PUMBAA THE VINTAGE MAZDA BUS
The bus is a Mazda T3000 from 1983 & used to fit 18 people (an old school bus).
It was converted into a Motorhome in 2018 by an English cabinetry maker.
Dan & I are only the third owners of this bus since its conversion.
We have renamed our bus PUMBAA because it of Nala & the fact that Pumbaa means "slow" in Swahili& let's face it our bus does not go really fast!
What is actually in the Bus?
The bus as a living room section with table & banquette.
The banquette is an empty shell, so we modified it for it to be Nala’s quarter 😻.
The table can also be lower to become a second bed 🛏.
The Kitchen is equipped with a sink, oven, fridge & microwave.
We have an indoors 🚽 but our heated shower is outside 🌟.
And of course, our bedroom 🛏, which can be completely closed off if we wanna leave Nala in there while we set up camp. We also have a 📺 in there, not that we plan on watching it but it was already there.
The bus also has a boot space (which is basically underneath our bed), a roof rack & solar panels ☀️.
The only thing this bus does not have is headspace, but we will be don’t plan on spending most of the time inside anyways 😉.
The bus also came with everything inside, all the camping gears such as ⛺️, tables & chairs, barbie, gas cooker, safe, fake turf & gazebo 🙌🏼.
Our Modifications
In terms of the modification we have done ourselves:
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Replaced all fly screens
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Tinted all windows
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Soundproofed the whole driving section of the bus for Nala’s sensitive ears
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Installed a newer and bigger roof rack
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Added extra solar panels
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Added extra battery to store our solar energy
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Added extra USB plugs
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Sewed all new curtains and cushions
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Screwed a lot of latches, hooks and stuff
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A fresh coat of paint pretty much everywhere inside
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Created Nala's quarter under the banquette, where she now has her littler box.
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We glued some ropes on the table foot, so Nala has a dedicated place to do her claws (& actually it’s turned out really pretty & fit well with our decor theme).
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Secured all draw so there would be no chances of them opening while driving.
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We managed to create a secure place for Nala to wait for us to set up camp (we basically created a door for the bedroom).
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Dan also did a lot engine wise ⚙️ but you know I don’t understand this 😉
