My curiosity is slowly drifting back to Japan surplus kei vans. Earlier this month I made a blog post about my crazy (and possibly stupid) idea of using a locally sold Suzuki Carry and swapping the engine, suspension, and whatever you can swap into it.
Then I saw a reel on Facebook featuring a version of the Suzuki Every Van/Wagon. The person/s who made the reel gave very honest answers about what to expect with Japan surplus vehicles and I was totally appreciative of the fact that they set expectations properly.
They even mentioned where they got their vehicle from and the re-seller is based in Cavite, which is pretty close to Metro Manila. The seller's FB page featured a few nice looking builds of different Every Van/Wagons including DA64s and DA17s. Plus they even mentioned on their page that they aren't accepting orders now because of the number of orders they are currently processing.
I honestly can't afford one yet, nor am I sure if I really want to risk getting one. I do like how small, practical, and spacious an Every Van is. So I will keep my interest in kei vehicles and hope that eventually Japan will decide to sell them to other countries, and hopefully even have them built in left-hand drive.
Anyway, there are two different kei vehicles I would love to own at the moment. One is the van setup, and the other is the truck setup. I'm guessing the van can do what I plan to do with the truck, while still having seating for at most three people.
I really want a small, fuel efficient, practical vehicle I can load my bike in and bring to different places. That was my idea for the kei truck, create a custom bike rack for the bed and possibly add some secure, lockable storage as well. The Suzuki Every Van can still fit a bike in the rear and not need lockable storage. I would probably just have to fold the seat on one side so I can still get two passengers and my bike inside.
Out.
