what kind of truck is this?

[Socal Sonny]

some guy wants to sell me this mini truck..
anyone know what kind it is..

I havent had a chance to talk to him about the truck yet but he did mention that it was a 2006..

any ideas?

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7404/truckforsale1.jpg

[Stuff99]

looks chinese to me..

[blakkmoon]

They ALL look Chinese to me :)

OK I can get away with that "PC" wise
I am actually half Chinese

Just had to say it

[Stuff99]

i ment it litteraly. its LHD

[Socal Sonny]

i still cant figure it out and the owner has no clue what he has in his hands..lol

[TRAX and HORNS]

Gotta be a plate inside the cab/under seats,behind driver seat, kick plates, somewhere.

[Socal Sonny]

yeah im sure i could figure it out if i was near the truck.. i just thought someone might know by sight.. it kinda looks like a newer / cheaper version of the autozam..

im trying to do a little research before offering the guy any money..

[Socal Sonny]

he sent me a couple more pictures.. i'll post them in a second

[starpuss]

how much is he asking? if it's chinese dont pay much..

[Stuff99]

closest i found so far was a pic like so but the link is dead
http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/182892/3580578/0/1178215595/mini_truck.jpg

[starpuss]

he sent me a couple more pictures.. i'll post them in a second

um... i think a second is up ,lol

[axle]

looks korean to me. :D

[Stuff99]

im at a loss. cant google anything with the same shaped headlights. might be aftermarket..

[Socal Sonny]

longest second ever..
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9664/img956262.jpg
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5922/img959630.jpg

I doubt they will be of any help :(

[Stuff99]

based off the design of the box i think it might be a Wuling. they are known for copying the suzuki carry.

[Socal Sonny]

Yeah Wuling appears to be the closest truck but i still havent seen any that have that center grille..

[Stuff99]

grill might have been an add-on. have you talked to the guy or gone and seen it?

[Socal Sonny]

im gonna go see it in an hour.. i'll make sure to take pictures even if i dont buy it..

[Stuff99]

awesome! grab as many as you can. ill even host them on my photobucket if you need me to lol

[Socal Sonny]

i wasnt able to take that many pictures, the owner wasnt there so the guy helping me out was being difficult.
managed to take about 5 but two came out very blury. I'll post the good ones.

[Socal Sonny]

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9739/snc00447.jpg
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8660/snc004480.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1204/snc00451.jpg

[Socal Sonny]

The truck is a 2006. it said it on the seatbelt tags and on a little sticker on the heater core. All logos appeared to be ripped off. the truck looked really cheap in quality... (even worse than my 92 hijet)...

The truck did not have an engine or transmission but it appeared to have an automatic trans and a 970cc engine.

[Stuff99]

there is no motor or transmission in it?? wth?

and cant get over 5.7km on it.. thats gotta be wrong..

[blakkmoon]

I am pretty sure its a zap truck
That front end looked familiar
google it
check the images
its a little bit older model, but not too old
many of them were electric

Interesting stuff

http://www.skyscraperlife.com/latin-bar/19741-se-fabricaran-en-montevideo-los-primeros-autos-electricos-de-l.html
http://www.zapworld.com/

[Socal Sonny]

wow good call blakkmoon..

here is the picture from the link
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7223/zaptruck.jpg

[Socal Sonny]

thats probably why it didnt have an engine or trans.. He drove the shhh out of the electric engine or he sold it and now he wants to part ways with the truck..

[fupabox]

The speedo is Chinese...hsjm made the gauges on the Atvs I used to import...the other writing looks Korean though

[Stuff99]

must been an older display model or something that it has low miles and no engine or transmission in it.

closest thing i could find on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANX_xAbElpA

whats buddy asking for it? cant be that hard to drop a gasser in there.

[fupabox]

thats probably why it didnt have an engine or trans.. He drove the shhh out of the electric engine or he sold it and now he wants to part ways with the truck..

Or.....it prob wasn't able to be licensed..so he grabbed its bits and put them in something that could be...either way if its cheap enough..I'd grab it and rebadge it as "homebuilt" and put another drivetrain in as stuff said

[blakkmoon]

i think you should buy it ( cheep ) and do the hayabusa engine!!

[Socal Sonny]

guy wants $1500 for it.. Its way out of my price range for just a rolling shell.

i'll just stick with hijets

[blakkmoon]

I agree !!
Maybe $500 tops

[Socal Sonny]

yeah thats what i offered him.. the guy still thinks its a daihatsu and its worth a bunch..lol

[Stuff99]

print out a picture of it and prove its a chinese truck lol

[Stuff99]

haha that would be awesome!