1996 Honda Acty Truck · 4WD · 78,300 mi

If you are shopping kei trucks, this 1996 Honda Acty Truck, white over its original panels is one to look at. Power reaches the road as 4WD, via a 5-speed manual gearbox. You will find HA4-2313321 on the chassis plate.

At a glance

• Year: 1996
• Make: Honda
• Model: Acty Truck
• Chassis code: HA4
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 78,300
• Engine: E07A 660 cc
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: HA4-2313321
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC40745

A little context on the HA4 Acty

Built from 1990 until the Acty was redesigned in 1999, the HA4 pairs four-wheel drive with Honda's 656cc E07A triple, mounted under the load floor instead of under the seats. Honda engineered the whole second generation to the 3.30-metre kei length limit in force at the time, so the cab is pushed right to the front bumper. That packaging is the reason an Acty bed is usable at all on a vehicle this short.

This one reads 78,300 miles, about 126,000 km. Honda built the mid-mounted E07 engine for commercial use rather than for a passenger car, and figures in the high five digits are routine across the generation.

What it is for

Four-wheel drive on a mid-engined Acty is an unusual arrangement and it has a practical consequence: the engine's mass already sits over the rear axle, and anything loaded into the bed sits on top of it. Weight goes where the traction is before the front axle is ever called on. The flat bed floor is a second consequence of the same layout, since there is no propshaft tunnel running under it.

Under $5,000 is the entry point for an imported kei truck in the United States, and it generally means an older vehicle with a higher reading on the clock rather than a compromised one. Our kei truck price guide sets out what separates the bands.

Making it yours

At 1996 it is past the 25-year mark, which is the line that decides whether a Japanese-market vehicle can be imported at all. Import documentation and titling are handled at our end, and we ship nationwide. There is a walkaround video on this listing alongside the photographs. The asking price is $4,230 — contact us to reserve it.