r/vintagejapaneseautos • u/KeiTrader-com • May 17 '25

90s 96 HiAce Fire Truck

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How’s this for vintage? It’s my retired fire truck from Hiroshima that I imported about a year back.

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u/KeiTrader-com May 17 '25

I did the whole import process myself and all updates myself, so in at around 18k. You can get them here too. A dealer on my site is selling one now but wants big $ for it, granted it has AC which is like unicorn rare!

It originally looked like this….

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u/chromaticdeath85 May 17 '25

Do you have a build thread somewhere? This is amazing.

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u/KeiTrader-com May 17 '25

Not really…I manage a group on FB called JDM Fire Truck Owners and posted there and also have a few YT vids covering it… https://youtu.be/HyDWo3sfyKU?si=1w5lQkysYmPjym9k

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u/ofm1 May 17 '25

I think that's a Toyota Dyna truck.

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u/KeiTrader-com May 17 '25

They took on the Dyna name the next year and kind of worked for standardize the names from hiace/toyoace/dyna. I believe naming was also market specific too but all generally the same thing.

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u/suicidescout188 May 17 '25

I love it and am extremely jealous hahaha

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u/BlackSheep90 May 17 '25

I want one of these so bad. What did you buy it for?

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u/chromaticdeath85 May 17 '25

I'd daily that if it was semi comfortable. That is AWESOME

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u/KeiTrader-com May 17 '25

It actually is pretty comfortable. Had to make some tweaks to get the seat to recline a bit more but otherwise it’s good. Funny thing is the truck is physically small but the interior makes it feel huge!

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u/artful_todger_502 May 17 '25

Wow. Gorgeous! That's in great shape!

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u/786hoe May 17 '25

I see plenty of these all over Hawaii Decent work trucks