86 HJ75 For Sale on CCOT site

bj70alex · 01-05-05, 10:21 AM

Hey,

Looks like an ex-mine truck with only 68K miles. Here is the link.

http://store.yahoo.com/coolfj40/1986hj75.html

Alex
85 BJ70
93 FZJ80

paulj · 01-05-05, 11:26 AM

Man, that's a really cool truck. If they had it at CCOT I'd drive up there this afternoon, as would probably half the people in LSLC. Since when do they list trucks for other people? I was over there last week picking up a part and they were working on a restored 40. Showroom perfect. Price: (gulp!) $42 K.

bj70alex · 01-05-05, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulj

Man, that's a really cool truck. If they had it at CCOT I'd drive up there this afternoon, as would probably half the people in LSLC. Since when do they list trucks for other people? I was over there last week picking up a part and they were working on a restored 40. Showroom perfect. Price: (gulp!) $42 K.

I've found it in Private Cruisers section of CCOT site. The truck is in Ontario.

Alex
85 BJ70
93 FZJ80

aamiggia · 01-05-05, 12:45 PM

There have been a few mine trucks for sale lately around here, but this is the first one I've seen that is not a BJ75.

I've seen this truck for sale in the Auto Trader (www.trader.ca) a few weeks ago. I think he was asking $12,000 CDN. If that add is current he probably didn't get a good offer for it and willing to negociate.

Since it's a 1996 it might be a good investment to buy it, sit on it for a year and sell it to a diesel starved Yank (20 years to import). Just a thought

My money is tied up in my...

... I won't lie, I'm not allowed

Landpimp · 01-05-05, 01:47 PM

25 years not 20.........:(

Quote:

Originally Posted by aamiggia

There have been a few mine trucks for sale lately around here, but this is the first one I've seen that is not a BJ75.

I've seen this truck for sale in the Auto Trader (www.trader.ca) a few weeks ago. I think he was asking $12,000 CDN. If that add is current he probably didn't get a good offer for it and willing to negociate.

Since it's a 1996 it might be a good investment to buy it, sit on it for a year and sell it to a diesel starved Yank (20 years to import). Just a thought

My money is tied up in my...

... I won't lie, I'm not allowed

crushers · 01-06-05, 01:43 PM

my dad is looking for a replacement truck so i contacted this bloke and asked for more pics before i sent pop down to look at it... good thing i did. the pic is not the same truck as he has for sale. the one he has for sale is rough, could be fixed up of course but still rough.
too bad.
cheers from blustery Calgary where the body shops have a grin from ear to ear...

Mick · 01-06-05, 02:20 PM

I recently went on a tour of a potash mine, there were lots of landcruisers down there. The guy who was showing us around said the landcruisers were the best vehicles for the job and that they lasted much longer than anything else. He also said that they do not seem to rust when down the mine, but when they are eventually taken up top and are exposed to the air they rust very badly. This aparently is due to the salt that get's into everything in potash mines. Might be worth keeping in mind if it comes from a potash mine.

crushers · 01-06-05, 03:13 PM

this has been well explored.. they are not worth scrap metal once they hit the surface...

aamiggia · 01-06-05, 04:27 PM

I emailed the guy and he said that it is his daily driver in the Toronto area. I forgot to ask how long he has been driving it for, but expect rust.

cruiser_guy · 01-06-05, 05:39 PM

The truck in the picture looks like it came from Central America. The sticker over on the drivers side of the window looks like a Mexican temporary import sticker to me (necessary for all non-Mexican vehicles that pass through Mexico either direction). I've got one like that on my truck!

It may not be an ex-mine truck after all.

crushers · 01-06-05, 06:14 PM

he did say the trucks were not ex mine units...

beanz2 · 01-06-05, 08:23 PM

Forget it, guys, it's sold.

