VAN LIFE Modified Episode 97

VAN LIFE Modified Episode 97
0:00 INTRO 80's style
1:45 The L300
2:57 Bar-work Exterior
5:48 Roof Rack
8:38 Lights Comms
10:52 VAN life LIVING AREA
14:50 POWER SETUP
16:32 Under the SAY WHAT????
17:13 Tyres and Lift
19:55 Funky cold MEDINA Interior
24:20 The Drive
26:24 QnA
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[@SarahandKeelanTravels]

What a weapon! I think its so refreshing seeing builds that are not your average wagon, ute, chopped wagon ect.. what an epic car congrats on how its all turned out! looks unreal

[@dalep-i4844]

This is one of the best modified episodes I’ve seen. Awesome seeing a totally different vehicle.

[@sainbayarb]

Exactly

[@LAWRENCEHONABLE]

Agree 100 percent!

[@Naessey]

My Dad had a L300 and we travelled across Australia several times. To this day, he still tells stories to friends about that car. It never missed a beat and we put 300,000km on ours. Incredible van.

[@tomskimcdouglegaming806]

your dad's more of a man than you'll ever be.

[@steveformosa5191]

Great job Rooney showing of my son van I hope he’s looking after it the van L300

[@ryanformophoto]

Good spelling old man!

[@Mookiemadskillz]

Fantastic fab work!

[@tr0ye]

You’ve done a great job mate it’s amazing

[@ClearWaterJunky]

@@ryanformophoto is it spelled Delica?😂😂. I kid I kid. Current l400 owner over in Japan!

[@Roadlesstraveled1244]

@@ryanformophoto nice delica😂

[@MitchZero9]

I've never clicked on a Modified so quick. Love the interesting/quicky/uncommon builds.

[@stefansweerts3825]

I had one off them during my travels through Australia and is still miss my van L300 4x4 best van too travel with

[@NathanNostaw]

Such underrated machines. Love the boxy style and no real compromise off-road. Love it.

[@Naessey]

I assume you get a lot of comments about owning such an old car, but referencing one of my previous posts, it was one of the most durable, fun and reliable vehicles we ever owned. So impressed what you have done. One of kind. Incredible.

[@heftymerv]

as my old man used to call his, the BMW (Brown Mitsubishi Wagon). $60k on the old L300, you definitely got to love it. top build. Haven't watch one of these in a long time, definitely peeked my interest.

[@seductivating]

The Medina sign is super random, but here's an interesting fact. Medina in Arabic means "city" and is the second holiest city on Earth for Muslims. Love your channel, great set-up!

[@seductivating]

@@ceejfletcher Thanks for your bigoted reply.

[@emmanueltamvaklis8592]

Miss my Express L300 4x4. Traveled Australia in 1997 for 2 years. Never let me down. Loved it and it drove over everything. Loved it miss it

[@guidok3762]

I owned one in the nineties, great van, drove it around with 8 mountainbikes on the roof for my travel company, no problem. Best 4x4 van ever build

[@dimitristsagdis7340]

Really nicely done, I've been waiting for so long for a 4x4 van on modified. Pls do more.

[@DL180sx]

The price of L300s just skyrocketed. Well done on the build.

[@craigbarron5620]

Super cool van. I love when ppl. love their less common 4WD. I have a Suzuki GV and a Prado 150. The Prado is great but, for some reason, the Suzi has my heart. Again, super cool van.

[@rampagedingo]

My dad had a 90s toyota hiace. Loved that vehicle. So spacious. Concerning the feeling of being on top of the front axel, I definitely agree with you mate, it's nice to know where your wheels are being placed offroad. Concerning using up to 50k to 60k dollars into this vehicle, that's actually pretty cool. Newer vehicles from factory you can spend over 70k dollars. Look at the new land cruiser 79 series it used to be 75k AUD now its 85k AUD and its still bare bones stock. Thought he'd complain about the stability of these vans but by looking at how he's driving offroad it doesn't seem to be a problem. Awesome motivation love these vans.

