Mitsubishi Delica L400 4x4 Campervan/Overlander

Mitsubishi Delica L400 4x4 Campervan/Overlander

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ApexJimi

24,860 posts

242 months

Thursday 27th October 2011
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I love these things.

Who else buggered off to the classifieds after seeing this?!

Melvin Udall

73,668 posts

254 months

Thursday 27th October 2011
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My mum had one, (of the older ones). Brilliant vehicle, especially with the captain chairs in the back!

Lionsden

Original Poster:

189 posts

164 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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Some footage of a little light off-roading at a local pay and play last year...
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz-Ix5fvpH8

SlowStig

839 posts

170 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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I saw this on the m58 last year! Saw the PH smilie but the one time I wasn't in my metro so was just in another silver blandmobile going past you frown


Looked good, would be cool to see it if it was local as I wouldn't mind doing something similar with a van...

Lionsden

Original Poster:

189 posts

164 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Over the past year and a bit I've not made any changes to my truck, just enjoyed her. She flew through her last MOT with no advisories. Only real cost has been new discs pads and a caliper after one siezed up. Been used regularly for weekends away with my son,
Just hoping for all this snow that's been talked about.
A shot from last year....




Hoping for more this year!!!!


firemunki

361 posts

130 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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That is so amazing!

s_zigmond

1,134 posts

185 months

Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Really tempted by one of these to replace the Niva. Ever since seeing the one on retrorides I've been a little bit obsessed by them.

Lionsden

Original Poster:

189 posts

164 months

Sunday 16th March 2014
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I replaced the alternator in my truck last week, and treated her to a wash. Then today I had an opportunity today to take a few shots of her parked under A Vulcan Bomber....







Still soldiering on although needs the fuel pump seal replacing soon.

Still gives me the same buzz every time I drive her!!!

noell35

3,170 posts

147 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Hi. Loving the Delica. What are these like on a motorway? We go camping a lot but also regularly drive 300 miles to Cumbria.

Paz565

160 posts

145 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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I love these! I was looking for ages for a nice L300 Delica but ended up getting an imported Hiace instead, I always look longingly at the L300 and L400 when I see one! I love the resto'mod approach you've taken, keep it coming!

Have you noticed any improvements in running from the snorkel? I heard someone say it has a sort of forced induction effect on air going in?! I might have dreamt that though Lol!

Lionsden

Original Poster:

189 posts

164 months

Saturday 22nd March 2014
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noell35 said:
Hi. Loving the Delica. What are these like on a motorway? We go camping a lot but also regularly drive 300 miles to Cumbria.


They drive great on the motorway, very relaxing drive. You can sometimes manage 26-30mpg on the motorway although put your foot down and you can literally see the fuel needle dropping. But they will happily sit at 70mph+.

Paz565 said:
I love these! I was looking for ages for a nice L300 Delica but ended up getting an imported Hiace instead, I always look longingly at the L300 and L400 when I see one! I love the resto'mod approach you've taken, keep it coming!

Have you noticed any improvements in running from the snorkel? I heard someone say it has a sort of forced induction effect on air going in?! I might have dreamt that though Lol!
Thanks! I see that look from a lot of people, mainly Toyota Previa/Emina drivers but many others in mundane people carriers. It's more amusing when you get a look like that from someone in an expensive Range Rover, X5, etc... They look at the tyres first then follow the snorkel up, then end up looking up at the window to the roof rack and spots then they'll make eye contact and guarantee they will look away and not even acknowledge you, with a very put out look on their face, whereas anyone else just gives a smile or points it out to their kids/passengers.

The snorkel gives it a lovely sound, you can really hear the air being sucked in but I didn't really any performance gain from it as such, other than being able to go through bigger puddles. I can imagine it would help very slightly but not enough to notice.

Lionsden

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189 posts

164 months

Saturday 22nd March 2014
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A couple more pictures taken by Drew from Shot by Swans, much better than any of mine that day!




Chatts

1 posts

117 months

Wednesday 11th June 2014
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Hi Loved what you have done to your L400 can you advise where you got your black parking poles with lights and where did you get stickers plus centre wheel hubs? Thanks Chatts

Lionsden said:
I've spent the past year slowly getting my truck ready for festivals, camping, and greenlaning this summer. My Delica is my everyday drive which I've had for nearly a year now, it started out as a stock Mitsubishi Delica L400 Exceed...



As you can see she was desperate for new wellies, I wanted to fit a set of KL71 tyres (30 9.5 R15) these are the biggest you can fit on a Delica without cutting/hammering the arches, however they were out of stock for six weeks.
While I was waiting for the tyres to be in-stock I started my camper conversion.

I built a cupoard unit with a 2 ring hob, grill and sink, as you can tell most parts were re-cycled or re-used like the slide off computer sides which made up the cooker hood. The rear heat shield is an old metal flip chard board from work which was to be thrown out. The wood for the unit itself was end of line and was cheap as chips. The cooker and sink from ebay which needed replumbing slightly and a new regulator. I fitted the tap to a pump up pressure bottle like the ones gardeners spray their weeds with, which is ideal it gives up to 6 litres of water, and once pumped up stays pressurised till it's either used up or de-pressurised, I also have a 25ltr container for storing more water, but tend to just keep a few 2ltr bottles of cheap tescos bottled water handy which stays fresh for longer if unopened.



I also built a basic fold out table which folds up between the 2 of the rear seats.



The bed was easy as the seats fold to form a bed, it has flourescent light, night light and best part the crystalite glass roof sections which are great when it's a nice clear sky at night.



It's now registered as a motor-caravan, and insured as such, bonus being the insurance is half the price of what it would be if it was insured as a car.

I then fitted her new wellies,



Within a couple of months we get loads of snow, great timing!!! They were fantastic in the snow and I had great fun pulling people out of it...



Here's a little video of me pulling a BMW up a hill as everyone was stuck behind him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvCvrx3eKVM

My next job was a snorkel which I followed instructions from a kind member on mdocuk (Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club), he had modified a Land Rover Defender snorkel, and posted a fantastic set of instructions on how he did it, which I followed for my truck.



I bought a safari roof rack and spot lights off a local Delica owner and ended up fitting a snorkel to his Delica for him a couple of days later.






I've now fitted curtains. They make a great difference. They are man made silk so block out loads of the light, and look rather posh too!!!




I have re-conditioned the wheels as they were looking rather rough...




I've also added a parking pole, I'm going to put one on the other side aswell...


danielspuds

1 posts

110 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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Hi my name is Dan and I've had a mitsubishi delica for a while now and I'm doing it up and was wondering where you got the stickers