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BC Ferries...

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:25 pm
by Green1
Ok, so this isn't a real live Delica... but I found it interesting none the less...

I was in the Maratime Museum of British Columbia in Victoria last week, and in their display for BC Ferries they show a model of the "PacifiCat" ferries (high speed catamaran ferries intended for use between Vancouver and Victoria but quashed after construction by politics...)
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wait a minute... what's that on the vehicle deck?

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Looks kinda like a Delica to me... you can clearly see the three pointed star on the front... I found that rather odd for a vehicle that was never sold in Canada...

(on a side note... the museum was really nice, and I highly recommend it for anyone with a nautical interest)

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:15 pm
by BCDelica
That is funny that a vehicle that never sold in North America has BC Ferries decals on a toy Delica.

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Practical looking ambulances, you do see them on the news occasionally in Asia, the Middle East or South America.

Maybe this one will give someone ideas,

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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:40 pm
by Green1
well I doubt the orriginal toy had BC ferries logos, that was probably done by the model maker making the pacificat model... however it was an interesting choice of vehicle for the part...

as for good ambulances, I sure hope so, because that's part of the role mine will be converted to fill... (it gets on a boat heading for Canada this week... trying not to pass out holding my breath....)

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:54 am
by 39Ronin
BCDelica wrote:That is funny that a vehicle that never sold in North America has BC Ferries decals on a toy Delica.

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Practical looking ambulances, you do see them on the news occasionally in Asia, the Middle East or South America.

Maybe this one will give someone ideas,

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Actually this van did sell in North America, it was branded Van Wagon in the US.
check it out:
Yes some of your Japanese Vans parts will cross over as do the Montero.http://www.edmunds.com/used/1990/mitsub ... tions.html

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:05 am
by Green1
well.... I stand corrected... I still doubt however that BC ferries is using any, but it is interesting to note that it did get sold in north america... and it looks like the body parts anyway would be mostly interchangable with anything 1990 or earlier...

B.C. Ferries trip

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:41 pm
by hutch
Remember in "Austin Powers" the first movie where Dr. Evil has a factory that makes little models of toy factories. Maybe B.C. Ferries got their contractor model-maker from a Japanese firm, hence the Delica.
hutch