Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

Upgrades for Ushuaia
Kenwood Stereo/Video with Garmin GPS
Pioneer 180W speakers
Rostra Cruise Control
Battery cutoff switch - disable starter
Front curtain cable (Thanks MOM!)
Center console with 150W inverter

Solar system (15W panel, 30A Charge Controller, 100Ah Deep cycle battery, 2000W inverter,12V fusebox) with 2- 12V powerpoints, 2- LED lamps and 2- 12V fans)
Bed and storage (BOB is the MAN!)
Plastic coated World Map

Spare tire and jerry can holder
2x55 W halogen backup lights
Back up alarm on a toggle switch mounted under hood for FORWARD crowd control

The bed measures 122cm x 165cm with storage underneath. The small vertical cabinet supports two wooden chairs and a table (IKEA) and the mosquito tent and the solar equipment. The solar panel is mounted on the roof rack. The underbed storage is lockable to increase security while the headboard is hinged to permit visibility while driving but when parked provides protection against snoopers AND has two fans and two LED lamps (on the solar electric system) for living comfort.

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Hey,
Really nice set-up!
Could you post more pics of your swing out tire/gas bumper?
Its the first one I have seen in Canada!

Right On!

Looks fantastic! I would love to see video/pics of the crowd control in action!

Great use of space. Nice work.

Are those 16" rims?

Nice setup. Excellent use of space.

Hey everyone, thanks for the compliments. We are happy with the arrangements so far and have mostly been able to save camping fees here in the states by 'overnight parking' at various locations. So far so good with not one visit from the 'friendly' troopers...

The rims are from Japan and came with the delica. I tried to search online for them to see if I could source a rim for my spare tire carrier but I turned up nothing. They are Japanese rims and only available in Japan (I think) tho I see a few brits have them too. They are 16"x8" with 265/75R16 on them.

REAR TIRE CARRIER: this is a simple mod I had done up thanks to my Bro in law(and some of his staff) who works at a metal fabrication facility. We pulled it off in a week so it is not as 'clean' as I would like and my dreams of fancy stuff decidedly turned to 'what can you do fast'.

Note that Jesse and his pals have fabbed up a spare tire carrier for the L300 (you can search this site) and when you keep it simple the ideas become similar.

I have had the fortune that my delica came with a tow hitch and this allows me to 'bolt on' to it with my spare tire carrier. Jerrycans from canadian tire are harder to deal with than the Spectre or army surplus cans - but considerably cheaper. Couldn'd source our a fancy closing 'gate latch' for the carrier in Fredericton so am using a 6" trailer pin that we can lock with a padlock. This will give us extra protection of the rear of the van and all our storage....hopefully we won't have any break-ins!

I like the rear rack.
Just curious if any of you guys have seen these they are very popular in the ATV world

http://www.rotopax.com/Diesel/

Have a good day

Dustin

I like the headboard with built in cooling fans. 'Cool' idea.