Delica L300's 1992 1994, camper table and lower bed

So on to Part 2, while looking on Facebook I stumbled across another Delica L300 for sale this time an auto. It looked good but did not have an MOT. So I made an offer and it was accepted. This time I wanted to see it have a look before handing over cash so instead of sending a transport company to get it I decided to go and get it myself. So I hooked up the trailer to the trusty old transit and set of from Deryshire to Bristol.

When I turned onto the street I was greeted by quite a nice almost shiny Delica, which was nice. After fitting a pair of new batteries it fired up and after a quick look round it seemed solid so we loaded it up on the trailer and headed home.



Once home a quick check over to see if everything was as good as it looked and it seemed to be, It did smell a lot of dog though as the last owner had five of them. I changed a few bulbs and wipers and put it in for an MOT, which it passed.

Then of for a wash and valet to get rid of the smell inside


First real test drive was to a friend of mine for a meeting, 50 miles with some traffic


All went very well made it in one piece. as leaving got to the fuel station, filled up and noticed a lot of water under it, quick trip back 400yrds to mates house to look at it and water pump failure

Que ride home on the big yellow taxi.

So water pump ordered and fitted yesterday
Start of work

old pump out

New pump in


Job was not as bad as I thought it was going to be, having a mate help was also good it took about 4 hours start to finish and water pump and stat was £43 from Euro car parts.

So tested it going to Limes café meet 50 mile round trip and everything worked great

Home safe


So that is my Delica adventure so far first one I got just before xmas and green one I have had 8 weeks

Well it needed a little trimming in the front arch and I have to drop the rear brake pipe bracket but it did not do to bad on the light off rod course at the training day. This is from today, both my road legal 4x4 fleet


Off road butty van duties at dinner time

Good luck with the build. I have an l300 van that I converted to a camper (it's on this forum somewhere! ).
If you break the other up I maybe interested in any trim to upgrade my interior as the van is very basic in the cab area !

I'm after door trims / electric front window set up. N/s drop glass. And thats what I can think of for now.
Yes my van was broken in gently when it was finished. Ive had a couple more holidays in it and was great fun. Now the lighter nights are on the way I plan to finish off the little bits I didn't manage last year. ..

Well I had 3 days off work so decided to do some work to Delica number 2 as I still need to turn it into a camper.

So spare wheel carrier needed making as I wanted to spares and room for batteries were the spare normally goes. so this is what was made.

Without wheels


With wheels on


Hinges, mounted into lock nuts on the inside of the body, that bit was a pain as the lower section was double skinned.


Retaining bracket, will have a lock fitted


And cut out to let the rear wiper still work


That took all of the first day. did not think it would have taken that long but still I am happy with the result.

So that brings us onto today.

Finished welding on the Bongo roof was the first job.

When that was finished it was time to close of the ends of the rame and shape/blend the front.



When this was done it was time to re attach the Pop top and see if it still worked, no photos of this part as it took 3 people to man handle it, we also put a small 25mm rip in the canvas at this point which is a bit of a pain but it can be patched.

Roof fitted and up




And down


Next job was to weld on some brackets for the awning to be bolted to. Paint all the new steel and bolt the awning on.

Not photos of the brackets but the awning fits. here it is up, I also have sides for it





Inside, needs the roof lining out of the first Delica I got so we can trim it out and make it look nice



I am very happy with the result, I need to fill and blend to metal work a bit over the next week or so ready for a final pain, After a mad three days I am now done in and ready for a sit down and relax.

I like what you're doing with this. Keeping everything compact too. What sort of awning is that and did it come complete with the sides that you mention?
When it's all together do you have a particular destination in mind? You mention ' into the great unknown.' Sounds interesting!

i too have an l300 and I'm in chesterfield fancy fitting me a poptop;-)

So made use of the bank holiday Monday to put some kitchen in.

Trip to Ikea on the Saturday for some units.






The work top across the back will be trimmed down and made into a removable work top.