Dave

montocr · 01-06-05, 11:31 PM

I had spoken with the seller several months ago. He had 3 of these for sale. According to the seller they were South American spec. He said he purchased them for business in SA, used them for a while, then brought them back to Canada to sell. He said he has sold these trucks before, even to people in the US. He said that he was positive importation to the US would not be any problem, and said he had done it before. I had several pics, they looked used hard (like most 75's), but not rusty.

cruiser_guy · 01-07-05, 06:10 AM

'75's down here are used mostly out of the city on gravel & dirt roads. Here in Guatemala only the main roads are paved, and the paved roads in the city are not terribly smooth due to innumerable potholes and filled potholes.
Besides that, I don't have a lot of confidence in Central American mechanics. They generally fix things to work, not necessarily to work RIGHT!

reffug · 01-07-05, 09:40 AM

There's a nice long article in the latest trails which details just how much of a problem it can be to import one of these into the US. Hey if it wasn't a problem I'm sure plenty of people would be driving these. I know that I would whack my own mother over the head with a snow shovel for one.

crushers · 01-07-05, 10:15 AM

really? i must read that article one of these days...
;^)

reffug · 01-07-05, 10:40 AM

Not sure, but think you might have intimate knowledge of said article......

Damn I want that truck.....

01-05-05, 10:21 AM	#1
bj70alex IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 330	86 HJ75 For Sale on CCOT site Hey, Looks like an ex-mine truck with only 68K miles. Here is the link. http://store.yahoo.com/coolfj40/1986hj75.html Alex 85 BJ70 93 FZJ80

01-05-05, 12:45 PM	#4
aamiggia IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 326	There have been a few mine trucks for sale lately around here, but this is the first one I've seen that is not a BJ75. I've seen this truck for sale in the Auto Trader (www.trader.ca) a few weeks ago. I think he was asking $12,000 CDN. If that add is current he probably didn't get a good offer for it and willing to negociate. Since it's a 1996 it might be a good investment to buy it, sit on it for a year and sell it to a diesel starved Yank (20 years to import). Just a thought My money is tied up in my... ... I won't lie, I'm not allowed __________________ '97 LX450 '86 Toyota Sprinter Trueno JDM RHD (aka Corolla GTS, AE86) Project '87 Samurai LWB TDI "The REVOLUTION will not be televised!"

01-06-05, 01:43 PM	#6
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,009	my dad is looking for a replacement truck so i contacted this bloke and asked for more pics before i sent pop down to look at it... good thing i did. the pic is not the same truck as he has for sale. the one he has for sale is rough, could be fixed up of course but still rough. too bad. cheers from blustery Calgary where the body shops have a grin from ear to ear... __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt contact me at wayne@crushersrule.com Wayne Owen Sound Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca separating the rumours from the truth. join today www.CAVI.ca Dealers join the CAVI to protect your rights

01-06-05, 03:13 PM	#8
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,009	this has been well explored.. they are not worth scrap metal once they hit the surface... __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt contact me at wayne@crushersrule.com Wayne Owen Sound Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca separating the rumours from the truth. join today www.CAVI.ca Dealers join the CAVI to protect your rights

01-06-05, 04:27 PM	#9
aamiggia IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 326	I emailed the guy and he said that it is his daily driver in the Toronto area. I forgot to ask how long he has been driving it for, but expect rust. __________________ '97 LX450 '86 Toyota Sprinter Trueno JDM RHD (aka Corolla GTS, AE86) Project '87 Samurai LWB TDI "The REVOLUTION will not be televised!"

01-05-05, 11:26 AM	#2
paulj IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 357	Man, that's a really cool truck. If they had it at CCOT I'd drive up there this afternoon, as would probably half the people in LSLC. Since when do they list trucks for other people? I was over there last week picking up a part and they were working on a restored 40. Showroom perfect. Price: (gulp!) $42 K.

01-06-05, 02:20 PM	#7
Mick IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 90	I recently went on a tour of a potash mine, there were lots of landcruisers down there. The guy who was showing us around said the landcruisers were the best vehicles for the job and that they lasted much longer than anything else. He also said that they do not seem to rust when down the mine, but when they are eventually taken up top and are exposed to the air they rust very badly. This aparently is due to the salt that get's into everything in potash mines. Might be worth keeping in mind if it comes from a potash mine.

