The Insane 1930s RV That Vanished in Africa — With Kitchens, Bathrooms Beds!

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See how Odoo can help you!: https://www.odoo.com/r/88Un In the depths of the 1930s Belgian Congo, two of the largest and most luxurious vehicles ever created crawl through the African jungle. These unique expedition vehicles were built for one of Europe’s most famous African explorers. They featured a fully electric kitchen, comfortable bedrooms, air conditioning, and even a tiled bathroom. But who made them, how did they fare, and where did they end up? I ordered too many books to try and find out. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calumraasay Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/calumraasay Thank you to Vincent Echo for the incredible 3D model! You can actually view a digital version of the esquire article that I mentioned in the video here: https://classic.esquire.com/article/1938/2/1/caravans-for-jungles International Harvest archival magazines on the expedition: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/ihc/id/28564/rec/6 Website stuffed to the brim with De Sakhnoffsky's designs! http://www.coachbuilt.com/des/d/desakhnoffsky/desakhnoffsky.htm Video I found with more footage of the trucks being loaded on the ship and being paraded through New York! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4FRYchVq2w&t=25s Twitter......................►https://twitter.com/calumraasay Instagram................►http://instagram.com/calumraasay Discord.....................►https://discord.gg/BPahz6vHJd Website....................►http://calumgillies.com 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Thank you Odoo! 02:26 - Attilio Gatti 04:27 - Attilio's Tenth Expedition - Sponsored by International Harvester! 06:24 - The Jungle Yachts 08:10 - The Belgian Congo 09:24 - Jungle Yachts (in) the Belgian Congo 10:25 - The Expedition Comes to an End 12:15 - From Jungle Yachts to Mobile Hospital 13:22 - What Happened to the Jungle Yachts? 16:14 - Waffling on a Bit