[@daviddenley3512]

I'm glad to see the softer Off Road vehicles such as vans getting a mention as these tend to be better for getting Disabled folk into off being able to go overland.

[@dylanlighthealing]

As someone living out of a Delica (L400) right now, I found your setup really good - well done. Thanks Ronny for finally bringing a "Delica" on modified.

[@Mookiemadskillz]

Best modified I've seen so far, Love the different builds

[@manuelwebe]

Dude. This is one of the best custom-modified vans I have seen. Brilliant!

[@chrishanslow4825]

It's so good seeing someone taking the time and putting some real love into a L300, so well done young fella you should be mighty proud of what you have achieved and hats off to you again Ronny for another great modified video 👍 Now If my memory is correct which it may possibly not be the L300 Delica came out to Australia as a grey import around 1988 or there abouts and it came with the 2.5L diesel. It also had the high roof as standard as well as rear coil suspension.

[@lachlankerr7339]

Most of that is right mate - only thing is the rear suspension is a leaf spring setup :)

[@chrishanslow4825]

@@lachlankerr7339 shit yeah your right, god knows why I said coil rear suspension when that came out in the L400 Delica.... call it a blond moment 😂😂

[@lachlankerr7339]

@@chrishanslow4825 close enough haha

[@bugmeister404]

What a rig! As a VW 4WD T3 Syncro lover it’s great to see a van on the channel.

[@officialWWM]

I have one of those :)

[@airbats801]

nice to see a l300. I bought a 84 4x4 pre covid for touring australia and I live in the states. One of my dream rigs. Been sitting there during the bs. Hoping to get down there this year and get it sorted for touring. Fantastic rigs. Basically a swb pajero with a sexy body

[@GCALcontent]

One of the most enjoyable modified's I've seen Ronny. Fascinating vehicle, interesting owner and good old banter thrown in. Perfect recipe for good viewing. Great job!! 👍

[@bigoz1734]

15L per is what most diesels get so I wouldn't be complaining about it . He's doing alright and seems like he's got a very well set up rig.

[@petermenzies1714]

Great realistic (for us wage slaves) simple, practical & very capable vehicle for getting to, living in comfortably and enjoying remote places. Love it.

[@patroln48]

Great setup! Good to see old vehicles being brought back to life.

[@jvadv231]

The best jdm van out there. The real all terrain vehicle.

[@Mr_Green52]

It’s not jdm

[@dannyobrien8298]

Saw this thing on the road a few months ago, an eye catcher for sure. Killer van, great episode!

[@robokiss7822]

It's really good to see old and different model 4x4s and people do them that's awesome 😁 I'm sick of seeing new 4x4s they all look the same

[@darwonboyful]

Awesome! I airways loved these 4x4 L300's. When I was a kid growing up in Darwin there was a guy called Lobo that built heavily modified L300 vans with huge lift kits abs massive tyres. They looked so sick but I would think they would roll over easy lol

[@lucysoutdoors]

Awesome van well done .Thanks Ronny

[@gibbethoskins8621]

This thing is awesome, gotta love the horn while wheeling 😂

[@lyndenwatson5959]

BEST INTRO of the lot! Good job guys, had a good laugh 😂

[@pollock9231]

absolutely awesome build!!

[@JEMMTB1]

1st evet car I drove, and it was at "wonngatta station" in the high country of Victoria, my dad was testing it for a magazine called "motor manual" great to see this L300 out there, Awesome!

[@dimitriadriansz2513]

I owned one of these for about 5 years. It was moded before I bought it with big lift, big tyres, 1.8L conversion and diy burgundy paint job (lots of paint drips every where). Loved it but it was a nightmare. Totally gutless for a ridiculous 15l/100km, only just able to keep at hwy speeds, died on any slight incline. helped my cousin move house and loaded the old bus up, when I got to the new house I couldn't drive up the drive way even in low range, I remembered reverse was a lower gear again so managed to reverse up in low range. Lot's of trips and lots of stories in the old bus. But it started to overheat badly and was sick of the lack of power. Have owned a prado for the last 19 years, but still have a soft spot for the l300 4x4 ❤

[@ianneill1400]

Memories!! Had a L300 High roof 2WD - best car for its time!

