1991 Mitsubishi Minicab SD Dump 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 4MT, AC, LSD · 58,269 mi

Out of Japan and into our US warehouse: a 1991 Mitsubishi Minicab SD Dump 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 4MT, AC, LSD, finished in White. It has a manual box. Its chassis number is U42T-0026695.

Background on the U42T Minicab

U42T is the four-wheel-drive Minicab truck Mitsubishi built from 1991 to 1998, with the 657cc 3G83 three-cylinder beneath the cab. Work specifications of this chassis were offered with a two-speed transfer case and a crawler gear, and the Minicab was one of the few kei trucks sold with a factory power-take-off for driving a tipper or a pump. Mitsubishi also supplied this generation to Nissan as the Clipper.

The clock reads 58,269 miles, roughly 93,800 km on the scale it was built with. Mitsubishi kei vehicles of this era turn up across a broad range of readings and this is squarely within it.

The details on this one

• Year: 1991
• Make: Mitsubishi
• Model: Minicab SD Dump 4WD, 2Hi-4Hi-4Lo, 4MT, AC, LSD
• Chassis code: U42T
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 58,269
• Engine: 3G83 660cc 3 Cylinder
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: U42T-0026695
• Body type: Dump Truck
• Stock reference: BUC17285

What the specification means

A tipper with low range is a deliberate working combination. The hydraulic bed does the unloading; the second reduction in the transfer case does the climbing, so the truck can carry a full load up a slope at the pace the terrain allows. One without the other leaves half the job to the driver.

Between $5,000 and $8,000 a factory dump-bodied kei truck is sensibly priced — the hydraulics are the part you are paying for, and a converter would charge most of this band to fit them to a flat-bed afterwards.

Ordering and delivery

The 1991 build year puts it outside the 25-year window that restricts importing vehicles built to a foreign specification. The paperwork side — import documentation and title — is our job, and we deliver anywhere in the US. Asking $6,900. Contact us and we will reserve it against your name.