Full Tour : £76,500 Airstream Classic 350LE RV Motorhome
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- When I saw that Silverstone Auctions had this as one of their lots I had to go take a closer look.
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One thing I really enjoy about your videos is that you always present the vehicle in it's best light. An older classic like this is best appreciated for what it was designed to be in it's own era, and you always show such respect for that context.
Well done. As usual.
I appreciate that!
If you had pulled up in this thing when it was “in it’s time” people would have thought you were some celebrity. Beautiful quality and nice to see it so well cared for!
Anyone else's OCD get triggered by that bottom step? Just me?
I'd watch an hour video of anything by this guy.
If I owned it, it would drive me nuts, to be honest. LOL
Those electric steps get worn out and don’t work well after a while, or they get hit by road debris, or they don’t retract and you take off down the road and hit them on something, and they they have to be replaced. If you are lucky they are a standardized bolt on part from one of the many RV parts manufacturers and can be somewhat easily replaced.
The bottom step, the chipped bathroom door and the way the adjacent wall shakes when he opens/closes the door. I’m sure this RV looked great in the 1990’s but seems like an awful lot of space for two people, modern RV’s are designed with every available space utilised to the max.
Oh how I do very much remember Air Stream motor homes and trailers. As the glint of the sun blinded me and everyone else from behind its gleaming exterior. That aside they were a work of art of a bygone era from which certain colours should never ever be reconstituted again, ever. And yet it’s strangely wonderful to see an old classic once again. Please keep it in the Uk. Thank you.
Saw this on Harry's garage and was hoping good old motoholic would come through. Can't wait to get home and watch it later thanks for the upload
Hope you enjoy it!
Awesome I live in my 3rd Airstream in LA,Ca they are Amazing! Thanks for showing this Classic! Wow ive only seen maybe 2 in person in 51 years.. Love your channels Mate ♥️👍🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That's very cool!
Those Airstream motorhomes are very rare. Because of the aluminum body, they have a super long life, longer if properly taken care of.
This video just knocked me back 25 years 😂
so did your hair- cut....my friend....
cos I am balding now ( and your not ). love your comment
A lovely RV, the downside is a 7.4 litre petrol V8 and don't expect to get more than 10mpg, even 8mpg is considered good in these vehicles. Many RVs of this vintage are having their petrol V8s swapped for a Cummins 12 valve B series 5.9 liters diesel, but this one is very tricky because it is front wheel drive.
There is something about classic motorhomes that gives you feeling more of a home than the modern motorhomes.
I can see what everyones going to be doing next year, fingers crossed. Thanks for the walk round
Thanks for watching it. 🙂
Great video Nick I enjoyed that one. You cover all of my favorite things boats , cars and Rv’s. Well done.
Oh this is nice .. love to go on a road trip in USA in this
Looks cool and futuristic....from outside!
Interior like it was made in 1960's....
Omg the original flooring 😍
Motaholic and Aquaholic are the two best transport channels on RUclips 👍🏻❤️
You're very kind
Add in Harry's garage and that's all we need
Wow. Great job. What a delight to see one of these goodies again. As an « experienced » interior designer on the West Coast of U.S., I had a client many years ago that purchased one of these goodies, turned it over to me with the request to, « redo » the entire interior of the coach. We stripped the entire interior and completely redecorated same. All new appliances, upholstery, plumbing, electronic and sound systems, window treatments, etc. etc. Wish I still had photos to share. Your tour was a great nostalgic treat. Once again: great job and thank you!
*This dude loves opening drawers.*
Stunning... What amazes me is the quality in its basic aesthetic is superb! I mean to have something like this built now would cost you a few million easy and even then you still wouldnt get this level craftsmanship that you got 30/40+ years ago!
Perfect for starbucks drive through
I would love to own that, just to drive up the rear of those god awful VW’s. Move over Schmidt, Chucks coming through........
Something like that would had been awesome living in during college: having it parked nearby the school, with full access to electricity, water and a
sewage connection. /ballin Edit: i wish they dithed the hanging locket oposite the toilet and instead built a much bigger shower, so you could sit in there.. and also a sliding door.
It's like a 'little' time capsule. Absolutely beautiful, this and the Brut Capri and the garage is complete.
Excellent video, thanks. Take care and stay safe. 👍👍👍🚌🚌🚐🚐🏴☠️☠⚓😎
When you first look at it and you say it is 35ft long it makes you realise how big a 70ft motor yacht is!
Even tho the interior looks extremely dated, it feels so cozy and homely. I mean, nostalgia is a strong thing and it’s everywhere now, maybe it’s time for nostalgic homes and interiors? The 1989 collection from IKEA, anyone?
The engine space/cover is referred to as the “dog house” here in the States.
I knew a guy in Runcorn who used to import US RV’s into the UK, they were really impressive but came with the gasoline engine which cost a fortune in fuel, he spent over £200 on petrol going to York and back to do a show!
He would retrofit them with Perkins Diesel engines and sell them on
As a kid My family owned a motor home with a bunk bed, when we stoped by some rv camps we would day dream about these huge coaches and trailers until a beautiful airstream parked beside us. Never gave up the dream of having one
That RV is literally designed to extract massive resources from the owner😆
You could live in that one all year around and do so in comfort. I'm quite taken by that one.
