OVERLANDER FOR HIRE PART 2

Having installed Pedders TrakRyder suspension (SA4x4 May edition), we return to the Avis Safari Rental factory. The next step is finicky, and many small tasks (like installing brackets or drilling holes) must be completed, which takes up valuable time. The larger items installed are listed in the steps below, which took Cuan Elsey and his assistant Wisdom Dhliwayo the better part of a day to complete.

This team has completed more than 40 of these “Class O” builds, but there are no short-cuts when it comes to producing a quality end-product. Unlike the Avis “Class A” camper conversion, which uses a one-piece pre-assembled Alu-Cab unit which fits onto the bakkie where the load bin would be, the “Class O” uses the existing load bin with an Alu-Cab canopy as a housing for all the accessories. Most of the brackets and camping accessories on this vehicle are manufactured by Alu-Cab, except for the kitchen unit which is an in-house Avis unit. It’s the individual installation and customisation of all these accessories that