Thread: Budget Family 4WD

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Nope no Bunji here, thats me, mid 90s ish on Thompsons Flat near lake Daniels. Nelson 4WD club trip.
Also on the trip was a Ford Transit V6 with Jeep J20 running gear under. Built up by a local now retired small motors mechanic.


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I meant that picture of the 4wd hiace I posted is a random one!
Your van looks ok, pretty hard to compare it to the 'king of thee road' hiace though...

Originally Posted by 40mm

I meant that picture of the 4wd hiace I posted is a random one!
Your van looks ok, pretty hard to compare it to the 'king of thee road' hiace though...

I got ya. Well of course a Toyota would be hard to beat..

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

I got ya. Well of course a Toyota would be hard to beat..

Know your place!

Hard to beat, except for the departure angle etc.... Those Mitsi's are much better like that, just not enough room inside for what I need.
My mate has an old L300 4wd, really old shape one, cool as .

I've always wanted one of them. Was looking for a 4 wheel drive van for about 6 months and after finding nothing ended up going with a Nissan Caravan. A bit like a sale in the wind ( almost 2.5m high) and with the motor over the front seats it kind of ploughs in the front in the soft stuff. Still ok for going up and down the beach as a mobile dog kennel done 300K in it so far

Looks like the OP has done a runner, but at least we can chat amongst ourselves

Originally Posted by 40mm

Know your place!

Hard to beat, except for the departure angle etc.... Those Mitsi's are much better like that, just not enough room inside for what I need.
My mate has an old L300 4wd, really old shape one, cool as .

Originally Posted by 40mm

Know your place!

Hard to beat, except for the departure angle etc.... Those Mitsi's are much better like that, just not enough room inside for what I need.
My mate has an old L300 4wd, really old shape one, cool as .

Maybe I'm reading your post the wrong way, but the departure angle on those Tritons are terrible. The arse sticks out from the rear axle more than all of the common utes I can think of.
Apart from that they are pretty good utes.

Originally Posted by Allizdog

Maybe I'm reading your post the wrong way, but the departure angle on those Tritons are terrible. The arse sticks out from the rear axle more than all of the common utes I can think of.
Apart from that they are pretty good utes.

Van, not ute. The vans are actually very good, just as far as I'm aware the 4x4 versions on 31's or equivalent are not available locally now.

Another point to note with older 4x4 vehicles - rust...