1999 Subaru Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear#BUC12346

1999 Subaru Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear, came to us straight out of the Japanese domestic market.

Engine and transmission — Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear

The engine is recorded as the EN07. Because the EN07 is a four rather than a three, the firing intervals are closer together and the engine is noticeably less busy at speed — a difference you can hear from the driver's seat. This Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear is fitted with a 5-speed manual gearbox.

Condition and equipment — Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear

Recorded mileage on this 1999 Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear is 22680. That reading of 22680 came to us without a unit attached, and we have left it exactly as found.

The 1999 Sambar in context

The Sambar is the odd one out in the class and deliberately so: Subaru put the engine right at the back, behind the rear axle, and drove the rear wheels from there. The name comes from the sambar deer, in keeping with the rest of Subaru's naming of that era. Japan's Akabou courier cooperative ran Sambars almost exclusively for three decades, on a factory type-approved version with its own valves, pistons, rods and crankshaft built to cover 200,000 kilometres of courier work — a fair indication of what the platform tolerates.

Buying this 1999 Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear

In Japan a 1999 Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear would have belonged to a shopkeeper, a small workshop or a farm, which is the sort of use it was engineered around. At 27 years old, this 1999 Sambar w/ AC 5 speed + Granny Gear is outside the window where federal safety-standard conformity applies to an import. The asking price is $9,900.