh? Exactly how is it attached -- and lifted for removal?

Don

Hi Don,
It weighs around 650 kg, The flooring of a bimobil cabin employs a 50 mm (2 in) high aluminium pipe grid frame, filled with insulating hard foam. The same with the walls, shell is aluminium, super insulated,If you take a look at www.bimobil.com there is an english version of the web page that describes the mounting/demounting of the cabin, it's very easy...rack and pinnion legs that wind down and a clever self-centering system.

 

[AdventureOverlandUK]

Very cool.

Any thought to closing up the inner wheel wells to keep road grime accumulation under the camper to a minimum?

-Jeff

Hi Jeff!
Good point! That is what I thought till I looked under with the cabin mounted, The arches sit in a recess under the camper body...clever Germans!!

 

[h2os2]

That's cool looking!

 

[AdventureOverlandUK]

That's cool looking!

Thanks!

 

[Ray Hyland]

Love it. Would you like to do a short feature on it? We can put it on the front page of ExPo so it gets more traffic.

Ray

 

[gutidvd]

First introduce myself in this forum but took several years following it for ideas.

Could you put a picture of the detail of the fuel tube from the original location to the new location ?

I want to make a demountable camper as Bimobil, but I don't know how to fix the position of the fuel filler.

Thanks