[@DorkstaR24]

That's one nice L300 ! Congrats 👏

[@MinimaDomum]

Been waiting for this for a long time, top rig, and a top bloke in it 👌

[@gilvraywilliams7231]

Thats the bestest Van i have ever see(next to the A-Team Van of course)good on ya Bro..

[@hogesadventures5588]

Love this build.......not long until my 2003 Delica BLACK BETTY is fully complete. Look forward having my van life.

[@lockeddiffbro6177]

Soundtrack hit me with the feels! 2022 it's going to be a good year! go the van!

[@kianrichard8139]

Probably my favourite modified!! I don’t even like vans but this L300 is bloody awesome! Nice to see something different and it definitely is bloody different. 🤙🏼

[@boomboom78oz]

awesome build, love it

[@Pat.Mustard]

Sweet ride. I did a custom radiator build for one of these many years ago. It had a 302 Windsor V8 in it.

[@Mark2790]

Love your work. Awesome Delica.

[@brentmcd12]

congrats on the build !! happy travels!

[@go_on_life]

Fun episode, thanks Ronny!

[@Jason9110110]

Absolutely love it. My parents had the parent car. Mitsubishi Starwagon which was also an L300 express, great cars. Go anywhere

[@SpectreOZ]

Apparently they have always been called the *Delica* since 1968, naturally the models were renamed (and even rebadged) for different markets, what I found interesting was they were still being built in Indonesia and the Phillipines which goes to show their popularity 👍

[@daiwilliams7236]

As funky as funky gets - looks great 👍

[@MerzougaAdventures]

he has done a good job and with a lot of passion. bravo😍👍

[@laurencebourne9242]

What a awesome set up. Good job

[@BigMkombe]

Hands down Ronny - best yet mate

[@clintadams8451]

Hahaha, typical L300 van horn. Awesome Lil Van's. Swap it out for a later model one, around 89/90 year's. The horn buttons in the center instead of near the rim.

[@BoresaverAus]

What an impressive setup!

[@perrygauthier1174]

Now that is one cool rig. Cheers from🇨🇦

[@bernardbuhrs8639]

I concur! 🇨🇷🇳🇱

[@leroyavila3088]

Wow wow wow “ beautiful fun off roading !”

[@o0bananaman0o]

that thing is mint. awesome build!

[@placestosea]

great to see a 4WD van, can you check out more of them? shame we don't get more in Australia.

[@jakbparish]

Great episode.

[@darrenbridge7159]

Nice to see something different. Cool van.

[@warp65]

Awesome build, was looking forward to watching this one, I still use my 84 4x4 l300 as my work van.

[@chinthakaruwan4786]

Same here. 1984 4X4 Delica L300 Diesel. Still using

That's a neat little thing, van-life in compact package! The guy obviously got used to it, but the offroading shots look definitely top-heavy. I hope that one day you will present some nice VW T3 Syncro too! 🙂

[@Wadey6]

Best episode yet

[@andrewwaller1948]

That's mint ha ha ha, what a great episode, I like the horn works on wheel lifts ha ha hq, great stuff guys 10/10

[@megamindtvsydney3967]

I like this van !

[@someoneelse4492]

That's an awesome van. Thanks for sharing that :)

[@243WW]

Fantastic build. 18:18 That's one flat leaf set.

[@adamr456]

I had a good laugh the whole way through. Especially how many times the horn goes beep in a deep rut! Lol I do the same thing myself🤦‍♂️ Awesome van, well done. Great vid

[@lawnerddownunder3461]

It's like the van is screaming in terror at those ruts 😁

[@askethom04]

This is sick. I just missed out on an express 4x4 .

