Hello everyone! I need some advice and all opinions are welcome. I have lived in Saudi Arabia for six years and acquired a 1994 80 series Land Cruiser a few years ago. Since then, I have spent time replacing worn components, interior parts, and doing general maintainance like a front axle rebuild, brakes, etc. It has some foreign-only options such as the H151f 5 speed manual transmission, part time transfer case, rear full floating axle (with drum brakes), console refrigerator, rear AC, and OEM dual fuel tanks. We take it on desert trips all the time and everything works well. It has the 1fz, but is unfortunately a carbureted version (recently rebuilt the carb). It has about 142, 000 miles on it (converted from km). I have added front LED lights in the front bumper, a Prinsu rack, and White Knuckle sliders.
We are at the point of leaving Saudi Arabia at the end of this year. Given the 25 year import rule and the fact that I've fallen in love with the vehicle, I am seriously considering importing it back to the U.S. A major bummer is that it has the carburetor and would live in Colorado, so I might have to do an EFI conversion. So, given all that information, would you go to the effort of importing it? For those with experience importing a vehicle, do you have any advice?
We are at the point of leaving Saudi Arabia at the end of this year. Given the 25 year import rule and the fact that I've fallen in love with the vehicle, I am seriously considering importing it back to the U.S. A major bummer is that it has the carburetor and would live in Colorado, so I might have to do an EFI conversion. So, given all that information, would you go to the effort of importing it? For those with experience importing a vehicle, do you have any advice?