Mitsu Fuso Camper examples

[whatcharterboat]

Well this is the crewcab that one of the guys is building here at work on the weekends. There are some earlier build pics around on our thread somewhere but it sure looks a bit different now.. Last weekend he made a camper body for the back which the painter color matched to the cab yesterday. It's got soft sides and a bed and fridge inside. Very neat and importantly light so it's a piece of cake to lift off. I'll post some pics with the body on after it's first outing this coming weekend.

Not sure how the spare will be accessed though once the body is on. That'll need some more thought but it sure looks the part for now. Notice the neat stainless exhaust and snorkel.

The bullbar was salvaged from our old workshop Hilux which died a horrible death . The bar was the only part on the poor old Toyota that wasn't riddled with orange cancer. Looks like it was made especially for this Canter, heh?

 

[engineer]

Geez, great work, I hope he didn't wear out the pipe bender ;-)

 

[whatcharterboat]

All ready for the weekend.

 

[RedRocker]

Very nice!

 

[PKDreamers]

But why is it up for sale now after all that great work?
Where did he get those flares from????

 

[dzzz]

Is this style of diamond plate available in the U.S.?

 

[whatcharterboat]

But why is it up for sale now after all that great work?

I think he's decided to keep it for a while now Peter.

Where did he get those flares from????

He made them from scratch. Like I said, he's a very clever young guy. We might have a 649 crewcab flare mould happening at ATW at the moment though, me thinks.

 

[PKDreamers]

Hi john good to hear he is keeping it.Yes very smart guy to do those flares.
Well keep me posted about the flares because after being out western Qld with all the mud out there atm it went everywhere.
And tell people they are great tyres those Toyo's

 

[whatcharterboat]

good to hear he is keeping it.

Peter, I thought he was. It sold over the weekend. I can tell you that he had people flagging him down on a couple of occasions wanting to know all about it?, where did he get it?, what was it? , would he sell it? bla, bla, One guy actually jumped in front of the truck as he was leaving the local servo. Crazy. So I imagine someone made an offer that was too good in the end.

 

[alan]

Hi John,
I noticed it was on Ebay, then it said sold!! they seem to be getting more popular lately which is good!

 

[whatcharterboat]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MITSUBISHI-C...170523337820?pt=AU_Trucks_Commercial_Vehicles

There you go. I didn't know it was on ebay.

 

[alan]

Hi John,
I have finally parked mine in the factory for rebuilding it has taken so long to find time and make room for it, also I have been collecting equipment to make building a lot easier! will start a new build thread soon.

 

[PKDreamers]

Our basic camper

Our basic set up
Camped at the weir at Baralaba QLD

Kell and the boys doing homework at Diamantina National Park QLD

 

[bptp7270]

Hi Pete and Kel,

I am interested to know , is that a tray back tent set up or something off a camper trailer that you have converted?

Anthony

 

[Cody1771]

man thos Fuso's are so cool! its to bad there is such a low market for them here in BC. i would love to get my hands on one of those!