Our Everyday Life

Sabbatical 2016. Elkhart RV Museum

Part 8 here
In the morning we went to the Museum, showing history of RVs or motor homes.
I spent a lot of time observing the process of the vehicle creation.

Берется рама

First its frame needs to be ready

На нее цепляются колеса

Wheels are attached

Укладывается пол

Different types of floor are needed in an RV

Ставятся стены

Next are part of the walls and some big furniture frames

Склад

Storage

Устанавливаются стены

All walls except movable parts are in place

Стадии накрывания крыши

Different stages of roof readiness

Рулоны изоляции на складе

Insulation in the storage

Крыша готова

Roof is ready

Ставятся двери и окна

Next are windows and doors should be installed

Выдвигающиеся части корпуса установлены на места

Moving parts of vehicle are in place now

Вешабтся каркасы шкафчиков и прочей мебели

Cabinets without doors and other small furniture

Склад мебели

Furniture storage

Последние детали отделки

Last details are in place

Финальная инспекция

Final Inspection

After that we went to look to the actual motor homes

Интересное решение в RV 60х годов - гамак

Interesting solution – the hammock in the 60th RV

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Шикарный дом на колесах, и не ощущается, что в машине сидишь

It does look like a house. There is no feeling that there is a car

Дверь в кухонную кладовку

Kitchen and Pantry

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Даже место для Маськи нашли

We even found a space for our cat!

Next we went to the part of museum where really old vehicles are presented. The earliest RV was created in 1913 – more than a hundred years ago, can you imagine that? Some of the vehicles look so funny, that we couldn’t stay calm and laughed a lot. But from time to time I caught myself on a sad thought – while our grandmas hand washed the clothes, didn’t have a bathroom in the house, people in America had such a luxury as motor homes…

Самый первый RV d Америке, 1913 год

The very first RV in US, made in 1913

Замечательная модель1916 года, внутри спишь, снаружи есть щкафчики и кухонные принадлежности

That car is awesome – it was made in 1916 and have a bed compartment, kitchen and drawers outside the vehicle

Здесь кухня

Here is kitchen

Ящички для вещей

Drawers for the stuff

Некоторые дизайны весьма футуристичны

Some of the cars look very weird

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У меня сразу ассоциация с амбразурой танка возникла

Doesn’t it look like the tank inside?

Зато тут есть выдвигаюзийся унитаз!

On the other hand, it has folding toilet!

Тоже весьма необычный дезайн

This is very unusual looking too

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А этот ездил с прицепом

That car can tow a trailer

Шестиместный дом на колесах. Наш размерчик!

This is for six people. Exactly what we need!

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We had a lot of fun in that museum, I’m glad that we found it.

Part 10 here