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Ferremit posted:Thats no Hilux, Thats a surf! What is a first gen Hilux Surf but a Hilux pickup with a hat? 
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Did anyone see the auction for the van that looked a little like this: I didn’t even catch the model but I’ve been trying to find it again with no luck and now the auction might have ended 😭 It was too funny to not share with friends.
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Mar 2, 2018 12:47
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Isn't Ralliart Mitsubishi?
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kimbo305 posted:Isn't Ralliart Mitsubishi? yeah but companies sometimes collaborate, who can forget the TRD Laser? 
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Mar 2, 2018 14:22
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How much are these to pick up? £18k seems steep but I dunno Landcruisers.
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Mar 2, 2018 14:44
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Olympic Mathlete posted:How much are these to pick up? £18k seems steep but I dunno Landcruisers. That's essentially right in line with what something like this would go for in the USA. https://landcruisersdirect.com/cars/1980-toyota-land-cruiser-bj41-9961/ https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/toyota/land-cruiser/1969078.html https://bringatrailer.com/2016/05/31/stateside-rarity-1979-toyota-land-cruiser-bj41/ I'm assuming the interior is in good shape too? F/BJ40s are into classic car territory here though, like old Broncos and old Stingray Corvettes so it might be a different thing elsewhere. "these jeeps", heh
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Mar 2, 2018 17:10
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Snowy posted:Did anyone see the auction for the van that looked a little like this: Don't know about the auction, but that is was a Toyota HiAce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_HiAce
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Mar 2, 2018 18:08
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KakerMix posted:
This sold for $4410 btw Snowy posted:Did anyone see the auction for the van that looked a little like this:  Worry not friend, a similar sort is up for auction on Tuesday next week! It's TAA too so if it sells we'll see the final price. EDIT Applebees there wasn't anything I could pull up for full-conversion camper kits, however what about something like this?  These big 2WD cruisers are always in great shape and go for little money. Plenty of space to camp-it yourself, or just use it as-is. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Mar 3, 2018 |
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Mar 3, 2018 05:16
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Double thanks for the updates. I was just bemoaning to friends that I hadn’t put in a bid on that hearse I don’t need, glad it actually did get bid up. And that van is great too, I might end up with some ridiculous Japanese car sometime if they keep posting such crazy stuff.
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Mar 3, 2018 09:13
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KakerMix posted:These big 2WD cruisers are always in great shape and go for little money. Plenty of space to camp-it yourself, or just use it as-is. Little money? As in how much? I wonder how the market would be for those here, the less fancier ones would make good work vans.
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Mar 5, 2018 00:45
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Little money? As in how much? Ehhh, I would worry about getting parts for an uncommon work truck. Downtime and rental fees add up quick.
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Mar 5, 2018 00:53
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Been thinking of importing them here into NZ to sell onto tradesmen and backpacker types. $400-800 USD would make it quite financially viable even after all the fees etc.
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Mar 5, 2018 07:47
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Little money? As in how much? $1600 at the low end for really nice ones. That's under $5k for a large Toyota van in good shape. As for using them for actual work though... madeintaipei posted:Ehhh, I would worry about getting parts for an uncommon work truck. Downtime and rental fees add up quick. I can see a single person using one but whatever their trade would have to benefit from the gimmick. Sure a plumber can run around in a early 90s HiAce but what does that actually add to their business? Why wouldn't they just use a Transit Connect or an Econoline or an Express instead? Those are everywhere and are easily worked on and parts-sourced. If you have a business that the vehicle is an accessory to it then yeah I can see that. There is a family that uses a Hijet to sell shaved ice out of in Florida. I feel that's a pretty good use for a weird import. The ever-present rural post route workers too. That's why the backpacker camper-types like them, the idea of self-sufficiency and a 4x4 (with diesel usually!) really appeals to a lot of people. The crossover seems high.
