1997 Daihatsu Hijet Dump · 4WD · 53,914 mi

Available from stock, no wait for shipping from Japan: a 1997 Daihatsu Hijet Dump, white over its original panels. Configuration: 4WD, 5-speed manual transmission. Quote stock BUC58024 when you get in touch.

What the Hijet Dump is

Daihatsu has built the Hijet continuously since 1960, and the 1990s trucks use the 659cc EF three-cylinder beneath a cab-over body. What sets the Hijet apart from its rivals is the sheer number of factory configurations: flat bed, panel van, deck van, hydraulic tipper, scissor lift, power-take-off and more all came down the same line. Work specifications were offered with a low-range transfer case and a locking rear differential.

Odometer at 53,914 miles, call it 86,800 km. Daihatsu kei vehicles of this period arrive across a wide band of readings, and this one falls in the middle of it.

The data we hold

• Year: 1997
• Make: Daihatsu
• Model: Hijet Dump
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 53,914
• Engine: EFClimber
• Colour: White
• Body type: Dump Truck
• Stock reference: BUC58024

Reading the specification

A hydraulic tipper changes what the vehicle is for. Instead of shovelling a load out of a fixed bed you raise the deck and let gravity do it, which turns a two-person job into a one-person one. Daihatsu built these on the production line rather than leaving them to converters, so the pump, ram and bed hinges are matched to the chassis, and the four-wheel drive gets the loaded truck to where the load is needed.

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

A 1997 build date places this vehicle beyond the 25-year threshold that governs importing a non-US-market car into the United States. We handle the import and title paperwork, and delivery is available to all fifty states. The figure is $7,700, and a message is all it takes to put it aside.