In Canada we don’t use block heaters to prevent freezing. That would guarantee a cracked block if the power went out or a breaker tripped (pretty common when using a block heater). It’s all about being able to start the engine and minimizing damage when it does. This was much more important pre synthetic oil and fuel injection. Battery warmers are also common .

The colourful "flower" sticker on your rear windscreen is the symbol for elderly driver here in Japan : ) : ). So your right about previous owner....

@jonasthemovie

5 жыл бұрын

Shayne Deadman That is so sweet

@BennysCustomWorks

5 жыл бұрын

I actually put that on the truck as a shout out to the prev owner .

@shaynedeadman9747

5 жыл бұрын

@@BennysCustomWorks Oh! (oops!) Well done mate. Love your channel and your work with MCM and Skid boys : ) Keep it coming...

Who doesn't love a bit of Kei Truck awesomeness! Cheers Benny!

You got a great car. 0:55 The four-leaf mark on the rear window is displayed on the car by drivers over 70 years old. 22:30 Alternator warranty Purchased on May 6, 2016 The inspection documents are from Gifu Prefecture, but the address of the alternator's warranty is Osaka. Not Mazda or Mitsubishi I think it is a rebuilt product. 22:40 On October 31, 2013, it was newly registered when the mileage was 14023km. 新規 at the top of the document indicates newly registered. The License plate registration may have expired for a while. It was not used continuously from new cars. 34:46 December 8, 2019 has not yet arrived. H31 / 12/8 means December 8, 2019 and Heisei until April 30 Reiwa began on May 1 because the new emperor took the throne. Since it is a very interesting sticker in Japanese, I think it would be good to add a little and modify 31 to R1 Anyway, it ’s a cool car.

Your "awwww my knees I'm so old" comment made this 55 yo ex motocrosser chuckle. Love the truck Benny.

@Elxmo

5 жыл бұрын

Hit me right in the feels man.

@aSinisterKiid

5 жыл бұрын

hahaha same for this 36yr old ex Ice Hockey Goalie

@Afeeq1011

5 жыл бұрын

@@Elxmo sass m8 what you doing here you druggo?

They're a bloody awesome little truck, glad to see you kept it standard, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I think you have the perfect attitude towards modding this thing - just a couple small things and enjoy it for it’s charm.

Great little ute Benny, and good on you for choosing to keep it able to be returned to stock. I have a ST90 Carry van and it's great. Turns heads and starts conversations everywhere it goes. I'm on the lookout for a ST90 ute now, just so I can have the matching pair 😁👍 Love it mate, keep up the good work.

Nice import Kei Benny. My Kei truck is nearly QLD full rego ready (72 KEI). TN360 111 bought local from Guy King (mate of Al's) here on the sunny coast. 10"Tyres can be bought in all sizes from your local golf cart parts dealer. I'm going 205/65/10. Suspension is the hard to find part. Cool rig, love it.

Loving all the kei stuff, especially stuff like these trucks that I've never seen around here, let alone heard of. It looks like you got a great specimen, too! More, more, more!

Thanks for sharing your experience Benny.

I found a few Subaru-branded Kei trucks in rural Japan. Mad little unit. Over there, they basically fill the roll of a road-legal wheelbarrow.

@AkatarawaJapan

5 жыл бұрын

Subaru had a grunty supercharged version. No longer produced but still popular because none of the makers does a forced induction unit now.

@imnotusingmyrealname4566

3 жыл бұрын

Toyota makes them too.

The whole start of this video I was saying to myself’please don’t put a rotary in it’. So glad you’re keeping it mostly stock. Beautiful example

Years ago Benny, the biggest tyre I could get for my mini was a Yokohama A008 in a 165 section width. Best of luck

Yesssssss! I’ve been hoping MCM would do one since I saw them in Indonesia. Super cool Benny!

Great Score Benny!! Super clean and proper truck from Japan. Mad little cruiser to zip around in. I hope you eventually do a sick paint job on it.

That seat belt tip is going to make my life so much easier. I love you Benny

You seem happy with your lil "Kei" truck. Thumbs up!

