Summer 2016 my wife and I saw a Delica for the first time in Victoria BC. We were in love...
...with the van.
Delica's had become a regular Craigslist search for the past year. Many were posted, many were passed over. Until mid-April. That's when I came across this:
I loved the black and white paint; the wheels were perfect... and those over-sized yellow lights up front...mmm, perfect! BUT it wasn't in the cards for my family. I emailed the owner of the listing to say to tell them that their van was amazing and that was the end of it. Or so I thought...
I showed the listing to my wife and she said "Ooo, I'd drive that". So that sealed it! I pursued the van, and learned as much as I could about the import process and went for it! (Needless to say we have a '03 Merc Sprinter and amazing condition Volvo 245 for sale now).
A couple of weeks went by and I was riding a train up to Richmond BC to meet Sabbir from Maxoverdrive.ca to see his personal Delica...and hopefully to buy it and drive it home. When I saw Sabbir drive into the hotel parking lot to pick me up I knew the van would be mine...it is incredible!
Sabbir has owned a business in Richmond for the past 14 years where he works on Japanese imports and sources parts for others. He had fixed MANY things on his Delica including a brand new motor and paint job along with many other restored features. The van is not a full restoration, but like Sabbir said he tried to fix everything that is common to go wrong with these vans.
The vans new motor was still in the "break-in" phase so I had to drive the van all the way home at 50 mph, but I didn't mind because I was in the nicest Declia I have ever seen and I still can't believe it is mine!
...with the van.
Delica's had become a regular Craigslist search for the past year. Many were posted, many were passed over. Until mid-April. That's when I came across this:
I loved the black and white paint; the wheels were perfect... and those over-sized yellow lights up front...mmm, perfect! BUT it wasn't in the cards for my family. I emailed the owner of the listing to say to tell them that their van was amazing and that was the end of it. Or so I thought...
I showed the listing to my wife and she said "Ooo, I'd drive that". So that sealed it! I pursued the van, and learned as much as I could about the import process and went for it! (Needless to say we have a '03 Merc Sprinter and amazing condition Volvo 245 for sale now).
A couple of weeks went by and I was riding a train up to Richmond BC to meet Sabbir from Maxoverdrive.ca to see his personal Delica...and hopefully to buy it and drive it home. When I saw Sabbir drive into the hotel parking lot to pick me up I knew the van would be mine...it is incredible!
Sabbir has owned a business in Richmond for the past 14 years where he works on Japanese imports and sources parts for others. He had fixed MANY things on his Delica including a brand new motor and paint job along with many other restored features. The van is not a full restoration, but like Sabbir said he tried to fix everything that is common to go wrong with these vans.
The vans new motor was still in the "break-in" phase so I had to drive the van all the way home at 50 mph, but I didn't mind because I was in the nicest Declia I have ever seen and I still can't believe it is mine!
