1997 Honda Acty Truck · 2WD · 62,500 mi

This particular kei truck is a 1997 Honda Acty Truck — the paint is down as White, and it is here rather than on a boat. The combination here is 2WD and a 5-speed manual box. Chassis HA3-2334244 on the identification plate.

The data we hold

• Year: 1997
• Make: Honda
• Model: Acty Truck
• Chassis code: HA3
• Drivetrain: 2WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 62,500
• Engine: E07A 660 cc
• Colour: White
• Chassis number: HA3-2334244
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC08647

Background on the HA3 Acty

HA3 is the rear-drive Acty truck built from 1990 to 1999, the generation that moved to the 656cc E07A when Japan raised the kei displacement limit. E07A is a single-overhead-cam triple lying almost on its side beneath the bed, driving the rear wheels through a short propshaft. Without a front axle to feed, the HA3 is the lightest and simplest Acty of its era, and the one with the fewest moving parts to look after.

The clock shows 62,500 miles — call it 100,600 km, since the instrument was marked in kilometres when it left Japan. That is mid-range for a Honda kei vehicle of this era arriving in the United States.

How this one is set up

A rear-drive Acty is the simplest version of an already simple truck: engine amidships under the bed, drive straight back to the rear wheels, no transfer case and no front driveshafts to maintain. Because the engine sits over the driven axle, it starts from a better traction position than a front-engined two-wheel-drive pickup does, and the bed floor is lower for having nothing beneath it.

Below $5,000 you are buying age and mileage rather than specification. What you get for it is a road-registerable vehicle with a real bed and a real cab for less than a decent side-by-side costs.

Getting it to you

Because it was built in 1997, the federal 25-year exemption applies and the usual FMVSS and EPA conformity requirements fall away. The paperwork side — import documentation and title — is our job, and we deliver anywhere in the US. There is a walkaround video on this listing alongside the photographs. Asking $4,170. Contact us and we will reserve it against your name.