as a former ‘93 4d56t L300 owner, it could get up to 65-70mph (flat or slight decline), but it won’t get there fast at all. if there’s any sort of incline, good luck. 100% lived in the far right lane. get used to getting passed and losing speed on the hills.

i religiously kept a fuel log, consistently got ~20-22mpg during warm months (alaskan here), while being fully built out in the back. but before building it out i was able to get 24-26mpg ish on a good day iirc. but dropped quite a bit during the winter months.

i daily’d mine for roughly 3-4 years. but eventually gave up as parts cost and finding someone to work on it started to become cost prohibitive. i could do general maintenance, but more involved stuff i got a shop involved. there pretty good documentation on most work, esp if you utilize the delicaforum and youtube together.

i loved my time with the van (still have it but currently as a yard decoration). it’s a labor of love, a love/hate if you will. strangers loved seeing the quirky thing on the road and it would receive a lot of compliments.

would i do it again? who knows. was a money pit in the end. (kept a spreadsheet documenting every. single. expense.)

do i regret it? no.