1997 Mitsubishi Minicab Dump · 4WD · 46,996 mi

Here is a 1997 Mitsubishi Minicab Dump, listed as White, imported from Japan and available to buy now. This one is 4WD, paired with a 5-speed manual gearbox. Stock number BUC71604.

What the Minicab Dump is

Mitsubishi's Minicab of the 1990s is a conventional cab-over kei truck and van with the 657cc 3G83 three-cylinder under the cab floor. Mitsubishi was unusual in offering a factory power-take-off on the work specifications, which is what drives a tipper ram or a pump directly from the gearbox, and it supplied the same vehicle to Nissan to sell as the Clipper.

Recorded at 46,996 miles, which is about 75,600 km. Mitsubishi's 3G83 three-cylinder ran in the Minicab for more than twenty years across two chassis generations, so it is a thoroughly proven unit in this application.

As listed

• Year: 1997
• Make: Mitsubishi
• Model: Minicab Dump
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
• Odometer: 46,996
• Engine: 3G83
• Colour: White
• Body type: Dump Truck
• Stock reference: BUC71604

The practical side

The combination of a tipping bed and four-wheel drive is the one that actually earns its keep: the drive gets a loaded truck onto soft ground and the hydraulics empty it without anyone lifting a shovel. On a kei-class chassis the whole thing still parks in a single-car space, which is the reason these sell to landscapers and smallholders rather than to fleets.

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.

How to take it

The 1997 build year puts it outside the 25-year window that restricts importing vehicles built to a foreign specification. We handle the import and title paperwork, and delivery is available to all fifty states. It is listed at $6,900. Get in touch to put a hold on it.