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HERE IS MY NEW TO ME 1997 GLAVAL / SPORTSMOBILE CLASS B minus POP TOP . IT HAS A THREE-WAY FRIDGE.94,000 MILES.5.2 liter V8. BOUGHT IT FROM THE NICEST PEOPLE. THE CANVAS AND ALL SCREENS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. DRIVES GREAT. I NEEDED A POP TOP BECAUSE I'M A MUSICIAN AND STILL NEED TO HAUL P.A. EQUIPMENT AND GET INTO HOTEL PARKING GARAGES. I WAS MAKING MY OLDER (95) CONVERSION VAN INTO A PART TIME CLASS B, WHEN I HAPPENED UPON THIS ONE. I WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THIS PAGE MY UPDATES IF YOU CARE TO COME BACK FROM TIME TO TIME. WE WILL STILL USE THE BOUNDER WHEN THE KIDS COME ON LONG TRIPS ,BUT BEACH / DAY TRIPS WILL BE IN THIS DUE TO PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND GAS COSTS.
I MADE MY OWN AWNING FROM A TARP ,C CLAMPS ,TENT POLES AND WEIGHTS FOR PARKING LOTS OR TENT PEGS FOR EARTH . THE MAT IS INDOOR OUTDOOR CARPET FROM HOME DEPOT (FOLDS UP AND FITS NICELY BEHIND OR UNDER THE COUCH.
AWNING TARP STOWS HERE , SIDE DRAPE IN BACK.TOTAL COST WAS $40.I ALREADY HAD THE WEIGHTS.
PATIO MAT STOWS HERE , CHAIRS BELOW
STOVE / GRILL SITS ON CABINET AND YES WE WILL COOK COFFEE AND SOUP, QUESADILLAS , EASY THINGS. BIG COOKING WILL BE DONE OUTSIDE.I MAY EVEN TAP GAS LINE FROM BELOW WHERE THE TANK IS.
HERE IS THE DEEP CYCLE BOX WIITH THE OPTIMA BLUE ( $80 REFURBED AT INTERSTATE ). I HAVE ALL POSITIVE WIRES INSTALLED WITH INLINE FUSES CLOSE TO THE BATTERY UNTIL I GET A FUSE BOX. I HAVE MY SCHUMACHER 10 amp DEEP CYCLE CHARGER FOR SHOREPOWER CHARGING. EVENTUALLY I WILL GET A CONVERTER . MY BATTERY ISOLATOR / CHARGE CONTROLLER SHOULD ARRIVE THIS WEEK.IT HAS A CHIP IN IT THAT SHOULD CHARGE THE STARTER BATTERY FIRST THEN THE DEEP CYCLE UNTIL IT IS FULL AS IT CHARGES THE STARTER BATTERY. IT ALSO HAS A MANUAL SWITCH TO PROVIDE STARTING POWER FROM THE DEEP CYCLE.
TOOK MY WIFE OUT THIS PAST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND ACTUALLY GOT A SPOT AT A LOVELY RIVERSIDE (CA ) PARK CALLED BOGART PARK. SHE SWORE SHE WOULD NEVER USE THE PORTA POTTI ,BUT UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER AT 5:30 A.M. AND A PARTICULLARLY LONG WALK UP A STEEP HILL CHANGED HER MIND .REMARKABLE HOW ADAPTABLE WE HUMANS ARE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK THIS OVER . STAN
THIS IS THE SUNFORCE BATTERY ISOLATOR . VERY EASY TO INSTALL . MUCH SIMPLER THAN A STANDARD ISOLATOR . SHOULD DO THE TRICK NICELY . I WILL KEEP THE CHARGER ON BOARD FOR AC CHARGING UNTIL I GET A CONVERTER .
LITTLE TRIP DOWN THE ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY and BACKxt.
ONE OF THE MANY SPECTACULAR OVERLOOKS .SORRY I MOSTLY TOOK VIDEO.
SOME WILD FLOWERS . THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BIGHORN SHEEP IN THE VICINITY.DID NOT SEE A ONE BUT MAYBE THEY SAW ME AND THE RAM VAN.
OUR SPOT NEAR RESTOOM OF LITTLE PEAVINE CAMPGROUND (free with adventure pass right on the Big Pines High Way, another free CG just up the road called Apple Tree). WE STAYED 2 NIGHTS .REALLY PLEASANT AND CLOSE TO WRIGHTWOOD, CA.LITTLE JACKSON LAKE JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
MOMMA AND JAJA GETTING OUT TO SEE MT WILSON OBSERVATORY AND DO BATTLE WITH THE DEER FLIES. VERY AGRESSIVE.
SORRY NOT REALLY ANY PICTURES MOSTLY VIDEO WHICH I WILL ADD LATER. I WILL TAKE MORE PICTURES IN THE FUTURE. THIS LITTLE RIG HAS OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF PLACES I WOULD NOT TAKE THE BOUNDER.
JAJA SLEEPS IN THE PENTHOUSE.OOH LA LA.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE.AFTER 4th of JULY WE WILL BE TAKING THE BOUNDER ON A TRIP TO THE SEQUOIAS, MT LASSEN ,MT SHASTA , LAVA BEDS, CRATER LAKE THEN WEST TO THE COAST AND DOWN THROUGH THE REDWOODS.TOO MANY PEOPLE AND PETS FOR THE LITTLE RIG.
HERE IS ONE OF MY LATEST MODS.I ADDED LED READING LAMPS ABOVE THE PENTHOUSE BED.I KEPT THE FLORESCENT LIGHT,JUST IN CASE.
I NEED TO FIND SOME STORAGE POCKETS TO INSTALL BY THE LIGHTS FOR KEYS, BOOKS ETC...
PEAVINE FREE CAMPGROUND IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS NEAR WRIGHTWOOD CALIFORNIA. YES . I SAID FREE AND CALIFORNIA IN THE SAME SENTENCE.
FULL VAN TOUR. I'M THINKING SOLAR WOULD BE NICE. Hmmmmmmmm ???????
BEHOLD. THE THETFORD CURVE PORTA POTTI
HERE ARE A FEW PICKS OF MY FOLDING COOK TABLE AND GRILL TABLE I ATTACHED TO MY SPARE TIRE CARRIER
DOMETIC COOLFREEZE CF-18 REVIEWt.
