1999 Honda Acty Van#BUC71614

1999 Honda Acty Van, finished in Silver, came to us straight out of the Japanese domestic market.

Dimensions and load — Acty Van

Recorded dimensions are 340cm long, 148cm wide and 189cm tall. Recorded figures include a kerb weight of 920kg, a rated load capacity of 350kg and 9.51m³ of measured cargo volume. It is registered as a 4-seat Kei van, Vans, built in 1999.

What we have on record for this Acty Van

Odometer at listing is 72500 km; the paperwork gives a condition of used. Recorded equipment covers Electronic fuel injection.

Under the skin of a 1999 Acty Van

The engine is recorded as the E07Z — 660cc. A 1999 build puts this on the injected E07Z rather than the earlier carburetted engines, which is the practical difference you notice on a cold morning. The 1999 Acty Van came with a 5-speed manual gearbox, and that is what this one has.

The 1999 Acty in context

The Acty runs a de Dion rear axle with MacPherson struts at the front, a more considered arrangement than the plain leaf-sprung beam most of the class used. Cab-over packaging puts the driver ahead of the front axle, which is how Honda got a working bed onto a vehicle only 340cm long overall. The Acty's defining trick is where the engine lives: mounted transversely amidships under the load bed rather than under the cab. It looks like a cab-over, but structurally it is a mid-engined vehicle.

Practicalities of this Acty Van

Square sides on a 340cm × 148cm footprint make the load area far more usable per cubic metre than the outside size suggests. A 1999 build date puts this one well past the 25-year federal import threshold. Price on this one is $5,500.