1996 Ford Freda Pop-Top Camper Diesel 4WD (Canada Import) Japan Auction Purchase Review

Ford Freda Camper Diesel Purchased and Exported from Japan
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[@zakiry8634]

The little yellow thing in the back is cool

[@ublart49]

An extra seat is formed when the passenger seat and backrest is pushed forward, and the foot rest is also flipped towards the front to form the seat.

[@WitchyWhale]

I remember seeing these everywhere when I was living in Great Britain.

[@trashrabbit69]

They were pretty popular in Oz as well. Now they've mostly been replaced by the Tarago and Odyssey, with the Mitsubishi Express filling in for work duty.

[@zakiry8634]

Where did you visit, haven’t seen one

[@NazbolCaliphDonaldaddeenTrump]

A JDM Ford? That's kinda spooky not gonna lie

[@R33Racer]

Ford and Mazda have always had a good relationship. Mazda badges a Fiesta as a 121 back in the 90s.

[@NazbolCaliphDonaldaddeenTrump]

@@R33Racer Ford had interest in Mazda during the 90s and 2000s, I;m aware of that. What suprised me was the fact that Ford would bother to sell a re-badged Mazda vehicle in Mazda's own home market

[@R33Racer]

@@NazbolCaliphDonaldaddeenTrump They did that because Ford sales were poor in Japan. They did a deal with Mazda to rebadge their Bongo to appeal to Japanese buyers. Japanese love their minivans and they like foreign brands so the move was a success. Mazda got help from Ford in the shape of the 121 (basically a rebadged Fiesta), 626 and later the 6 which had Mondeo 'DNA'.

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

@@NazbolCaliphDonaldaddeenTrump there was a full range of Ford badged mazdas in Japanese and Pacific markets see Ford telstar and mazda 323

[@rkeithegan]

@@R33Racer and that Fiesta/121 was actually built by Kia believe it or not.

[@jochavez217cr3]

That Caravan looks sweet!

[@kerim4022]

I got one bro it’s cool

[@WoWMinGM]

It has the same gauge cluster as my Mazda MX-6, weird seeing it in a Ford van.

[@Byepolar619]

Interior starts at 5:55

[@tptptptp8027]

Not just a footrest but a seat too

[@4xBro69]

Are these body-on-frame? Is there any jdm camper vans that are?

[@sAINT898]

From what I'm seeing in the back there that blue part with the switch on it is the same color as the cooler..... Looks like a plug in refrigerated cooler to me.....

[@petecoventry6858]

I am about to get one here in the UK 1998 with 90K on it - but it's a full conversion and it looks great and it's £6000 which is a bargain!

[@chrisje1991]

I have a 1996 Mazda Bongo, same vehicle. Very cool but very thin on the ground in Japan now.

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

Yea all your bongos have been sent to the UK these days

[@chrisje1991]

@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 yeah, it's where I had mine, sold last September with 315k km on it

[@azrifadli7900]

Most Ford model are made in Japan are the Ford Laser,Lynx,Ranger,Econovan, and Freda

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

Ford Laser / Ford Lynx (Mazda 323 / Mazda Protegé) Ford Econovan (Kia Besta/Mazda Bongo)

[@friend_qqqqq3709]

cabin starts at 5:50

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

LHD CONVERSION HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES

[@gabekless3107]

5:55 front interior starts 7:40 rear interior starts

[@Dr.SalvatoreVinciguerra]

Fantastic review.

[@cra_55]

What's your opinion on the new HiAce going bonnet-front

[@1mexikaner]

Believe it or not the Ford Aerostar with it's Cologne engine is not as bad you might think as they very common here in Mexico. I think the reason for this is because they are so easy to fix.

[@Moth11]

What’s that mk3 golf in the lot?

[@elizabethcherry920]

Now I seen the Ford Meteor/323, the Telstar/626, but this is the first time I ever seen a Freda, nice van but it makes one wonder why Ford elected to use a Mazda MPV when in Europe Ford had the Galaxie/ VW sharan, I think the galaxie would be more nicer then this, plus the galaxie rounded design would be a better match since Ford was into that aero look in the 90s. But anyway the Freda looks really nice, but seriously the freda looks more like an explorer then a aero or windstar

[@samsonian]

Honestly, I thought the side view looked quite a lot like the VW Eurovan. If the Eurovan wasn’t a FWD only, no diesel (in USA) POS...

[@rustamhusenov]

Looks nice!

[@lucapiscitello2910]

How much???

[@Stue-e]

haha, same ashtray as the mazda mx5

[@bobanut]

the auto shifter looks the same too

[@billobong9792]

An example of a badge engineered car.

[@rarerides]

The penalty box? Lmao you are the most canadian of all canadians

[@EXOD3str0y3r]

It's sad cuz this vehicle style reminds me of the Aerostar but those r so rare nowadays

[@rkeithegan]

I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the way Canadians say Mazda. MEH-zdah

[@xeroxene]

Dorkus maximus is bestest Vanoss.

[@ashokkumarsingh4420]

Will have been a while but you

[@kerim4022]

Yh I git a ford freda but I see lots ov mazdas 😆