FGs for sale

[PKDreamers]

This is a pretty cool truck.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/gym...mitsubishi-canter-camper-motorhome/1149280454

 

[kerry]

What's the purpose of the 'thing' which runs across the truck at the bottom of the windshield? I saw a couple of those on trucks in Australia and couldn't figure out what it was supposed to do. Stop something from coming thru the windshield?

Also, it has an overhead compartment with storage on the passenger side and radio and gauges mounted on driver's side. Is that a commercially available aftermarket add-on in Australia? It matches the truck quite well but it doesn't look quite original.

 

[SkiFreak]

What's the purpose of the 'thing' which runs across the truck at the bottom of the windshield?

It's a stone guard.
Personally, I do not know how beneficial these things are, but I have seen them fitted to quite a few different types of vehicles.

Also, it has an overhead compartment with storage on the passenger side and radio and gauges mounted on driver's side. Is that a commercially available aftermarket add-on in Australia

It is a custom made roof console.
I will be making something similar for my truck, but that is pretty low on the priority list at this time.

ATW make and sell a similar console which is made of fibreglass, but theirs is not what I would call cheap.

Given all of the other work that this truck has had done by ATW, I would not be surprised if this was not something that they made and fitted.

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

Those prices are insane. And here I thought we were being shafted with prices in South Africa!

I just bought a brand new 2017 model FG retailing at the local dealer for 33,000 USD.

In saying that we do not get the facelift model with auto transmission here.

 

[kerry]

For which you should be eternally grateful from what I read.

 

[Bris31]

What's the purpose of the 'thing' which runs across the truck at the bottom of the windshield?

That stone guard can be useful, now I know it. In our last trip (Simpson) I had a stone hit my front windscreen just below the wiper. We were on the sealed road near Quilpe and it was hurled by a passing ute. It was a nasty crack and luckily I had glass repair kit and Dan on hand. It took a while to seal it with the glue. If there was a stone guard, it would have saved our time. Or very possibly I could have a shattered front windshield, a ruined trip because it was outback on a Sat and a new screen would have taken few days to come through.

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

For which you should be eternally grateful from what I read.

Grateful for getting it so cheap or grateful for not having the auto transmission?? LOL

Presuming your reply was directed at me Kerry?

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

That stone guard can be useful, now I know it.

Dig that stoneguard! I just hate the look of them. But they can really save you from unwanted windscreen damage. Worth the investment.

 

[Aussie Iron]

I wouldn't fit one to my Canter as it interferes with view when off road and the chance of totally wrecking a laminated screen that you would be held up on a trip I would have to see to believe. And yes I do have one on my Prime mover. Canter windscreens are cheap.

Dan.

 

[SkiFreak]

I wouldn't fit one to my Canter as it interferes with view when off road...

The trick would be to design a hinge that allowed for the screen to be in front of the window when you are on the road and then be able to lower it so that it did not obscure the forward view when off-road.
Built lots of custom hinges over the years, so if I get some time I might look further into this.

 

[kerry]

Grateful for getting it so cheap or grateful for not having the auto transmission?? LOL

Presuming your reply was directed at me Kerry?

Yes. Both but mainly being auto free.

 

[Family Friendly 4x4]

Yes. Both but mainly being auto free.

And here I have been dreaming of that facelift model with auto box that we do not get over here in South Africa... is the auto box that bad?

 

[SkiFreak]

Don't really want to be a wet blanket here, but we should try and keep this thread for its intended purpose, that being trucks for sale.
Yeah, I know... I am at fault here too.

Please start a new thread to discuss other stuff.

 

[Decanter]

Back to your regularly scheduled programming...

https://ithaca.craigslist.org/cto/6152861715.html

https://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/cto/6147623896.html

https://providence.craigslist.org/cto/6173928179.html

Best truck on this page: https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/6174303872.html

 

[kerry]

I'd think long and hard before buying the Ithaca truck. Right in the middle of the salt belt. But the claim of 50mpg on vegetable oil is really what puts me off.