A recent report by Cristian Curmei of AutoEvolution highlights Indiana-based Embassy RV’s Cape Cod B+ unit. The following is an excerpt:
To understand what’s going on here, allow me to point out that Embassy RV is owned and operated by the Embassy Corporation, a company that specializes in crafting so much more than just RVs; they also take on specialty vehicles and even some actual buildings or container structures used as offices, lodging, or whatever you need one for.
Well, all that industry know-how is wrapped up in this motorhome, with Embassy mentioning that they put in one and a half years of hard work and working out kinks to give rise to the Cape Cod, and frankly, it shows in every gosh darned inch of this traveling home. Yes, we can call it a home because it really feels like one.
Now, at the heart of this beast sits that smooth, modern, and downright nearly indestructible shell. Yes, indestructible, because Embassy not only uses only composite materials in building the body, along with an aluminum framework, but the 5.5-inch-thick roof is one that has been over-engineered to support a load of 14,000 pounds (6,350 kg). In tests, that’s the weight Embassy used, and saw no buckling or warping of any section of the RV.
They mention that it’s not a standard in the motorhome and camper industry, but it is a standard that Embassy felt necessary for the longevity of your unit. It’s also the sort of structure used in bus construction. The walls are 1.5-inches thick, and the floor sits at 2.5 inches, all composite baby!
Be sure to check out just clean cut the whole shell is, and there’s a reason for that. Aside from simply mastering the art if fiberglass pultrusion and manipulation, Embassy also caulks their seams and joints before painting over the whole thing, giving off this seamless look. Get it? Seamless?