Great video Benny. For a big lad you fairly go for the small stuff.

I remember drifting,touge-ing and traffic light drag-ing slightly newer hijet truck when at work about 10years ago... Cute 1.3 liter 4speed manual.... Too bad it dies due to overheating not long before i quit my job (accepting a better work later on) Good fun driving this...

Fantastic. Kei cars and kei trucks are amazing

I was looking forward to you driving the truck a bit. the wheels are sick !

Great video!!! look forward to seeing more Kei vans , pickups and weird stuff....

Great vehicle, definitely where no one asks how much power does it have?. Excellent mod on the wheel mountings, 10" wheels and tyres are less plentiful here in the UK, interesting to know they are available in Japan. Thanks for sharing.

I remeber i got a message from you (benny) ages ago about k trucks and the one my grandfather had. Pretty cool that its on the show now and going to be on the streets. I wish i lived closer to see it in person haha. If you ever need japanese translation im happy to help😁

@curtislowe4577

3 жыл бұрын

I looked through the comments hoping to find something about the Road Runner decals and his catch-phrase 'beep beep' on the tailgate. How did your Grandfather come to be a Road Runner fan? Was Road Runner popular in Japan also?

Was just watching barnfind hunter the notification for this popped up.... flicked over straight away. Tom can wait.

A Suzuki carry van ute was my first paddock car as a kid!! love it!

Currently have a Subaru (Impreza) wagon. Great for boxes and travel but not for the lumber yard. I’ve always liked little trucks. This is motivating to get one. I’d just need to convince my gf. I’m happy to see you work on multiple types of vehicle. Love the channel

“Cool truck, and I love cruzin’ around in it” 👍

Always filled with great, simple, logical advice. Should make first year apprentices watch your videos in trade school.

Marty’s right, you are a stance kid 😂 loving the truck 👌🏻

懐かしい！ わたしは30年前に使っていました。 その車はエアコンの無い車種でしたが、 フロントのベンチレーションがとても気持ち良かったです。 ありがとう！

Yewww! Kei truck for the win!

oh I'd love to see more of this cute truck. I've always wanted one of these, and seeing one in such good condition is a great sight. If you ever find better rear tires, I'd love to see how it looks!

Regarding the paperwork. The first few colored pages are service records. The white card is an insurance card. The next paper after that is a 24 month vehicle inspection.

I used to have Multi Cab as we say in the Philippines where I lived for 10 years and after trading my Yamaha motorbike I bought a Multi cab and yes it is a very handy and cool little truck, I always enjoyed the truck, small but efficient and in the Philippines traffic is something else so this truck fitted perfect for my work, small building projects, a nice little truck

Funny, that "Remove the filler plug before the drain plug" thing I was taught in grade 11 mechanics class in high school by my teacher Mr. Fraser, a very old school cool teacher who had a VERY nice T-bucket 1/4 mile car. That little truck is in amazing condition, well done keeping it mostly stock! I've got a 2008 rear engine Subaru Dia Kei Van, I just love that little truck, when the engine eventually wears out, I'll get it rebuilt and breathed on a bit. BTW we use the Gregorian calendar here in Japan, have so since the Meiji period in 1873, that said we use the nengō calendar (Years of Emperor reign) as well, kind of bilingual. I'm sure you have lots of contacts in the biz in Japan, but I'm in Tokyo and would help if needed. Cheers!

Thanks, love the Mazda Porter - very rare and cute.

😄 pallet of pillows

Cant wait for drag week episode to come!

Love this van! Pretty sure some of the Mini guys in Australia will run Yokohama A032Rs or A008s which are both 167/70R10s. We get A008s here and Dunlop R7s and Dunlop D93s for our Minis locally. They're all 165 tyres.

At least Benny knows what time lunch is 🤘

So many tips and tricks, thx!

