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Delica delight

Hawke's Bay's Chris Morris is a hands-on, DIY type of bloke. Loves his fishing, and loves the Kiwi outdoor lifestyle. He has been a “Vanthusiast” forever, and has been progressively modifying his dieselpowered Mitsubishi Delica van for equally as long. Eventually, the asthmatic diesel donk was not doing what he wanted and action was called for.

“I had been tossing around the idea of repowering my Delica with something more reliable and powerful. A few guys had used the 1UZ-FE Toyota V8 with success as it bolts straight on to the Mitsi's transmission.”

The four-speed auto in the Delica

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