Dawson City gets a Delica
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:29 pm
Greetings all!
My wife Sadie and I are now proud owners of a beauty '91 L300 Super Exceed that we purchased up from Isaac B. in Richmond. Last year around this time, we were debating between a '97 Tacoma and a Delica, but lack of time/knowledge led us to buy the truck. But now with a baby on the way and the need for car-seat compatibility, we had the perfect excuse to get back into the market and pick up a Deli.
We both live and work in Dawson City but usually make a couple trips to Whitehorse every summer and now that we're living in Quesnel for school, the Alaska highway and Hwy. 97 are also parts of our well trodden path. We LOVE our van! My wife has fond memories of family trips from Vancouver to Kelowna in a '78 VW, and we now have our own van to make memories in.
We have however had some minor problems getting a couple of parts for it to pass the safety check. A leaking rear axle seal has halted the process, not for the seals themselves, but for a bearing retainer. It's taken two weeks, lots of searching by my mechanic and many phone calls to various JDM-types, but finally we now have the retainer en route from Ontario. Hopefully its going to be smooth sailing from here on out, but I'll be sure to tap into the knowledge base that is this forum if we run into any future problems.
Anywhoo, we'll be in touch with some photos perhaps and future stories when they come.
Ben
My wife Sadie and I are now proud owners of a beauty '91 L300 Super Exceed that we purchased up from Isaac B. in Richmond. Last year around this time, we were debating between a '97 Tacoma and a Delica, but lack of time/knowledge led us to buy the truck. But now with a baby on the way and the need for car-seat compatibility, we had the perfect excuse to get back into the market and pick up a Deli.
We both live and work in Dawson City but usually make a couple trips to Whitehorse every summer and now that we're living in Quesnel for school, the Alaska highway and Hwy. 97 are also parts of our well trodden path. We LOVE our van! My wife has fond memories of family trips from Vancouver to Kelowna in a '78 VW, and we now have our own van to make memories in.
We have however had some minor problems getting a couple of parts for it to pass the safety check. A leaking rear axle seal has halted the process, not for the seals themselves, but for a bearing retainer. It's taken two weeks, lots of searching by my mechanic and many phone calls to various JDM-types, but finally we now have the retainer en route from Ontario. Hopefully its going to be smooth sailing from here on out, but I'll be sure to tap into the knowledge base that is this forum if we run into any future problems.
Anywhoo, we'll be in touch with some photos perhaps and future stories when they come.
Ben