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  Picked up my kei's a week ago. A pic of the van getting its pic taken, and the truck. Truck is stupid clean, has a small dent that I need to pull but that is about it. The van is a bit more work but ok. A/C still busted, have not had time to look at door handle. Some funny things, no rear seat belts. Also, the rear defrosting lines spell out Atrai, so you see that when you defrost. Seats fold down to mate up with back ones to make a bed.
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Mar 5, 2018 17:18
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:Also, the rear defrosting lines spell out Atrai, so you see that when you defrost. That's brilliant.
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Mar 5, 2018 17:20
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More pics of that Atrai please... I was thinking about one of those instead of waiting for the perfect Acty to show up.
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Mar 5, 2018 17:27
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Man_of_Teflon posted:More pics of that Atrai please... I was thinking about one of those instead of waiting for the perfect Acty to show up. I will get more, not my product but this one https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ctd/d/1992-honda-acty-street-4wd/6501748940.html while expensive is about as close to being mint as you can get. I have seen it in person, was really well maintained. edit: to compare it to ones you see on the auction house, this would be a 4-4.5 and the interior would be a B or A depending on the auction house. Mechanical would be an A. Lord of Garbagemen fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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Mar 5, 2018 17:36
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Man_of_Teflon posted:More pics of that Atrai please... I was thinking about one of those instead of waiting for the perfect Acty to show up.    Here is all I have on my phone. If you zoom in on the back you can see the Atrai written in defrost coil. If i had a perfect pick this would be cosmic roof, turbo, and with factory a/c not dealer installed. edit: good kei vans are getting really hard to find though. Even straight off dealer lots there are not many.
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:
 That Atrai is rad as hell. Also as far as I can tell no kei vans are going to have seatbelts in the rear, not any legal for US import anyway. Lord of Garbagemen posted:
This is true too, there are hardly any vans at all that show up and the ones that do are usually ungraded (***) or R grade. R grade isn't bad but you must get an inspection on them to make sure they are nice. If you just want a kei van then I'd assume get whatever one comes up be it a Subraru or Daihatsu or Honda or whatever. They are similar enough to each other to over-ride the specifics if you just want a tiny van. EDIT Could you just install an aftermarket AC unit in there? Like from an air-cooled VW or something? Rather than trying to chase down repairs for whatever one you have in there?
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KakerMix posted:EDIT I could but I think to get top dollar , the buyer is going to be the type of person that wants "factory or like factory". My partner in this venture said we could just pull it all out, and say it never had A/C (better to not have it , then have it but it does not work) but I am not quite ready to pull the trigger on that. My work slows down after the middle of April so I will have time to look into it then. Meanwhile if someone wants to buy it at a decent price with the A/C busted I wont turn them away.
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:
I read this and the replies and thought "why would it say Atari?" every time. 
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:I could but I think to get top dollar , the buyer is going to be the type of person that wants "factory or like factory". My partner in this venture said we could just pull it all out, and say it never had A/C (better to not have it , then have it but it does not work) but I am not quite ready to pull the trigger on that. My work slows down after the middle of April so I will have time to look into it then. Meanwhile if someone wants to buy it at a decent price with the A/C busted I wont turn them away. If you can't fix it right, leave it alone and let the buyer make the call themselves.
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Ac systems are all pretty similar, so it's not like you couldn't go to a specialist shop and get at least a diagnosis. Amayama some new parts and you're golden. Hoses can be custom made, and there's far fewer compressor designs than it seems. Hacking out the hardware and without the proper AC-less parts, it'd kinds ruin the quality of your sales philosophy.
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InitialDave posted:No, I wouldn't. Something rare/specialised like that, it'd be a massive red flag to me to find a "we couldn't make it work, so we removed it" situation on something. I'd either not buy it or drop my offer by a large amount to account for the risk of what other fuckery I'd find when I started digging into it. This. Don't remove it, because having it not working is better than not having it all in terms of selling.
