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Coastal Offroad Delica Space Gear Bumpers: Installed and In Action

November 23, 2020 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 1 Comment

We have the Coastal Offroad high-clearance front and rear bumpers (with skid plate and swing-away tire/jerry can carrier) finalized! We thought we’d do a walk-around video showing the Coastal Offroad Delica bumpers’ advantages for off-road driving, camping, and carrying extra gear.

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Coastal Offroad Delica Space Gear Bumpers: The Build Process

November 21, 2020 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 6 Comments
Mitsubishi L400 Delica 1_2000_web

*Updated 12/10/20 Canadian-based Coastal Offroad makes a variety of front and rear weld-together bumper kits for Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear vans. Coastal Offroad, or CO, produces kits for both series 1 and 2 Delica L400s. Our 1994 Space Gear, known as the TBD Tractor, is a series 1 model. The facelifted series 2 Delica Space…

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Mitsubishi Delica Winch Mount

April 12, 2020 / Andy Lilienthal / 4 Comments
Mitsubishi Delica Winch

So you’ve bought a Mitsubishi Delica Star Wagon (L300) and you want to take it everywhere. You’ve got all-terrain tires, jerry cans, a full-sized spare, and solar panels. But you want to make sure you can get out of a stuck situation, so you start looking for winch mounts or bumpers. Well, there are very…

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Inside the New 2020 EarthCruiser EXP

November 27, 2019 / Andy & Mercedes Lilienthal / 1 Comment
EarthCruiser Interior

In Part 1 of our EarthCruiser video series, we toured the outside of the amazing overland vehicle. In Part 2, we take a look at the inside. Our guide to the EarthCruiser EXP’s inside is Lance Gillies, the company’s Founder. Lance and Mercedes talk all about rig’s ins and outs as well as part of…

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Up Close With the New EarthCruiser EXP

November 22, 2019 / Andy & Mercedes Lilienthal / 2 Comments
EarthCruiser EXP

Dream cars. Some people want a Ferrari. Others, a Rolls Royce. Us? We want an EarthCruiser. Based in Bend, Oregon, the company outfits Mitsubishi Fuso vehicles for overland travel, and they’re top notch. EarthCruiser debuted its all-new 2020 EXP model at the 2019 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and it’s complete with new Chevrolet V-8…

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Vanlife Northwest’s Time Traveler’s 4×4 Van Run

January 15, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
Delica and Hiace vans in the snow

Last Sunday was a time warp back to the early 1990s. OK, it also may have been the early 1990s in Japan, but it was a time warp nonetheless. Several JDM vans (and one sweet ’70s Chevy van) headed for the hills of Washington for the Time Traveler’s 4×4 Van Run. The meet, organized by…

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What We’ve Learned After a Year With Our Delica, the Space Tractor

August 16, 2018 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment
Delica Before and After

Amazingly, it’s been a bit more than year with our Delica. It’s amazing the places we’ve gone and the things we’ve seen with the Space Tractor in just over 365 days. It’s been quite the journey, and it’s just begun. We’ve also learned a lot.

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The Space Tractor Off Road

July 18, 2018 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
Mitsubishi Delica Off Road

We took the Space Tractor (our 1989 Mitsubishi Delica) to the 2018 BC Overland Rally near Hemlock Valley, BC last week. After a fantastic four days, we concluded with an entry into the BC Overland Rally Trophy Challenge. The Delica did better than expected. Have a look at the video.

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Recommended Route: Racetrack Valley, Lippincott Pass, Saline Valley Roads

January 23, 2018 / Mercedes Lilienthal / 1 Comment
A must-see spot in Death Valley: Zabriskie Point.

Do you love the scenic and remote splendors the US has to offer? Do fashion your time around roads or regions that captivate you? Surfaces that keep you interested or curves that delight you? Or, do you challenge yourself by navigating new terrain in the middle of nowhere? If you answered yes to any of…

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7 Things to Know About Owning a Mitsubishi Delica

January 3, 2018 / Andy Lilienthal / 25 Comments

After five months of owning a Mitsubishi Delica, we’re still loving our van, aka the Space Tractor. We’re also learning a lot and have noticed some distinctly Delica things. So if you’re thinking of buying a right-hand drive turbo-diesel-powered 4WD Japanese van that looks a bit like a cross between a 1980s sci-fi farm implement…

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