Gilbert

INFO

Manufacturer

Daihatsu

Model

Hijet

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Origin

Japan

Year

1996

Edition

Full window bus

QUESTIONS

Because I (Julia) saw a suzuky carry and thought it looked funny and I also always wanted a car in which I can sleep that’s not too big to get everywhere - Jonas just went with it 😅

The cutlery box inside the tailgate

To use the tiny space effitiently while also being able to sleep in the van comfortably with two people

We adjusted everything we didn’t like so there‘s not really anything that we would do differently except doing it properly from the beginning

Poland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg

Blown cylinder head gasket 😅

That you can sleep and live so comfortably in such a tiny space and that it doesn’t take a lot of space to see beautiful places - and also that you meet so many likeminded people from so many different places

The colour matches the mazda colour ‚blue print‘ Our brake lines broke once at the TÜV after we passed the brake test - of course we didn’t get TÜV after they saw the brake lines were gone We bought Gilbert in 2016 even before Körmi bought hers

Spain

Don’t buy a Porter or Hijet thinking that it’s a car that just runs - it needs a lot of maintanance

An Endoscope to look into the cylinders

When I had Corona I needed to go to the test station and didn’t see that the tent next to the container wasn‘t high enough for Gilbert so I ran into it

Quesadillas with Guacamole

TECH

Power

48 hp

Fuel

Petrol

Consumption

7 l/100km

Top speed

115 km/h

CONVERSION

Purchase price

1,650

Found through

Ebay

Mileage when purchased

82,000 km

Conversion costs

2000