I was so on board with the servicing a car is the first thing you do when you buy a car, and the pulling the filler bung first thing, I was like "yes, I feel you, Benny" but then you hit me with the "ah my knees, I'm sold old"... I'm 28 FFS, and I feel you. To be fair it my spine is really crooked and my whole left side is munted because of it. But I felt you, bro, I felt you.

@BennysCustomWorks

5 жыл бұрын

Sassy The Sasquatch mine is also wonky, left leg is 25mm shorter .

@Elxmo

5 жыл бұрын

@@BennysCustomWorks yay, mildly deformed buddies.

That's a really nice little nugget you got there, Benny! Turbo Yoda brought me to your channel, btw. Oh, and the truck is as old as I am. Would fit perfectly for a historian plate in Germany, too (30 years, and stock or with modifications from that era).

I've got the same elderly driver swirl in the back of my Crown.

Definitely a cool little truck !!

Hey Benny, it’s about time you did a Keitora! :). I have a 1992 Subaru Sambar with the Supercharged 660cc 4 cylinder engine here in the US. A few notes, 10” wheels are not a requirement for Kei cars or trucks, most of the newer models have 12” and 13” wheels, and there were some in the 550cc days with 12s as well. Also, 4x100 was more common in the 660cc era as well. The Sambar and Honda Acty both use that PCD, and I am sure there are more.

Benny have a look at force racing wheels UK. Also Yokohama make 165-70-10's , have a look at classic mini sites Aus for tyres

i love this thing.... dont know why but it has character!

I've never seen the perfectly cared Kei-trucks like this.

Hahaha that looks sick! Look at the light surround haha. Uncle Fester of K-Trucks.

This is fantastic, what a cute little truck. For your next neat find you should track down a Toyota Sport 800 and see if you even fit in it. I know there's been at least one here in Australia; I have an old photo print of it parked near Mansfield in Victoria in [guessing from the visible age of the print] the 1970s. Silvery-grey paint. Gorgeous little car.

That would look really nice as a four-wheel drive with some like 31 under it .but I can understand that it's in good shape so you don't want to mess it up

Good video, just found your channel, Richmond, Va. USA

I really like Kei cars & trucks. I wish they made them in the USA back n the day too.

bitta tyre shine and some good shots of it on the new wheels would've been nice!

三菱製550ccエンジンを積んだポーターキャブですね。　私も乗ってました、懐かしい。　それに、きちんと整備されているのを見て嬉しくなってしまいました。

What?! Benny has a channel? Damn! Instant sub!

I just love how Subaru parts always find their way in the cars/builds of MCM, The Skid Factory and BCW, that never gets old 🤣

The block heater is not to keep the coolant from freezing. We use them so the engines will start easier and less wear on the engine if it’s pre heated before you start it.

Love those mags good job

Got to love the Stancypants tires!

great work.

Barrel Bros is pure legends!

Dat seatbelt tip for all the 60-series legends everytime someone extra says "I'll grab a lift with you' lol

I always wondered about that paint it was all over my accord when it went along changing out dry rot rubbers and old lines.

Looks cool, must be funny to see a big Aussie bloke driving it around

ポーター手に入れたんですね！　大事にしているのを見ると日本人として嬉しいです

what a sweet little truck .. love the 1/4 lights, wish cars still had them .. and I spy a MCM keyring

@888johnmac

5 жыл бұрын

oh, and thanks for the seatbelt tip at the end

Benny, Very well presented and edited film making there. I am not at all into Japanese vehicles, but your articulate and clear style made this quite interesting to watch (much easier to watch than those bankie yobbo's on mcm :). I quite like your Edd China stylee top tips. I only found your channel today and I am pleased that I did - 1 new subscriber here. Its good to see that some people are still using the 'barter' system - seems a good swap of your time doing an engine change for those wheels. Also impressive is the cleanliness and well organised state of your workshop. BTW, your not old yet mate - my knees are much worse than that and you haven't got any grey in your beard yet! Interesting that historic plates still have rego stickers - I miss having a rego sticker as I always forget when my rego is due. Keep up the good work - can't wait to see how things go in this years drag week. Oh - one (slightly rhetorical) question - what if your timing belt is on the 'side' on the engine? - i.e. runs from front to back on the car - what way should the writing point then? Potsie.

killin it man!

