1993 - Mitsubishi Delica - £9,500 - Bristol

What a freakin motor good luck with the sale mate!!!!

to all the non believers out there, if this was a similarly converted vw t25 syncro caravelle, youd be looking at 30k.
this thing is cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.



just a quick edit to my bold claim, heres a type 25 just been SOLD by gowesty in the states, as in its gone, to a new owner who was happy to pay the asking price of
$85,000!!!! whats that in english these days £70k?
www.gowesty.com/sale_details.php?id=1371

not a patch on bruces van.

As I said on the phone its a bargain at that price. You could get to the asking price just with the lift, arches and wheels and tyres. Yes you can buy Delica's for a grand, but the Mystery Machine is about as far removed from an abused £1000 4x4 van as you can get whilst still having the same body.

Matt

Agreed, its also not that often you get to know so much about the history of a car you are buying, you can literally see the last 5 years of its life in this post and various ones on the mdocuk forum.

I am soooo hoping for a lottery win!

WOW i Love this van, if i had 10k id buy this in a heartbeat!!! hope it sells Bruce.

Thanks again guys.

More interior shots....the best bit....the rear!

'Lounge' position with the captains seats facing in 30 degrees. It makes it more 'sociable' and less formal than when they are facing straight back


UBER RARE genuine Mitsubishi optional table. Only three of these in the UK. I've owned all three and know where the other two currrently are. Worth a lot of money! The table top unscrews and flips over to make a felt card table complete with little 'snack' trays!! There are two doors in the base for storing stuff.


They just don't make interiors like this any more.....




Captains chairs facing straight back....


....or facing forward




Table can be moved into different positions as easily as the seats can be moved. It locks into the seat runners.


As well as reclining the captains chairs, you can also push them against the back seat....then recline the back seat to make a looooong recliner or bed! (back seat not reclined in this shot)


I also made a modification to the captains chair next to the sliding dor so that it can be locked 90 degrees to face out of the sliding door. Seems dead simple, but took some work! Another of the many 'invisible' mods I've carried out. Full details can be seen here: www.mdocuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5062

This is great for sitting there, chilling in the shade in supreme comfort while looking out at the sunset etc....


The boot area is pretty large and will swallow most luggage


If you need more space then you can slide the rear seats forward to give a lot more space


If you don't need to carry seven people then the back seat folds then flips forward to give a massive boot space - about the same amound of space as a small van! You still get the full amount of legroom with the captains seats in this position. The captains seats are not affected at all....so your two rear passengers can remain in air conditioned luxury while you carry a huge payload.


Another (little known) option is to create a 'bulkhead' out of the rear seat. This gives a secure wall almost to the roof if you want to make sure your rear load doesn't fly forward


All of this is acheived with no affect on the position captians chairs


The rear bench also folds completely flat to allow large sheet material to be carried. With the captains chairs folded flat too (not shown here) the rear can carry 8'x4' sheets easily, I've also carried a king sized mattress in there with ease in the past.


In the back you have your own heating/cooling/AC system controlled from the side panel. This can be switched on & off from the front too. There are vents in the floor area as well as numerous overhead vents to cater for any seating/sleeping position.


As seen in the post above, here are the mains sockets from the 240V system


Another little handy touch - a remote control for the stereo. Anyone in the back can control the stereo (much to the annoyance of the driver!) The remote has a small velcro patch on it and can be stuck anywhere on the headlining. Handy for lying in bed and listening to some tunes...


These are the extra 'Audio Stage' rear roof mount speakers - only available on Super Exceeds


The ONLY fault I can find with the interior is a small corner broken off the surround for the handle that slides the back seat. That is the only thing that stops the interior from being mint. I do, however, have an undamaged replacement for it. I've had it a few years but keep forgetting to fit it! Fitting this will return the inside of the motor back to mint condition.


For anyone that doesn't know these motors, the Super Exceeds have a roof called the 'Crystal Lite Roof'. This is basically a higher roof than standard that is fitted with four large glass panels to give extra light through the roof. You can see then in some of the shots above.

These glass panels also have hidden electric blinds that close at the touch of a button. They can all be opened/closed at once or there are four individual buttons so that passengers can choose which ones they want opened/closed. These are SOOOO cool and one feature that is guaranteed to produce a loud "wow" from anyone seeing them for the first time. I'm not kidding! All four blinds are working perfectly. I'll try and get a video of this next time I'm down at Area 52.

There is also a glass sunroof in the front. This is only a tilt sunroof but it has a sunshade that pulls over (which is how I have it 99% of the time!)

I think that covers most of the interior? If there is anything I have forgotten I'll add it.

