Recent content by ColinTheCop

Here's my take on the UK. To own a UK vehicle you can drive it anywhere in Europe on your UK insurance, most insurance companies give you 90 days for free and you can pay to extend it. I'm not sure if there will be an issue with you not having a UK drivers licence when you come to insure a...

Delica would be a good choice as you can actually sleep in it without any problems. And it'd be within your budget. Something like this ticks a lot of boxes, clicky Ebay link

Had to chuckle about the irony of having to fit a safe inside your Brinks Matt Cash-In-Transit truck.... :D

Where's the bed(s)...?

Have you seen this regarding insurance from Stephen Stewarts site who is currently travelling around North America in a UK registered camper....? http://www.xor.org.uk/travel/canada2012/20120418.htm

Looking good. The wind jammer on the roof rack should make a big difference in keeping down wind noise.

U5000 model - A google/image search gives plenty of examples, military + civilian.

Cheers Steven, that was a good read. And interesting choice of bike...

I notice Oz seems to import some of the older 4x4 Campers from Japan, is that not the same as NZ...? They're starting to become popular in the UK too, meaning we can now pick up things like this 4WD Hiace for less than £10k. They also do a 4x4 Hilux version with the cabover bed if you need a...

Looking good. Have you got a route planned or are you just going to go with the flow...?

Yeah, I had a superb time. I went in 2008, not been back since despite wanting to, other things keep getting in the way. This is our route - starting and finishing in Seyjisdford in the East. From the port we travelled East then South on the F910 - the route that only opens for a couple of...

It can be quite windy in Iceland, I'd have been tempted to go for an Oztent RV-4 if you didn't go for a roof tent. I spent 3 weeks in Iceland and my rooftent was ideal. Ground tents seemed to get a bit of a battering. The other issue being, a lot of the ranger stations/camp sites dont have grass...

Yeah, nasty little buggers. The only bad thing about living up here. I know the G-WAC Discos were all press vehicles and are considered quite collectable, just wondered if your Defender was originally owned by Land Rover...?

Any significance in the G-WAC number plate...? I know they are for Discos, not sure if's the same for Defenders.

Here in the UK the VW seems to command a big price hike compared to other similar vehicle. I understand if you want one for nostalgia reasons, but there are similar vehicles at a fraction of the price of a similar age/spec VW. Check out the UK Ebay site and have a look at, Mercedes Vito...