New Delica fan...

[Matt the Destroyer]

Hi all. Well, I have been a lifetime 4x4 enthusiast and a 4x4 van enthusiast (1980 Chevy short van on steroids) and I have never heard of the Delica until today, while perusing Craigslist Vancouver, where I stumbled across a dozen of them for sale. I am HOOKED. I am researching right now and I will be obsessed until I get one of these rigs home. I WILL be a proud owner within 3 weeks, as soon as I go home for days off. I need to know - where is this club in Canada? East or West coast? And tell me, how hard are parts to get for these cool machines, and does anyone know the best shop on the Lower Mainland Vancouver/Fraser Valley area that works on these vans? I will be going straight in for a lift and rubber, as well as snorkel gear. The mountains of B.C. are screaming my name in my mid-life crisis... Matt the Destroyer.

[Big-Bird]

The site itself is aministrated out of BC. The highest concentration of Delicas and Delica parts is Vancouver and Victoria.

The further east you go the lower the concentration of Delicas....Alberta has quite a few owners in major centers....lots of L400, L300 and several Pajeros.

Snorkels are available from Japan, China, Australia, lift kits vary between the L400 and L300. the L400 is bonded body/frame so the suspension lifts are limited to upper balljoint spacers and torsion bar adjustments for the front and coil spacers in the rear or a Sub Frame Kit. There are a few options in the sub-frame category that rangel from 4 through 8" kits and the local Japanese mod-squad has done real funky stuff that allows you to stuff 38" tires under the beast.

The L300 has a similar front suspension to the L400 but leaf springs in the back so shackle kits are the norm here. With a full frame, body spacers provide another alternative but then you need to deal with the extension of shifter linkage/gear shift rods, fuel lines, cooling systems, brake lines/cable lengths and electrical connections. (A body lift usually has some areas that require adjustments to length and height due the frame and body being moved away from each other.

I did a quick search for Delica Lift Kits and this is what Google provided:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=wild+van ... t&tbm=isch

As for Delica Techs and parts; many of us have used to CVI Automotive in Richmond but there is also Rising Sun Imports (New Westminster) and Amazing Auto (Richmond).

Heres a few other Delica parts businesses:
Maximum Overdrive (Richmond)
Rocky Mountain Imports (Vancouver Island)
Coombs Country Auto (Victoria)

There are a few more but these 6 are the most popular.

Oh and there are also some parts that cross over to the dealer and places like NAPA/LORDCO/PARTS SOURCE. You will need to provide the part number...you say Delica in those places and most of them give you a stunned look.

Get the Deli and then we can properly welcome you! Post pics when you get your ride.