Digby's Aimless Adventure

In late 2017, when we had finally decided that we didn’t want to spend a large fortune on a luxury overland rig, we started to look around to see what else we could consider, remembering that ideally, we wanted something cheap, easy to maintain, and hopefully reliable. Once you have excluded all the medium to high-end vehicles, you are left with either a car, an SUV, or a van, most of which can be purchased quite reasonably. We ideally wanted something with Four Wheel Drive (4WD) that would allow us to go off the beaten track when required and ensure that we can get through all but the most challenging off-road terrain. As Fiona often says, we want a vehicle that “will get us out of trouble, not into trouble”. Modern 4WD’s are generally a sophisticated blend of true mechanical & electronics drive systems that do their magic behind the scenes to get you through or a compromise between mechanical & electronic features that lead to an “All-Wheel Drive” system. Either way, not bein

So the deed has been done…. We have brought a 1995 Mitsubishi Delica L400 Space Gear, in the 2.8 Litre Turbo Diesel Long Wheel Base version, (PF8W), with the express intent of building a global overland adventure vehicle…. How the hell did that happen….? Fiona & I have been thinking about our eventual retirement options for a couple of years now. Both she and I are born travellers and instead of sitting around waiting for Mr De’ath, we figured that we would most like to spend our sunset years doing what we love most, which would be travelling the globe to ensure that we have not missed anything worth seeing.  Our outline plan was to start with a couple of years in Australia, then transition to Southern Africa for a year or so, then to Canada & North America for another couple of years, and so on into South America, and finally to Europe to finish things off. We think that this is a lofty goal indeed…..  Committing to selling all our worldly goods and buy some sort of mobile hom