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  1. JohnnyC

    FJ40s Sold in Costa Rica: Manufactured in Japan or Brazil?

    found this as well and a bit more about Venezuela here:
  2. JohnnyC

    FJ40s Sold in Costa Rica: Manufactured in Japan or Brazil?

    here is some stuff i found with a quick search at toyota global: https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/automotive_business/sales/activity/latin_america/index.html#venezuela 1956 February Exports to Venezuela commenced with two Land Cruisers 1962 August CKD...
  3. JohnnyC

    FJ40s Sold in Costa Rica: Manufactured in Japan or Brazil?

    Same as others toyota started selling cruisers directly to venezuela ... started with 2 cruisers in 56'... this would "get their foot in the door" Then Venezuela had their own CKD... they had their own laws and regulations for their automotive industry. Toyota had a huge footing in many...
  4. JohnnyC

    FJ40s Sold in Costa Rica: Manufactured in Japan or Brazil?

    By the 80’s several places including Costa Rica repealed those laws so How it was done since idk They may still get the trucks in ckd because they were vested in the manufacturing company
  5. JohnnyC

    FJ40s Sold in Costa Rica: Manufactured in Japan or Brazil?

    Most ckd will start with a 9 … such as FJ409xxxxx But… essentially it was complete trucks then just assembled there so they could have had vin stamped frames sent over I guess … but… could have been local stamped as well … don’t know yet @talegate maybe has a vin
  6. JohnnyC

    FJ40s Sold in Costa Rica: Manufactured in Japan or Brazil?

    So yes Japan 100% before 65’ then assembled in Costa Rica with parts from Japan Look up Purdy Motors
  7. JohnnyC

    FJ40s Sold in Costa Rica: Manufactured in Japan or Brazil?

    Before 1964 they were all imported … in 65 they started importing CKD kits from toyota and assembled them with a few local sourced parts because of nationalism laws From what I remember they were almost all parts from toyota exception of upholstery stuff
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