Late to the party here but glad you're not swapping engine - that's what everyone tells me to do but it buzzes nicely on the standard 29BHP engine. Not sure if you found nice 10" tyres but the Yokohama A032R have a sexy tread and come in 165/70/10 which have a nice matching overall tyre diameter to the 145/80/10.

So no Barra for the Kei truck lol. Sometimes the right thing to do is keep it close to stock. The fun of some vehicles is just having them and able to drive them.

Very cool 😎

So want one of these now

Perfect candidate for a mid engine Barra swap 😜

@bensonhedges479

5 жыл бұрын

Ls would be overkill, straight 6 all the way

@vallevaan

5 жыл бұрын

@@bensonhedges479 barra is way bigger than ls. ls would be alot easier to do.

@coreylawrence7051

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah In the boot! Let’s see it do wheelies! Lol

@redrighthand9455

5 жыл бұрын

gsxr 1000 or 1100 slingshot motor would be fun

@ericstevenson7696

5 жыл бұрын

He doeant even want to swap the radio... I think the factory engine will stay for a while

Thats sick 🤘

Sweet truck I'm jealous

LoL, nice Finding Nemo Easter egg in there on the box

Excellent, what fluid was one of the first to be drained, looked like dirty milk! Probably just light. Got a Daihatsu Hijet myself, really fun van, you will love it. Nice to see a car program actually looking at a small van, usually big cars or big engine swaps out of reach of us mere mortals. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

@playwme3

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve got a Hijet too. 1984 4 wheel drive ute.

@jospi2

5 жыл бұрын

The first oil he drained was the transmission oil

That seat belt trick 👌

we used to put that yellow paint on drain plus to confirm that people didn't loosen their drain plugs after they left the lube shop.

Awesome. I'm all about my 93 subaru sambar.

What a great truck! I have been on the lookout for one of these for some time. I love my 96 Daihatsu Hijet but that Mazda is cool. I am based in Western Japan so if there is any special part you are on the lookout for, let me know.

Was totally gonna say you should put a rotor in it. Lol. Sweet little truck though mate, she's clean.

cool little van. It will look sexy lowered with perhaps tinted windows and a little chrome splashes.

24:23 Nice one Nemo 😁

Japan's medium wave 'AM' radio band is 531-1611kHz, so you will be able to use a Japanese AM radio in Australia. The Japanese VHF 'FM' band, as you well know, is 76-95MHz, which only overlaps a portion of the Australian 88-108MHz FM broadcast band.

Here in Wyoming we use block heaters so the engine will actually start in the winter. My 2005 Ford diesel absolutely refuses to start if it's not plugged in below 0°F.

Vulcan-2-Engine... the naming is great. expecting some big firearm there ;-)

4 x 100 wheels = V W In Canada we use 100 coolant , but a frost heater isn't for keeping coolant warm... its for keeping the oil warm. Cold oil is super thick leading to oiling related problems.

That’s probably the same oil filter I run on my trimuph 675 when I forget to go to the motorcycle dealership.

yes! i love kei cars

yes p sherman , love it

The Z386 Ryco filter fits my 2007 ZRE152 corolla. I'll always remember that number because of the CPU, 386

DUDE i wish it was easier to get these in america. waaaay too cool

27:05 the small slots on the tips of the belt teeth are for noise reduction by allowing air to escape.

4x100 lugs? Too bad you can't use MX-5 (14x6) wheels, Marty probably has a few laying about...Sweet Truck! 🍻

@Arturro671

5 жыл бұрын

4x100 are pretty common in some EU cars, so the choice of rims should be pretty good (and also cheap, because I'm talking about some older cars).

@hillsboroughservice2116

4 жыл бұрын

@@Arturro671 in the US aren't most old civics 4x100?

@Arturro671

4 жыл бұрын

@@hillsboroughservice2116 no idea, I've never been to US

Mazda Porter! NOW you have my attention!