Awesome Bed-Dancing Mini Trucks Are Making a Strong Comeback

None as much as a custom vehicle. Lowriders have been around for decades, and they rightfully continue to fascinate and draw admiration. One particular kind of lowrider that’s perhaps less known is seeing a strong comeback these days if the video report below is any indication.

Barcroft Cars recently traveled to Southern California for a visit and a chat with the owner of Hoppos, a premier custom shop that specializes in lowriders. Specifically, their area of expertise is aftermarket suspension, specifically hydraulic and air suspension. In the niche of lowriders, they’re a household name.

One very special type of lowrider that they do is the so-called bed-dancing mini truck. Bed-dancing lowrider trucks are not new, having been around since the ‘80s, but their reach is comparatively more limited than that of lowriders or other types of custom cars. But they are just as impressive, standing out both for the hydraulics, which is literally used to make the bed of the pickup “dance,” and the custom work throughout.

The video below includes a brief chat with Alex Tuason, the second-generation owner of Hoppos, who inherited the business, the drive, and the talent for custom work from his father. He says minis are “an expression of one’s self” and describes how owners will often compete with one another in terms of who has the most impressive dancing-bed truck. He also says that these dancing minis are making a comeback, and given his years of experience, we have no other choice but to believe him.

Also showcased in the video is a hot pink 1985 King Cab Nissan that’s been customized to the liking of both its male and female owner. They estimate they spent $10,000 on the custom paint job alone, to which you add another $1,600 on the mural, $3,000 on the heart-dotted interior, $4,000 on chromework, and, of course, $5,000 on hydraulics.

Another owner of such a mini says he’s gotten more joy out of his dancing-bed truck than he ever imagined possible, while a third compares the joy kids experience when they see his car to that of catching “a real Transformer” in real life. They all talk about the experience of bonding with each other at car shows and car meets and, without a doubt, you know they’re telling the truth because the joy shows in their eyes.