Lately I have seen more and more Hiace's and Delica's in Vancouver too.

IMHO, yes they would make a nice camper plus the diesel engines make
them even more attractive (to some). And if I'm not mistaken, the AWD
model (Hiace) has a decent low gear for crawling.

If I ever "got out" of my Westy, I'd have a serious look at one of
these. The RH drive thing might be an obstacle for me, but for some no
problem.

Neil.

On Jan 25, 2008 8:51 AM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> wrote:
> 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
>

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