The Toyota Hilux is known the world over as being virtually indestructible, but what’s not as well-known is that it was available from the factory with a freakin’ bed-mounted crane. Though it was never sold in the U.S. as the Hilux, we got versions of the legendary truck sold as the Toyota Pickup in the 1990s before it was replaced by the U.S. market Tacoma, but we missed out on the Hilux’s bulletproof diesel powertrains and weirder options, like the one you see here. This Japanese-market 1995 Toyota Hilux SSR-X is equipped with a 2.4-liter turbodiesel inline-4, a four-speed automatic transmission, and like I said, a gosh darn crane. As spotted by The Drive, this 130,000-mile Hilux is listed on Facebook Marketplace in New Jersey for $22,000.
It’s not every day that you see a pickup truck with a factory-available crane in the bed, and it’s said there are only three Hiluxes in the U.S. that are currently known to have it. The electronically operated crane was available on the Active Base trim, and Toyota said it was meant for lifting sports gear such as off-road motorbikes into the truck bed. Sure, there are boring old ramps for that kind of thing, but why use a stinky ramp when you could flex on everyone within eyeshot by hoisting your toys into your truck bed using the factory mounted crane?
Since it’s a right-hand-drive JDM Hilux, maybe you can use the crane to pick up your food at the drive-thru so you don’t have to go through in reverse or strain yourself by trying to reach out the passenger window. Be warned, though — the crane is rated for 450 kilograms (or 992 pounds), so don’t order too many burgers. If you’re planning to hoist anything anywhere near that weight limit, there is a detachable stabilizer bar to keep your new truck from tipping over.
This Hilux previously sold for $20,500 on Bring a Trailer one year ago, but the current seller has it listed on Marketplace for $22,000, where its been listed for three weeks. The seller claims the front shocks, rear shocks, and battery were recently replaced, as well as mentioning a service on the timing belt, water pump, auxiliary belts, and an oil change. They also claim to have coated the frame and entire underbody with rest-preventing fluid film, and that the truck has no rust. At $22,000 this doesn’t seem like a terrible deal, plus you can take solace in knowing that you own one of the rarest, coolest, and most reliable trucks in the country.