01-06-05, 05:39 PM	#10
cruiser_guy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mixco, Guatemala/Cranbrook & Vancouver, B.C., Canada TLCA# 16387 Posts: 6,788	The truck in the picture looks like it came from Central America. The sticker over on the drivers side of the window looks like a Mexican temporary import sticker to me (necessary for all non-Mexican vehicles that pass through Mexico either direction). I've got one like that on my truck! It may not be an ex-mine truck after all. __________________ '82 BJ60 H55 tranny, AXT turbo 3B diesel, high nickel alloy head, A/C, BDS lift, factory PTO, Aussie rear locker, OEM LSD front, 4:11's, 32's, PERFECT frame! '76 FJ55, 3B turbo, alloy head, H41 tranny, 3 sp. transfer, 33's, A/C, PTO winch, long range tank! '67 FJ45LV shop project c/w 3B turbo diesel transplant & H41 4 speed, 3 speed transfer, PTO! www.wirrell.com

01-06-05, 06:14 PM	#11
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,009	he did say the trucks were not ex mine units... __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt contact me at wayne@crushersrule.com Wayne Owen Sound Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca separating the rumours from the truth. join today www.CAVI.ca Dealers join the CAVI to protect your rights

01-06-05, 08:23 PM	#12
beanz2 IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,205	Forget it, guys, it's sold. Dave

01-06-05, 11:31 PM	#13
montocr IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: north of seattle Posts: 295	75 I had spoken with the seller several months ago. He had 3 of these for sale. According to the seller they were South American spec. He said he purchased them for business in SA, used them for a while, then brought them back to Canada to sell. He said he has sold these trucks before, even to people in the US. He said that he was positive importation to the US would not be any problem, and said he had done it before. I had several pics, they looked used hard (like most 75's), but not rusty. __________________ 99 uzj100 with 4.88's, 305's, etc, 96 w/ most stuff (now in GA), 93 w/ most stuff (sold), 81 fj60, 1990 4runner,

01-07-05, 06:10 AM	#14
cruiser_guy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mixco, Guatemala/Cranbrook & Vancouver, B.C., Canada TLCA# 16387 Posts: 6,788	'75's down here are used mostly out of the city on gravel & dirt roads. Here in Guatemala only the main roads are paved, and the paved roads in the city are not terribly smooth due to innumerable potholes and filled potholes. Besides that, I don't have a lot of confidence in Central American mechanics. They generally fix things to work, not necessarily to work RIGHT! __________________ '82 BJ60 H55 tranny, AXT turbo 3B diesel, high nickel alloy head, A/C, BDS lift, factory PTO, Aussie rear locker, OEM LSD front, 4:11's, 32's, PERFECT frame! '76 FJ55, 3B turbo, alloy head, H41 tranny, 3 sp. transfer, 33's, A/C, PTO winch, long range tank! '67 FJ45LV shop project c/w 3B turbo diesel transplant & H41 4 speed, 3 speed transfer, PTO! www.wirrell.com

01-07-05, 09:40 AM	#15
reffug grown up MOD Join Date: May 2004 Location: 'in dat der briar patch' TLCA# 14549 Posts: 4,133	There's a nice long article in the latest trails which details just how much of a problem it can be to import one of these into the US. Hey if it wasn't a problem I'm sure plenty of people would be driving these. I know that I would whack my own mother over the head with a snow shovel for one. __________________ "If it wasn't a Landcruiser and hadn't been built the way it was you do realize you would be DEAD." VA State Police Officer

01-07-05, 10:15 AM	#16
crushers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,009	really? i must read that article one of these days... ;^) __________________ pulling this info out of my ass so take it with a pound of salt contact me at wayne@crushersrule.com Wayne Owen Sound Ontario http://www.ivoac.ca separating the rumours from the truth. join today www.CAVI.ca Dealers join the CAVI to protect your rights

01-07-05, 10:40 AM	#17
reffug grown up MOD Join Date: May 2004 Location: 'in dat der briar patch' TLCA# 14549 Posts: 4,133	Not sure, but think you might have intimate knowledge of said article...... Damn I want that truck..... __________________ "If it wasn't a Landcruiser and hadn't been built the way it was you do realize you would be DEAD." VA State Police Officer

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