What a beauty! I love that retro look. Here in Odessa they have this US 50's Diner restaurant. This reminds me of it. It really does have the feel of a boat as well. You got me confused when you said toilet instead of dayheads, lol!
That truly is a beast.
Better than the modern rvs , I love the design of the vehicle
But the steering is on the wrong side..🤔
A classic US landyacht, just like the modern Class A RV
It is a Class A RV, just built the way Airstream would build a Class A.
@@jeromep And a very stylish one indeed. Kind of shame how "ordinary" their Class As became after they switched to laminate.
What's GRP? I love how you wasnt sure if a XBOX wasnt a games console, showing your age their buddy hehe
I thought it might be a satellite box! 😄
@@MOTAHOLIC hehe understandable, I'm no gamer, but I can definitely tell it's an XBOX hehe but i can understand as at the beginning I thought the light about the roof of the vehicle was a satellite protector hehe
Congratulations
Always good videos
Always good
God Bless You
Thanks a lot
I'd say the price tag on it would been *STUNNING* Too!
That was amazing. Wouldn’t want to drive that behemoth though 😆
You should buy it and give to to your RV buddies to modernize.
If I owned this I'd want to keep it as original as possible I think
For a moment it was like we were seeing an episode of AQUAHOLIC and the inside of a Water Yacht 🛥 instead of a Land Yacht 🚐 when we got the wave in the mirror! 👋 lol! Modern RV's have got better amenities but I'd love to do at least one trip in a classic like this! Nice to see the originality of the interior still intact, although admittedly I would probably later on gut it and make it original on the outside but completely modern inside with a rear lounge and Murphy bed. Good thing you did the RV after already going through the cars or else you may have looked out the window and yelled "Ohh, forget the RV, there's a Ford Capri"! lol! (There are some really nice ones there!) Another great Vlog 👍 👏
Not a motorhome person lol but this one pretty cool for a weekend once in a while away if u live in vancouver id fancy that...😁 and i love the ashtrayzzz😆
Living in the US, I just never see these anymore. Thank you
Guide price £75-85k plus premium.
That black plate with the cross was for the leveling jacks.
Ha ha don’t know why or how I missed that one, but geez I’m glad it popped up on my feed 😎👍🏻 what a great video Nick always wondered what they looked like from the inside, because the outside is really special , I always think of the NASA astronauts 👩🚀 jumping in one of them to go to the launch pad 😂😂👍🏻😎 kind regards Jeff 🍺
Glad you enjoyed it
I never knew this channel existed
Welcome aboard! :)
This is so great .. I would love to do a big road trip with my girlfriend .. across parts of America 🇺🇸
Hi Nick. This reminds me of STRIPES with bill murray. A tour bus for Griswalds European Vacation. So glad you did the tour. Thanks
My pleasure!
In "Stripes" it was a Gmc Motorhome.
Thanks Nick for driving the 6 hours for us.
This would be a blast to do a tour with but I imagine you’d never get any peace with all the eyeballs gawking at it. Like mine..
Nick,all that ornate work inside the side door is actually a screen door that separates so you can leave the hard shell open and get some ventilation. Pretty sure.
Interesting, thanks!
Saw this on the Harry's Garage video the other day. He didn't go into it in very much detail (he was more interested in the cars!), and I thought to myself "We could do with an Aquaholic review of this one!".
Job done! 😄
I had a chance to drive a 40 something foot RV in the USA a couple of years ago. Over there, if you can handle a transit van you'll be fine in one. I wouldn't fancy winding it down our roads though.
Country roads in the U.K are touchy to sayvthe lest in a Grand Tour salon
7.4 ltr big block petrol engine, what do you think 5 maybe even 7 mpg.😱😱😱 But what a beauty.
Absolutely beautiful 😍
3:14 " it's been modernised" he says as he points at a 10 possibly even 15 year old console.
Bless him though :)
The thing was built in the 90s, even the xbox 360 is "modern" compared to that.
@@forbsie1888 the 360 came out closer to this RV release than today.
Yeah, and nobody had better use the cooktop until they get the proper grates to support pots and pans. I’m surprised those are missing. Should be too hard to find, but the Magic Chef brand of RV appliances is long gone. It will be one of those things you search and search for on the Internet from used RV parts dealers.
Great tour Nick. Not my kind of thing though. When you’re used to seeing the modern day equivalent on the yachts and motor homes, this really does look dated and not that great. In its day wonderful. But not my idea of fun.
Usual quality of tour we’ve all come to expect Nick.
Very great find! I used to seeing these all rusted out and broken down over here in the USA. Nice to see one that was loved and taken care of. Great tour too! Cheers!
To bad it doesn’t float. 😉
You mean like loloho's ?
superb exterior "cult" design.
Probably not the best for our roads and roundabouts but very nostalgic
beautiful
It sold for £76,500 at auction on November 14, 2020. That’s British Pounds.
Well worth the drive, I can see this parked up on the dock next to Smuggler's Blues
🤔
It seems a lot longer than Smuggler’s Blues. Could be that things floating in water don’t seem as large as things sitting on land.
