‘Stan’ is our van. His real name is ‘Kiss Stanley’ after the piercing eyes of Kiss, the band, that decorate the sides. His tag line is “Lead me not into temptation, I can find the way myself!”
He’s an imported 4WD Mitsubishi Delica, the standard 4WD option used by Wicked and we almost didn’t have him. To cut a long story short, the request from Wicked in Cairns to Wicked Central Office to tell Wicked in Darwin not to rent our original reserved 4WD Mitsubishi L300 didn’t get through so to appease us, provided us with a Delica, a better model that the L300.
We’ve purchased him for $7,500 with the intention to sell him to another traveller upon the completion of The Big Twelve Monther next May. To aid this, we’ve pimped him up with:
- Addition of a 30l WAECO fridge to replace a 20l ‘esky (coolbox)
- Addition of deep cycle battery to power fridge and provide additional power source
- Increased the available size of the work top
- Improved 6” foam mattress compared to 2” foam mattress
- New cushions and pillows
- 12V power inverter
- Mosquito net
- Power board including kettle
You should get it re-sprayed like the A-Team van. That'll add real value ;-)
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