1998 Daihatsu Hijet Dump#BUC32098

This is a 1998 Daihatsu Hijet Dump finished in White, one of the Japanese imports we currently have available. Drive on this Hijet Dump is four-wheel drive. 10 photographs of this specific vehicle are on this listing.

Specifics for this Hijet Dump

Odometer at listing is 43451; the paperwork gives a Japanese auction grade of 4/C. The source recorded no unit alongside that figure, so 43451 is reproduced exactly as stored rather than converted.

The 1998 Hijet in context

The EF here belongs to a Daihatsu engine family that ran for well over a decade across the company's kei range. Daihatsu sold the Hijet in an unusually wide spread of factory body styles — flatbed, PTO dump, panel van, canvas top, the extended-cab Jumbo from 1983 and the four-seat Deck Van from 1988 — because Japanese buyers specified them for particular trades. The Hijet has been in continuous production since November 1960, which makes it the oldest surviving kei nameplate — and in 2021 it took a Good Design Long Life Design Award, a first for Daihatsu. Daihatsu supplies the Hijet to other makers for rebadging — Toyota since 2011, Subaru since 2012 — and it was licence-built abroad as the Piaggio Porter in Italy and the Asia Towner in Korea.

Hijet Dump: engine and drivetrain

The engine is recorded as the EF. The EF lives under the seats in a Hijet, which is why the bench tips forward and the service points face upward. The EF drives through a 5-speed gearbox.

Ownership and import of this Hijet Dump

Four-wheel drive on a dump body matters most when the bed is full and the ground is soft — which is usually the same moment. A 1998 build date puts this one well past the 25-year federal import threshold. The asking price is $7,700.