The Toyota Hiace and the similar Mitsibishi Delica are a nice
platform.  People in BC are going crazy for them since Vanagons have
gotten the reputation as expensive to buy, unreliable, and expensive
to maintain (unless you do the work yourself).

In Vancouver you now see many of these 15 year old Japanese vans.
(easy to import 15 year old vehicles into Canada...for now)

There are almost as many of these JDM vans as Vanagons running around
Vancouver and appearing at campgrounds.   Most have AWD and diesel
engines.....however, being true JDM vehicles with right hand drive
makes them somewhat awkward to drive.

see http://tinyurl.com/3ahyg4
or http://tinyurl.com/32ffpn

>I see a lot a cool (and not so cool) vehicle here, some would make great
>camper. I have seen one Toyota Hiace converted to a camper but i didn't have
>the camera. This one is a passenger van.
>http://www.benplace.com/mexico2007/toyota_hiace1.jpg
>
>Cheers, Ben
>http://www.benplace.com/mexico2008.htm