Sorry for all the pics, but they don't even go halfway to showing the flexibility of the interior!

can you put a few more details bruce or the thread may get locked.....NOT!!!! absolutely cracking attention to detail bruce , when people say 'best in uk' on ads it makes you wonder if it is, in this case it HAS to be, good luck mate , one of my top 10 motors in the uk!!!

I absolutely LOVE this! I hope this sells easilly for you mate but i also hope you are sure you're doing the right thing. Some excellent thinking behind all the mods and some top notch tidy work.

I just hope this thread stays up after the vehicle has sold , i have a feeling i'll be showing people this. lol

Top vehiocle mate.

Thanks for the comments guys - Dug, I'm really flattered that your first post was about my car! I might just copy & paste a lot of this thread into the Readers Rides section anyway because I never did a proper build thread for the motor and maybe ought to - there are loads of bits I haven't included or mods I've just brushed over that were actually a lot more involved.

Leewild - I know what you mean, I am not 100% that I should be selling it and I don't actually need to sell it. It's just that I don't really use it anymore and it seems a shame that it's sat there down at Area 52 while my other Delica gets all the use. This is mainly because I don't want to trash this one seeing as it's in such good condition. The other one is a proper use & abuse workhorse....

Here are a few more pics that I took the other day:

In some shots you'll see the front spotlights have original KC Daylighter covers on. More recently I had a company make me up some custom covers in yellow vinyl which I had previously printed my MM logo and some RR logos onto. The printing is properly heat bonded vinyl which was quite tricky to get right wothout melting the yellow vinyl! Numerous attempts were made with different combinations of heat, pressue and time to get the print to bond while still maintaining the texture of the yellow vinyl. When I finally got it right, the covers were made using the original KC covers as a template. The quality of the covers is just superb! (The original KC covers will also be included with the vehicle)


Again, in some of the photos you will see the main 8" PIAA dual spotlights have clear lenses. I finally managed to track down some of the more expensive (about £400 a pair new!!) PIAA Plasma ION lamps. They have an iridescent lens that gives a really crisp light output that cuts through the dark bettter than normal clear lenses. I only really bought them because I think they look damn cool! They are wired up so that both beams work....the dipped beam comes on when your headlights are turned on (they are basically the same as headlamps in this mode with the same beam pattern so no dazzling others) but can be independently switched off (MOT etc...) The main beam works with the vehicles normal main beam.


With these six lights on, combined with the normal headlamps/main beam, you've got nearly 700 watts of light output! Wire up the roof lights and you'll have nearly a kilowatt of lights!!


The laser cut detail in my custom stainless rear ladder


Shot of the rear showing the custom ladder, custom bike rack, rear lights (only set in the UK!), various original stickers (a couple I have added). I've never seen a tinted window like my rear one before. I'm not a 'mirror tint' fan because they are so harsh/contrasting against the surrounding bodywork, but this one has a graduated tint top & bottom which almost makes it blend into the bodywork. If only other people made tints like this!


The sliding door has an extension on the hinge. This helps it to clear the rear wheel & wheelarch. I had this acid dipped and powder coated before fitting it so that it looked a bit more 'factory'.
When fitting the extender, the door had to be cut along with the door card. The cut in the door itself was done following the lines of the surrounding metalwork to look as original as possible and treated with smoothrite to protect the exposed metal (still looks perfect today). The door card was done by peeling the vinly back and cutting away the hardboard backing carefully which allowed me to glue the vinly back down over and around the cut edge to give a factory look. All other ones I have ever seen just look like a section has been hacked out of the door card! Sure it was fiddly, but well worth it to look as neat as possible. Aprrox every year, the little nylon bearings in the slider wear out and make it more difficult to open the door. These can be bought from Mitsubishi for about 80p each (two needed). They take about 5 mins to replace and aren't costly - I even keep a spare pair in the motor just in case. I have printed a sticker on the hinge with the part number of the bearings so that you never have to try and remember the number. Stupid I know, but it does make life a bit easier.


Only this morning, the last piece of my ultimate wish list accessories arrived! Not only do I have some of the rarest & most sought after items like the IPF remote spotlight, the Chamonix bash plate and the genuine table....this new item is probably the rarest of the lot! I have spent over five years trying to track this item down and finally the wait is over - the 'wish list' is complete! Boy am I a happy guy!! I'll put details up of this once it's fitted. Over the moon....you bet! 5 years is a long time to search but now I can sell the Delica knowing it has all the items I set out to get when I started building it back in 2003. (I know that makes 7 years, but I didn't find out about this item until two years into the build due to their rarity - despite my mammoth research into everyting about Delica's!)