Curbside Clueless Outtake: Get A Load Of That Road Hog

Whether it’s obscure ancient European racers or one of the myriad JDM sub-models I’ve never seen or heard of before in my life, CC hunting in Tokyo never fails to surprise and, occasionally, delight. Piggy-in-the-middle here, however, has me well and truly stumped.

Yes, there’s a big chrome snout on that grille. And no, I haven’t the foggiest clue what this is, or why it is. I can’t even identify the pickup truck that it was based on, let alone the reason for hamming it up like this. Or the KFC roof ornament.

Left-hand drive, eh? The plot thickens. Looks more American than anything else, with that column shifter. Could also be Japanese re-imported from a LHD market. I’ve seen it before.

You have to admire the commitment to the bit, which extends to the rear end. Those lights will doubtless help someone in the CCommunity give us some clue as to the OEM. I’d hazard a guess myself, but odd are it’d be just a swine and a miss.

I apologize for being so utterly pig-ignorant, but this is way out of my pen…

Plenty of peace signs, stickers and extras, but only one license plate? How is that kosher?

Interesting structure on the bed, too. Could this be a work truck? A little online sleuthing has brought me to a website that looks promising – some older posts on it show a LHD Nissan NV2500 food truck with a highly modified body and… a chrome snout on the grille! Different truck, but some interesting similarities. Yep, someone is using this portly porcine pickup to bring home the bacon.