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Wed, 30 May 2018 10:59  |
glwgmc
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If you want to kill a few hours speculating about what might be a perfect tow car for a GMC, Google - JDM market van - and look for the 4wd, manual trans diesel Mitsubishi Delica vans. JDM stands for Japanese Domestic Market. Many of the cars/vans/trucks offered there were much smaller than anything that we ever saw because the roads are narrower and parking space is much harder to find. Perfect for what we need for a tow car. They have to be 25 years old or older to be imported into the US so 1993 is the latest right now. 15 years to make it into Canada. These Delica vans have a locking differential, high and low range transfer cases, and either manual or automatic locking hubs. They are built on a true 4wd truck chassis so are vehicles that are capable of traversing even the most grueling of terrain. They do it every day in less developed regions of the world. They have about the same foot print as a Mini Cooper but with an even shorter wheel base (short wheel base models).
They are about the same width and only a bit longer than a Mini Cooper S Clubman, just a lot higher. Being a truck they do weigh considerably more. Oh, yes, they are right hand drive so will create quite a stir in the camp ground and might result in some colorful language from your front seat passenger as cars and trucks going the other direction go whizzing by! But, if off road adventuring is your thing, then toss on a snorkel kit, raise it two inches, add big lug tires and adventure away anywhere. Show those Jeeps a thing or two going through beach sand, or in the mud, or crawling the red rocks. Be nice now, do agree to pull them out when they get stuck and don’t chide them too much about your being able to sleep in yours cause all the seats go flat or tip up against the walls or come out. Don’t tell your mate about the limited top speed, loud diesel engine sitting right under the front seats, or the stone slow acceleration. Let those features be the surprise when you pull up in your driveway for the first time…...
Jerry
Jerry & Sharon Work
Kerby, OR
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
Now Prevost Country Coach
Formerly 78 Royale with most everything done to modernize a GMC mechanically and
77/94 Clasco that looked like it just left the Clasco facility. Loved them both.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fun speculation about what could be a perfect tow car for a GMC [message #332810 is a reply to message #332804] |
Wed, 30 May 2018 15:05  |
emerystora
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Looking up the specs I see that it weighs 4000 pounds. I also read that it shouldn’t be towed 4 down as it has no neutral on the transfer case.
Otherwise it looks like a fun car.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO
> On May 30, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Gerald Work wrote:
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> If you want to kill a few hours speculating about what might be a perfect tow car for a GMC, Google - JDM market van - and look for the 4wd, manual trans diesel Mitsubishi Delica vans. JDM stands for Japanese Domestic Market. Many of the cars/vans/trucks offered there were much smaller than anything that we ever saw because the roads are narrower and parking space is much harder to find. Perfect for what we need for a tow car. They have to be 25 years old or older to be imported into the US so 1993 is the latest right now. 15 years to make it into Canada. These Delica vans have a locking differential, high and low range transfer cases, and either manual or automatic locking hubs. They are built on a true 4wd truck chassis so are vehicles that are capable of traversing even the most grueling of terrain. They do it every day in less developed regions of the world. They have about the same foot print as a Mini Cooper but with an even shorter wheel base (short wheel base models).
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> They are about the same width and only a bit longer than a Mini Cooper S Clubman, just a lot higher. Being a truck they do weigh considerably more. Oh, yes, they are right hand drive so will create quite a stir in the camp ground and might result in some colorful language from your front seat passenger as cars and trucks going the other direction go whizzing by! But, if off road adventuring is your thing, then toss on a snorkel kit, raise it two inches, add big lug tires and adventure away anywhere. Show those Jeeps a thing or two going through beach sand, or in the mud, or crawling the red rocks. Be nice now, do agree to pull them out when they get stuck and don’t chide them too much about your being able to sleep in yours cause all the seats go flat or tip up against the walls or come out. Don’t tell your mate about the limited top speed, loud diesel engine sitting right under the front seats, or the stone slow acceleration. Let those features be the surprise when you pull up in your driveway for the first time…...
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> Jerry
> Jerry & Sharon Work
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> http://jerrywork.com
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> Now Prevost Country Coach
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> Formerly 78 Royale with most everything done to modernize a GMC mechanically and
> 77/94 Clasco that looked like it just left the Clasco facility. Loved them both.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fun speculation about what could be a perfect tow car for a GMC [message #333201 is a reply to message #332804] |
Thu, 07 June 2018 18:36 |
Gail Marks Cruiser
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G'Day, We own a !989 L300 (Delica) which we tow behind our GMC.
We bought it in January,after a long search, as most we found were worn out, rusty with around 500000+kms on them.
Ours had 190000 kms on it one owner, set up as a camper with a pop-top roof and weighs 1400 kgs, squishy but towable.
It was in Canberra 1300 kms away, after buying it we knocked-up a base plate and towed it home. It is currently having a refit and complete service as we leave home in 3 weeks to tow the L300 to Cairns (Northern most city in Queensland) The GMC will go into storage there and with the L300 we will join up with a group of friends to travel to the tip of Cape York, the northern most point of mainland Australia.
In March this year for the second Aussie GMC convention, we joined up with 2 other GMCers and their owners and travelled down to Tasmania ( our southern most state, which is an Island, 10 hours on a ferry)
There we met up with another local GMC couple who spent 2 weeks, going way out of their way to show us their home state. One end of Australia to the other.
This weekend, with another GMC couple, we are flying the GMC flag displaying our GMC's at Cooly Rocks, a week long 50's 60's 70's Car and music festival.
Mark Bennett
Gail & Mark's Cruiser
Gold Coast, Australia.
Motorhoming Lifestyle.com
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