@@jeromep It is a lot longer than Smuggler's Blues 2 - it's 35ft, SB2 is 26ft.
You‘r very sympathetic... 👍🏻🇩🇪
You are correct, the engine is under the big hump between the front seats. Here in the USA we call that a “dog house.”
Cool, thanks!
And whatever you do don’t stand on the doghouse or put your weight on it, they are usually made of fiberglass and aren’t all that strong.
Right. Just a cover for heat and noise, and removable so you can access the top of the engine for service.
Looking down the length really puts a ship's size into better perspective.A 50' ship looks like this.What a well kept 'Land yacht'.
Great to see you up here in Northamptonshire to see such a unique vehicle on British roads. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice example a yacht on wheels for a change.👍👍👍
3:17 Indeed, that is an Xbox 360. From 2005 or thereabouts, so "modernized" is a relative term, of course.
You and Harry should do a vid together (unless you have already and I've missed it) two top blokes 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Well I'm up for it if he is 🙂
@@MOTAHOLIC something involving boats or nice watches? Harry's vid about the Aston Martin speedboat is one of my favorite RUclips vids of all time...that and your one about the Porsche £10 million yacht💪🏻
It does look nice but it needs a real modern day overhaul combining the toilet and bathroom, reduce the two sinks, add a proper oven and a full fridge freezer, frosting some of the glass and swapping out the petrol big block for a modern efficient diesel. For me it’s reliability and creature comforts. These days are gone
I was wondering why you didn't cover this guy in the previous video! 🤣🤣
Back to the Future
What if a airstream 345 motorhome would look like as a Time Machine?
I know Airstream from the US, the campgrounds are full of them BUT only the trailers. I had no idea that the made RVs.
Very nice unit. Do not kick me like that bedspread it needs to have a more elegant bedspread for an elegant motorhome. I've had a unit with a lot of Windows, it can be very cold in that bedroom even if the windows are insulated, and it can be awfully hot back there too. The windows are awesome for views, but for insulating the rear bedroom not too good.
Is that all single glazed windows ,,? Condensation nightmare in winter lol .. gorgeous though ..
Horrible! Depressive interior. Maybe useable in a horror movie were they all get butchered inside the airstream! Wrong turn.........
Earlier today I came across on American entry of a Airstream motorhome exactly the same as this except built in 1989. It had just been taken in part exchange. The only differences I could see was the upholstery and at the front there was an extra pair of Captains chairs where an extra two passengers could sit up front and could be swivelled around into the cabin. It still had its old CRT TV and VHS recorder and had many other in period extras that are not duplicated in this 1992 model.. Otherwise everything else was the same My personal feelings on airstream's is they always look fantastic on the outside but mundane inside. I can only see a die hard fan wanting to buy a 30 yr old motorhome for £75k. which is so impracticable for British Roads. Airstreams caravans & motorhomes always command ridiculously high prices and are a good investment but personally give me something more modern, shorter in length with push out and more practicable for British Roads..
That thig looks like a nightmare st drive in Europe. Didn't they drive a similar vehicle in the Bill Murray movie Strips?
Wow.. Just awesome Nick Sir.... You are looking truly great...
Luv it... so unique
Very nice walkthrough! I have a 31' version, they're fantastic, but a land yacht indeed keeping up with the maintenance! :)
Wow beautiful bus house ko
Great find. You only really see Streamliners in 80s-90s movie's 👍🏾
The owner handbook looks like something an archaeologist dug up! Am I really that old?
Tanks? range?? I guess this is a vehicle you don't measure in MPG, but GPM!
Ok dream time. Win the lotto. Buy it. Pitch it somewhere like a lake in summer, mountains in the winter. Bliss 😊
3x M3 E30 😍😍😍
I KNOW!! 😃
Just looked it up, its lower estimate is the same price as a new VW Califoria which seems absolutely crazy to me!
Fantastique 🥰🥰😍😍 magnifaïque 😍😍😍. Super rénovation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
Nick, I spend far too much time enjoying your motorhome and yacht channels. Would love to know the gallons per mile of that engine. It is a classic for sure.
if i had that money id have that RV, its stunning
The name says it all. Classic!
I just liked this video during the ads waiting for the skip button ....... but it’s Nick of course its going to be a good video!!
Hope you enjoyed it!
You’ve got great taste for selecting this. It’s a true classic. I’d trade my airstream Mercedes sprinter conversion for this anytime..
Nice one, I used to see about four of these every year congregating in Plymouth before heading out on their hols. 👍
Wow ! Be no problem to spend a week on this beauty 😀👍
Eyup from Derbyshire. Just checked out the guide price £75 - £85k. Might put a cheeky bid in. The wife would go nuts if I won it, her head will probably pop off its shoulders in rage! well worth it!. God knows where we would park it as we live on a narrowboat. Probably turn it upside down and float her down the cut.
Eyup Derbyshire! 😃
Are we going to just ignore the pair of BMW E30 M3's sitting next to it?
about 5 miles per gallon ???
It's been modernised it's had a games console and a flat screen tv put in 🤣