Mitsubishi L200
You know what this pickup needs? A motorbike
Report 4 £24,949 (CV price)/£29,938 TOM FORD
Projects never run smoothly! But I was hoping for one or two wins before the first loss! First" I’d done a lot of looking wistfully into the near#distance and daydreaming of random things that the truck must be able to do" and the things I’d have to have on the L$%% to enable it to do them! Some were a given" like a sizeable upgrade in tyre size" so it was off to Ralph the engineer to see what we could fit that might still be usable on a '"%%%#mile#plus adventure! Running something like ((s wasn’t an option" but anything over a modest increase )**+*,in- would still be needing a bit of a suspension lift! While we’re there + upgrading the rear leaf springs" front coils and damping + we might as well look at polybushing the entire thing! And flaring the arches! And carrying two spares in the rear" like a proper pre#runner! And" for a bit of fun" why not have a small off#road moped in the back? Because I’ve been obsessed with these things called Motopeds for a while now" but couldn’t actually afford or justify one!
And many lights! And if we’ve got lights" then there must be cameras! Which might need somewhere to live! Like an aeroplane wing! Phone calls were made" and many things were ordered! It was fun!
Trouble is" one of my main design wants was an external rollcage! And" after many calls to various suppliers and a couple of fruitless and time#consuming meetings" the L$%% was delivered to a man who promised to get one fitted in the timeframe we specified! A man who then" a couple of weeks later when I was expecting the Mitsu back with a nice chunky rollcage" refused to answer calls" emails" texts… A man who then dumped my car at another rollcage manufacturer" who I turned up to with an extremely bad attitude! It’s a silly story" but not an uncommon one. most project car/ resto people who have to rely on outside help have been here at one time or another! A blessing in disguise though" because Protection and Performance" where the L$%% was dumped" do a lot of good cages!
They understood my need for the unconventional! But we were also too far behind schedule to leave it with them… so more planning ensued! Time had been marching on" and there was suspension arriving on Tuesday" wheels the day after" a winch on Thursday and nobody had even ordered the whip aerials…