>Hi all, > >I was in Santa Cruz, CA this morning and noticed this very nice little >Mitsubishi camper van. >http://www.mindspring.com/~chrisrgroups/mitsuwesty.html > >Basically, it is equivalent to a Syncro Westy with, of course, a 2.5 TD. >These Swiss folks, Markus and Christina, are on a year long trek that >started in Salt Lake city (they shipped their van from Hamburg and had it >drive by friends to SLC). They'll be in San Filipe, Baja Mexico, for >Christmas (lucky them) and don't plan to put their vehicle back on a boat >home for 10 more months! > >Wish them luck, and Feliz Navidad all... That's a second-generation Delica 4WD. As you can see, it's a fairly serious offroader, unlike other 4WD vans. I have driven these extensively. on dirt roads the tailgates leak copious dust because there is an opening in the latch mechanism which channels dust into the door,m and the trim panel is not designed to seal (a Hiace, in contrast, has a closed latch mechanism, with no way for dust to enter the doorskin). The 4WD is short-wheelbase-only, and is intermediate in size between a Liteace and SWB Hiace. The gas engine is 2.4 EFI and can reach 165kmh; unlike many Mitsubishi engines, the gas 2.4 appears not to suffer from premature bore wear. The diesels however are notorious grenades, even without turbos. The 2nd-gen Delica diesel is normally a 2.7, the 2.5 having been offered with the boxy 1st-gen (which I believe was sold in the US in the 80s, and resembles the T3 quite a bit). The 3rd-gen is more of a high-roof wagon than a van, with a high floor and low roof and front-engine rendering its cargo volume extremely small... hence its lack of popularity here in NZ as a van, though quite a few peoplemover variants are around (which proves that you can sell ANYTHING). -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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