[@USSVoyager5]

Cool cute Minivan, Mitsubishi L300 looks like a 1986 Toyota Van that I like too, Same type MPV

[@nosignal88]

What a cool setup

[@devrajd4008]

Awesomeness 🤩please keep making new videos they are great 😁 And ya "Hi i am ronny dalh 4wheeling Australia "👍

[@MitchZero9]

Roof Rack: Can we talk load ratings here? Maybe keep them quiet 😂😂😂😂

[@HarmonyTouring]

Love the old modified intro.

[@frh-freerangehuman]

What a sweet rig.

[@rd2957]

Awesome van. Maybe my fav build in the series. 🤷

[@eroffroad5438]

The first 4wd i went in as a kid in the 80's was an L300, it rescued a bogged statesman.

[@insaynbcr]

Clean setup!

[@Madjiul]

I know a bloke who inherited a Delica and threw in a V8. Everything else is stock and when he tried to drive at rainbow beach the power of the new engine twisted the chassis

[@clintadams8451]

The diff would blow before the chassis would twist.

[@jasondaley6723]

Just watched this ep and what a set up it goes to show what can he done with the hands on approach, sliders and a snorkel does it need a front locker and some engine work, it's a weapon and another informative episode

[@bencurtin9150]

My asshole puckered so tight on that hill decent just watching, how that didn't go over is a prayer. Imagine kitting up a sick van that much to roll it going down a hill while filming... I would have been absolutely gutted. Scary scary. Only downfall of these older vehicles are that in a van their engines are absolutely shit house, no power, wheel bases are shit, no clearance, carbies are thirsty AF. I think they're awesome if you've got the pockets, otherwise they're more suited to an easy weekender and road tripper. Sick episode definitely!

[@scottandchels6813]

Clicked on real quick, that music was great. I thought it was going to roll for sure.

[@fromtheroad3081]

pretty dope build

[@WoodcockFamilyOverland]

Love it 😍

[@Tastewithnewdrinks]

Amazing off road😍

[@doyle4140]

LOVE IT!!!!

[@nzmarkb8713]

😂It’s got as much flex as a 70😂 Great build mate

[@climbmotoadv1550]

amazing!

[@MrLeviathan666999]

great set up he has got !!

[@Monasucks]

Roof rating is 150KG according to Mitsubishi. I looked into building a L300 once that's why I know.

[@duncanevy]

There is some really good ideas in this video. Thanks. We don't have many of these in the US. We never get any of the good stuff here in the US. I have opted for the AWD Astro (modifiable to true 4x4 with a transfer case swap). They can be had pretty cheap here and are close to the same size. Thanks for making a van video!

[@nigelngapuhi313]

Canada have these vans

[@NiePieerdol]

"Any of the good stuff"? Mate you've got 4Runners there, and other LCs that are half the price they're here on the old continent. Lack of diesel options could be a reason to complain though

[@martindekkers4847]

Ryan, awesome video of an awesome van, absolutely gold! Ronny, in case more modified 4wd van videos are in demand I can offer a tour of our go-anywhere L300

[@MinimaDomum]

An Astro is way way bigger than these, I'd love to get one of them to travel Aus in!

[@hernmr]

Wow Super Dude !!!

[@feral4mr2]

My folks had one when I was young, capable 4wd. God damn that beach pic makes me miss my hometown of Esperance.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

I had a couple of L300s back in the day. I loved them but they were mechanical nightmares, although they weren't as bad as the Ford Spectron that cost an arm and a leg to keep running.

[@BoW_Adventures]

Here in the Philippines, they still selling it with an updated engine but same body. Its been proven already.

[@VideoShowMeHow]

Man love these things haha!

[@MrCharrrles]

That's one fine looking Delica I've never seen a Delica look that good! :D

[@TheCosTx]

Can't wait for the first VW T3 Syncro on modified!