Maiden voyage

[jprocess13]

So we made a quick two-day maiden voyage down to James River State Park here in VA. About a 3hr trip and she ran great. Her name’s Ed btw... @delica.ed if you’d care to follow. Very happy with both her performance and the camper buildout. Rainy last day made the ARB possibly the best purchase!

 

[dopefish]

Damn that headliner is so nice! How did you do that? Ours is kind of crap so really want to clean it up

 

[Geekdriver]

Looks awesome!!

do you have pics/plans of the build out? I’d love to generate some more ideas for my possible buildout.

 

[jprocess13]

Damn that headliner is so nice! How did you do that? Ours is kind of crap so really want to clean it up

Thanks. Here are some buildout pics. Basically 2” and 4” strips of stained birch.

Delica Ed Buildout

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[jprocess13]

Looks awesome!!

do you have pics/plans of the build out? I’d love to generate some more ideas for my possible buildout.

Thanks! It was a fun pandemic distraction

Here’s a flickr album of the buildout. Not comprehensive but you get the idea. Hat-tip to @WanderingPeso

Delica Ed Buildout

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[Sputnik]

Nice work. Really looks good.

What did you paint the 'Mitsubishi' plastic brush guard cover with?

 

[jprocess13]

Nice work. Really looks good.

What did you paint the 'Mitsubishi' plastic brush guard cover with?

Thanks!

I used one of the rattle-can bed liner paints. I don’t recall which one.

We should try and meet up some time. I’d like to see your EGR delete and hear how that’s worked out.

 

[Sputnik]

We really do need an East Coast Delica meetup.

So far EGR delete and EGT/boost/temp gauge has been great to monitor the engine. It gives me a real baseline to base my driving behavior.

I have a pulley squeaking somewhere, so I'm in the process of getting timing and balancer belts, tensioners and water pump. So that'll be a project for this fall. I also still need to replace lower ball joints sometime soon.

 

[jprocess13]

We really do need an East Coast Delica meetup.

So far EGR delete and EGT/boost/temp gauge has been great to monitor the engine. It gives me a real baseline to base my driving behavior.

I have a pulley squeaking somewhere, so I'm in the process of getting timing and balancer belts, tensioners and water pump. So that'll be a project for this fall. I also still need to replace lower ball joints sometime soon.

I think a meetup would cool. Let’s do that!

 

[NASAJohn]

Very nice conversion. Just imported my Delica last month, '95 SpaceWagon high top. I live in Maryland so passing inspection is a real challenge. Come spring time we should really have some kind of East Coast rally - COVID permitting. My neighbor is a big Mini Cooper fan and they have a rally called "chase the Dragon" where they all head down Skyline Drive.
Oh, BTW, what did you do with your captain chairs?

 

[coop74]

Very nice conversion. Just imported my Delica last month, '95 SpaceWagon high top. I live in Maryland so passing inspection is a real challenge. Come spring time we should really have some kind of East Coast rally - COVID permitting. My neighbor is a big Mini Cooper fan and they have a rally called "chase the Dragon" where they all head down Skyline Drive.
Oh, BTW, what did you do with your captain chairs?

I live just miles from the North End of the Dragon and actually know of a large area that can be had for group camping that is at the foot hills of the mountain not far from the Dragon. Let me know if you do this and maybe i can do some coordination for you.

 

[coop74]

So we made a quick two-day maiden voyage down to James River State Park here in VA. About a 3hr trip and she ran great. Her name’s Ed btw... @delica.ed if you’d care to follow. Very happy with both her performance and the camper buildout. Rainy last day made the ARB possibly the best purchase!

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so who do i need to send my money to so i can have that interior... maybe the best i have seen!

 

[coop74]

Very nice conversion. Just imported my Delica last month, '95 SpaceWagon high top. I live in Maryland so passing inspection is a real challenge. Come spring time we should really have some kind of East Coast rally - COVID permitting. My neighbor is a big Mini Cooper fan and they have a rally called "chase the Dragon" where they all head down Skyline Drive.
Oh, BTW, what did you do with your captain chairs?

So we made a quick two-day maiden voyage down to James River State Park here in VA. About a 3hr trip and she ran great. Her name’s Ed btw... @delica.ed if you’d care to follow. Very happy with both her performance and the camper buildout. Rainy last day made the ARB possibly the best purchase!

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where did you buy the rock and roll bed hinges???

 

[jprocess13]

Very nice conversion. Just imported my Delica last month, '95 SpaceWagon high top. I live in Maryland so passing inspection is a real challenge. Come spring time we should really have some kind of East Coast rally - COVID permitting. My neighbor is a big Mini Cooper fan and they have a rally called "chase the Dragon" where they all head down Skyline Drive.
Oh, BTW, what did you do with your captain chairs?

Hey there. Thanks!

Yeah, I’d love to do a meetup once we’ve passed through the dark times...

I have the whole interior in storage. If you’re looking for captains chairs I have two in excellent condition as well as the rest of the interior available.

 

[jprocess13]

so who do i need to send my money to so i can have that interior... maybe the best i have seen!

Thanks. It was a good lockdown project. All the design kudos go to @WanderingPeso

Just sent you the link to the hinge assembly.

 

[Goodfish101]

Great-looking conversion! The wood and the cushions' covers blend nicely together.

My basic conversion has just been finished too. I also got roll-over hinge, but it was locally made here in Taiwan. I had some issues with the size of the back rest panel. Can you tell me what is the total length of your bed? Thanks!

 

[jprocess13]

Thanks. The bed is 74 inches.

 

[coop74]

inspired by the build...

6 new items by Robert Cooper

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[carrosene]

Just browsed your Flickr album, which is great by the way, and realized I almost bought this van. I'm in Georgia so I had them send a lot of videos and stuff, but eventually they stopped responding to me. Hahaha. That seemed to happen a lot during my buying process. Glad to see it went to someone good.

 

[jprocess13]

Just browsed your Flickr album, which is great by the way, and realized I almost bought this van. I'm in Georgia so I had them send a lot of videos and stuff, but eventually they stopped responding to me. Hahaha. That seemed to happen a lot during my buying process. Glad to see it went to someone good.

Ha! Thanks. Yeah, they went dark on me at first also but I was persistent and took a chance. Turned out to be a great experience with them. And the van is/has been solid. Cheers!