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Hi folks: Just pulled my 1981 FJ40 out of storage for two years ... this is it first time on American soil --- Got it in Chile while living there in 2016, then took it to Cambodia and now it is here. Any good mechanic recommendations for an FJ40 mechanic/specialist in Cheverly/DC/Silver Spring...

I like your sense of adventure of driving it back but ... you're going to have insurance and title issues --- and going through Mexico could be dodgy. Much easier to just through it in a conex container. Good luck.

Replaced all the weather-stripping around the ambulance doors, front doors and all around the windows! WOW! What a difference. Not a single rattle.

I'm getting ready to take off my hard top and add a soft-top. It looks like my two options are the Bestop top _ about $800 plus getting the half-doors to fit in where my rear ambulance doors are, or the other options with the OEM-style bows, which with bows, top and half-doors in the rear about...

Fellow FJ40 fanatics: Doing some work on my FJ40 that I picked up while I was living in Santiago, Chile. I'm looking for a US-based source for parts for a non-US carb, spark plug wires and distributor cap. Where would be my best bets! Thanks again for your help.

Outstanding! how'd you get a chile vehicle? The short story of mine is I was there working for US government, was moving to next post and wanted a durable vehicle and I knew these were down there and could be found for a bargain. Did some looking _ so many were heavily modified and chopped up _...

I will take that as a newbie lesson-learned! I was kind of surprised that when I called them up I explained - with such excitement _ that I just bought this new-to-me great FJ40 and I was living in Chile while working for the US government. As I go through my points, no mention about the...

1981 FJ40 by djosar posted Aug 26, 2016 at 10:33 PM1981 FJ40 by djosar posted Aug 26, 2016 at 10:33 PM1981 FJ 40 Engine by djosar posted Aug 26, 2016 at 10:33 PM1981 FJ 40 Engine by djosar posted Aug 26, 2016 at 10:33 PMThis is my first post. I bought my 81 FJ40 in Chile _ immaculate, no rust...