12HT out, 3F-E in.

[Christian]

Hi Erik

I was wrong, I already pay 2.316 € for the HJ45...

The idea about putting a newer engine and gearbox in the HJ61 sounds solid, lower weight on the front axle, better economy etc. Would you be able to get it registered as a less polution vehicle?

 

[ErikHJ]

Yep, with e.g. 1UZ engine (also showing papers of donor car Lexus LS400) it becomes a petrol car with even in the new tax law and acceptable road tax.

Still a bummer if you just put 6 new pistons in the 12HT

 

[american psycho]

You might look into a trade with simeine in Switzerland or maybe even Germany. Buschtaxi.de

We don't have yet such stupid laws.

 

[ErikHJ]

Hi, thanks for your message. I actually posted it on Bushtaxi earlier today.

But also CH is probably not easy. Germany for sure is.

 

[brownbear]

I think you and your fellow cruiser heads with the same issue there need to do some serious lobbying to your members of parliament or whatever they are called..

Also why not buy a cottage in Spain or Greece, somewhere depressed at the moment with a bunch of cruiser heads on the title. Set up all your cruisers registered there. Drive them back and forth a few times a year. Actually own something that will go up in value rather than paying for an engine swap or worse shipping.

 

[ErikHJ]

We still have all options open. With some other "victims" we already looked into various ways to keep driving in a sensible way.

To be continued......

 

[hj 60]

A friend called the tax phone today and they say the rule is still not implemented and unsure.
Maybe oldtimers will only have to pay the fuel tax (brandstoftoeslag)
That is about 280 per three months so 1200 euro a year.
Now the taxphone is a typical call centre idiot style so the response time is ok but the answers are bogus

My hj is 30 years in 08-2014 so in other countries in the eu is will be an oldtimer. Check the Germans with the HH note 2 licence for oldtimers and might sell to them.


dutch; http://www.oldtimernieuws.nl/2011/09/27/duitsland-stelt-strengere-voorwaarden-aan-oldtimers/

 

[Christian]

Oldtimer registration starts at 35 years here in Denmark, road tax is reduced to 1/4 of the original...

 

[Bull Moose]

Oldtimer registration starts at 35 years here in Denmark, road tax is reduced to 1/4 of the original...

You guys need to round up all these 12ht engines and ship them to the USA. We need them badly!

 

[alfchv]

You mean the engine to put in the HJ?

Sure... still Toyota, still diesel, still lots of power...

way better fuel economy, way less weight...


that would be my route,

gasoline route, would be a Toyota V6 3.4...

220hp, enough for the 61, good fuel economy, and low emissions.

never would go the v8 route.

altough, i do very much like the 3.0 stright-6 BMW petrol...