Built For The Off-Road Family
Caravan & Outdoor Life|May 2019

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Built For The Off-Road Family

When Gustav & Annelise Marais came across an all-aluminium game viewer body, built by reputable manufacturer Alu-Cab, they knew they had found the perfect truck body for their family motorhome!

The Marais had been dreaming of owning a motorhome for years, but the cost of these vehicles are high, and to add to their challenge they wanted a 4x4-capable motorhome to be able to go places where standard motorhomes with low ground clearance and two-wheel drivetrains could not.

The other issue was that most truck chassis-based motorhomes are usually only homologated for a driver and one other person, so unless you purchase a double cab truck on a big price tag, where do the children travel legally?

Then they came across this game viewer body at a truck yard and decided to project manage a build themselves.

Gustav and Annelise were confident that with all the research done and years of camping and travelling experience behind them, they would be able to design and custom build a family camper just the way they wanted it. The added bonus was that this body had already been homologated at great expense to carry passengers, as it was officially registered as a motorhome to carry seven seated persons.

Realizing that the vehicle also has to appeal to other families in the event of eventual sale, they refrained from adding too many personal features and rather concentrated on building an all-rounder that has all the amenities and features found in good motorhomes.

They also wanted to ensure that everything was done according to the book, and for this conversion the Marais approached Rainbow Polyurethane, a registered MIB (Manufacturer, Importer & Builder) of vehicles, based in Parow Industria in the Western Cape.

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