The Adventure Begins?

[VirtualJJ]

Hey Folks,

I think it is time Saskatoon attains one more of these fabulous vehicles.

We have made the decision to add a Delica (L300) to our family, and are hoping to lean on this community a bit for advice & questions in the near future.

Is anyone else around here from the Saskatoon area?

If so, I'll buy you a pie and coffee at the coffee shop of your choice in exchange for a brief chat about experiences with these mighty little vans.

Thanks,
JJ

[Golf Cart]

Welcome JJ,

Now the biggest decision is whether or not you want a low roof , or the Crystal Light high roof. The fact you are planning the L300 is half the battle.

I do recall a few members in Saskabush, and they will probably raise their frozen hands soon enough.

Cheers
Gregg

[FalcoColumbarius]

Hey JJ, welcome to the cult .

Look for "Firesong". He is from Saskabush. He has a whacked out moose for an avatar. Cool guy, check out his posts on ice fishing.... smiles.

Falco.

[loki]

http://www.delica.ca/forum/92-l300-deli ... -7194.html

[Tinytoy]

Hello there! Sorry it took so long for someone from town to respond to you, but as golfcart says its been cold!
What part of town are you in? Looking to kick a few tires? P.M. me and I would be happy to answer some of your questions,And as I am new at this too if there are any I don't know the answer to, the search function here works OK ,Just be prepared for some bleeding red eyes looking at all the results

[Firesong]

Hi
Im from Saskatoon
Drive a 1990 black over white Delica. It can often be seen towing a small trailer
with an ice shack :) If you have any questions let me know.
We almost have enough people to have a minimeet now :)

pm and we can get together or something
Firesong / James

[Erebus]

Now the biggest decision is whether or not you want a low roof , or the Crystal Light high roof. The fact you are planning the L300 is half the battle.

There's a third choice: high roof without crystalite
There's a fourth (rare) choice: high roof with huge sunroof.

[loki]

Now the biggest decision is whether or not you want a low roof , or the Crystal Light high roof. The fact you are planning the L300 is half the battle.

There's a third choice: high roof without crystalite
There's a fourth (rare) choice: high roof with huge sunroof.

doesn't he low roof also come with or without the sunroof? I have never seen a high roof with the big sunroof

[VirtualJJ]

Best case scenario would be High roof/Crystal Lite + sunroof, but I'm sure we'll know the right one when it comes along.....

[VirtualJJ]

Our "shopping list" is nearly complete!

After much research, we have so far decided on a high-roof, crystal lite, with AC and at least a 4 speaker stereo.
Dark in colour, with hopefully less that 100,000 kms. Ladder would be nice.

I guess the actual "shopping" comes next!

:)

[FalcoColumbarius]

I was very specific with what I wanted. I dreamed of having a black over silver low roof Chamonix at around 60,000 klicks. One day my brother called me up and said:

• "Hey, you know those Japanese vans that you've been interested in? I ran into a guy while paying my Tellus bill who has one for sale, here's his number.... "

I made the call and I met my black over silver low roof that had 61,000 klicks on her.

Read up on the Delica and get very specific with what you want. You're going to love these machines, JJ.

Falco.

[Spearo]

Lucky you:
More kms, but if it's been maintained...
http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicle ... Z176210354

And,
http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicle ... Z173148315

Cheers,
Erik

[loki]

Our "shopping list" is nearly complete!

After much research, we have so far decided on a high-roof, crystal lite, with AC and at least a 4 speaker stereo.
Dark in colour, with hopefully less that 100,000 kms. Ladder would be nice.

I guess the actual "shopping" comes next!

:)

Less than 100K is risky imo, more of a chance it sat unused for a spell in japan, these motors have 500K life in them easily. Mine is for sale atm, but has 157K.

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[FalcoColumbarius]

Loki brings up a good point. While I was in negotiations for the Miss Lil' Bitchi I spent $200.00 and had her checked out by a mechanic. She had been sitting for a period of time and consequently the seals had dried out; causing the oil to get onto the timing belt. We negotiated a new price based on the work that would have to be done.

Study this page: http://www.socialtext.net/delica/index. ... red_delica

You don't necessarily have to do everything on this list but it gives you an idea of what to look for. This list can be found in "Delica Wiki", which you will find under "Delica Canada Techincal" in the forum index.

I highly recommend you peruse the DCT forum, Delica Wiki in particular.

Falco.

[Tinytoy]

You have picked a good time to buy as prices seem to have dropped for the 300's. There are a few listed around town (pajerro's) Look on kijiji and type in Mitsubishi diesel.
There is also a dealer in P.A. that had some 300's, 400's and pajerro so you could try all and pick from there.
Low mileage can be good or bad. Mine has 34000 on it and its sitting in my driveway looking good... I imported it straight from Japan. Test drive local and go from there. The price on my rig by the time all is done will end up being as expensive as one off a lot if not more.
Hope you enjoy the hunt and get all that you want and more
Eric