Think of the star car of this week’s Bid is Right as a rolling Venn diagram—that you can sleep in! Whereas the preceding $455,000 Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R was targeted at a specific subset of wealthy JDM enthusiast, Cars and Bids’ 1989 Toyota Hilux Galaxy Camper double-parks itself across a web of cross-genre appeal. Regardless of final value, there will be quite a few curious folks watching this sale with keen interest. Can you guess just where the final bid on this trans-categorical curio will land? We’ll throw you $500 for your troubles if you land the top guess.

Right off the bat, it’s a camper. Any sort of functional and well-kept camper or RV automatically transcends our traditional markers for collectability, as it appeals to a wider audience beyond the relatively closed circuit of the collector car market. RVs and #vanlife isn’t as blisteringly popular now as it became during quarantine, but there’s still a healthy market for rigs that escape the urban sprawl.
It’s also built on the bones of a (now) classic truck. We’ve followed the steady rise in values of classic trucks and SUVs for a few years now, noting the market’s increasing voracity for domestic and imported 4x4s from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, so that’s another box checked. Not only that, it’s a well-preserved Toyota pickup truck from the ‘80s, a family of rugged workhorses that have surged in interest so strongly that it earned a spot on our 2023 Hagerty Bull Market roster. Another abacus bead slides home.

As a cherry perched neatly atop this collectability sundae, this sucker is verified JDM; that is, this cutesty camper was sold originally in the Japanese Domestic Market and imported from its motherland to the U.S. in 2020. As I’m sure you’ve heard and probably noticed, classic Japanese vehicles are hot commodities these days, and continue to appreciate at a steady rate.
A lot of factors to consider here. I reckon the trickiest bit to decode is the camper part; will this stoke the bidding section with a rare chance at a preserved Toyota RV, or dampen the Hilux-hungry who just want a no-frills truck to enjoy around town?

Well, that’s up to you, my fine friends. Chew it over, do some research, check for reference sales, and head back here to the comment section with your best guess as to where this will land. The closest guess to the final bid—without going over—takes home the $500 prize.
Do I really need to say it?
Get guessin’.
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$25,500
$16, 422
My guess is $12,422
$29,000
Wild guess $38,000
28,859
$47,000
67500
$17,750 US
19500
$48,888
$26,500
36200
$42,000
$22,500 as is; $22,575 if they make the bed.
$22,577 if they leave a minty chocolate!
21,250
$32,600
$34,599
19,100
$1.
$ 23,650.00
45,000.00
$12,275
$41,000
$10,300
20250
$39,200
$65000.00
$69,000
I’m not going to guess but I will relate a crazy story. Around 1975 I worked as a porter at a local Toyota dealer during high school. We sold these but they were called Chinook motorhomes. Maybe that was just the aftermarket brand that converted the HiLux chassis at the time. Anyway, we never had more than one in stock. Once, the salesman sold one and it was missing the passenger side seat. It was broken and being repaired offsite. The new owners wanted to take it anyway and come back for the seat so we opened a lawn chair and put it in the passenger side so the passenger could get home. I guess she could have sat in the back but that’s not what happened. Can you believe it! The lawyers would love that today! Can’t make this stuff up
28,888
36,125
$22,222.22
$23,575
$18,425
36,500.
$16850
$17, 849
$67500
I guess it will Sell for 30800 $
$35,200
28,501
50,000
36,750
34,000
40,250
48,890
12345.00
$17,500
84.900
We spent 3 months in a rented Hilux camper in Australia, covering about 15,000 km. When I found it had already covered 500,000 + km I refused to accept it, convinced that it was totally knackered and would expire within 100 km of Syndey. The Manager assured me that they had Hilux RV’s with over 1 million km. As a compromise, I insisted that he give me his home number and when it died, which I was sure it would, he would personally arrange for transport, accommodation, and a replacement. The Hilux performed faultlessly. These are tough, reliable machines. Left-hand drive and without the henhouse wood interior – $42,500. As offered: right-hand drive and cousin Zeke’s carpentry – $16,200.
30.000
32,750.
26,123
My guess is $47,604.
$36,500
$47,500.00
My guess is $17654
28,568
$27899
$33,333
With all the heavy wood, I can’t see this thing getting up to highway speed, climbing hills, or getting any decent mileage.
$15,555
$ 27,010
$15,250. Being right hand drive. I would guess more if it was left hand drive for US purchase. Not like a small car to maneuver thru traffic.
$19,249
Seems like these are popular right now. $53,100 sounds fair.
$29,800
14000.00
$23,651
14,500
$22,250
$31,480