Club Scene: Summer 1995

It doesn’t seem five minutes since we put the Mossmobile into storage for the winter. However, here we are getting ready once again to go out on the great American highways to meet with all our friends, old and new, who have an interest in classic British cars.

While preparing the RV for our journeys, I took stock of the number of items that are installed onboard the coach or at least carried in case of trouble! Also, how many of them came from the comprehensive Moss inventory of accessories.

First, the essential fire extinguisher (we actually carry two!), Moss #220-380, just because you never know what can happen, especially where propane is concerned. Other safety aids include Rain-X (#221-550), essential on a large windshield such as an RV, and which really does clear the water away in quick time. Speaking of water, the RV radiator has benefited from the addition of Water Wetter (#220-115). It now runs much cooler, especially on those long mountain climbs over the Rockies.

Externally, we’ve now added a pair of our excellent spot lights—actually one spot (#162-700) and one fog light (#162-800), while under the hood, a pair of ear-splitting air horns (#545-040) assist the normal, anemic, stock warning instruments!

Internally, we carry a battery of small and large flashlights, one of the most useful of which is the Dashlight Flashlight (#900-005) which plugs into the cigarette lighter on a permanent basis. We use a three-way splitter which gives us three sockets to plug in the CB/Scanner and the Dashlight. For real emergencies, we also carry one of the big Maglight combinations.

To keep the RV looking tidy on the outside, we wouldn’t be without our California Duster (#231-670) or the ubiquitous Kozak cloth (#231-620), and for cleaning up at the end of the day, a tub of Fast Orange (#231-505) hand cleaner is always kept handy. Funnily enough, this product was used more by our customers last year as they worked on their vehicles beside the Mossmobile, usually under the giant Moss umbrella (#231-390)! We also carry one of our smaller British marque umbrellas (#231-420) for those rare events where rain threatens. Add the set of British car badges on the RV grille, and there you have it. As we travel out there, we can truly claim that even on the Mossmobile, WE DRIVE WHAT WE SELL!