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BigPaddy posted:The one on BaT isn't too bad if you want something weird and I agree taking a bath on a $5k purchase isn't going to be as ruining as losing out on $13k and flipping cars is always going to be super risky. My personally held belief is that the current inflation in 90s Japanese cars isn't sustainable since even once the US demand has been met there will still be a lot of them and someone is going to be left holding the bag on all those GTRs, Evos, Celicas etc... Could possibly add the Legnum VR4 to the list. (I really want one)
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Another one has shown up:  I don't remember what the last one's mileage was but it ended up going for over 8000 USD. Was then 'massaged' and lifted and was then put up for sale (in Japan) for 18000 USD. We'll see what this one does. EDIT Auction Sheet posted:5MT, AC, diesel, small chips in windshield, interior dirty tears scratches and worn, undercarriage rust and corrosion (large), paint faded, engine smoke, roof carrier, other detns scratches and paint fade KakerMix fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Mar 6, 2018 |
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Hilux Surf pics at port are in                    It looks amazing. It has that dent on the rear:  and this slight rust blotch on the front bumper, right side:  Otherwise A++++
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Mar 7, 2018 05:38
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KakerMix posted:Hilux Surf pics at port are in *faints*
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*sploosh* (what does that window sticker say? Probably the turbodiesel Toyota equivalent of the VW=slow stickers on the back of MGS' dragon-van.)
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that surf is freaking cool man!
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Mar 7, 2018 21:17
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Thanks guys. A part of this Hilux Surf is that it was listed as 'Toyota Other' rather than a Hilux Surf. Doesn't seem to matter much though because it sold for more than any other Surf of this generation in the last three months, but still. If I wasn't looking at the auctions constantly like I do I would have missed it. EDIT Bosozoku, Ambulance, USDM 4Runner    
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Mar 8, 2018 04:47
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I was considering bidding on this, but it got pulled from auction! welp. 
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I've noticed the ratio of convertible to hard top Jimny's is like 1 to 10 and that's a shame. I'd love to find a later 2wd model vert with fuel injection. [e] would totally rock this up north tho http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/SUZUKI/JIMNY/700080281130180302001/index.html
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I've noticed the ratio of convertible to hard top Jimny's is like 1 to 10 and that's a shame. and when you DO find a vert Jimny it almost always is lifted to high hell, doesn't have AC and has the drivers seat replaced with some goofy hard racing one with an awful aftermarket steering wheel. Jimnys are desirable too so sometimes I'll see one that looks nice and it will go for 4000 USD. Next week one almost identical to it will go for 1200. 
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everdave posted:Does that 4-Runner really have 18k km? If so you could make a fortune on that. That is miles not km, also my japanese is pretty rudimentary but the letters before it look alot like the spelling for "unknown"
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Oh poo poo I just now saw that ambulance, it's perfect for a camper conversion......Did it sell yet?
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Oh poo poo I just now saw that ambulance, it's perfect for a camper conversion......Did it sell yet? Click on any of the pics it will take you to the auction page, starts in 11 hours
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everdave posted:Does that 4-Runner really have 18k km? If so you could make a fortune on that. I asked for a translation but if it is truly a USDM 4Runner (and not a Canadian one) then the unknown thing that Garbage sees might be due to the odometer being in miles rather than kms. We'll see when I get the translation but I'm not in a position to bid on it anyway. Applebees Appetizer posted:Oh poo poo I just now saw that ambulance, it's perfect for a camper conversion......Did it sell yet? Asked for a translation on this sheet too and a favor to let me know what the results are of the auction if it sells. With USS auctions they don't ever reveal the final prices but I've asked before to peek into USS ones after they are done in order to get the sold prices. The sheet might say it's filled with old dead people smell, who knows!
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Is there an easy way to search for emergency vehicles on Japan car direct? So far I’m finding the search kinda clumsy but that seems typical for Japanese sites.
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