SOLD 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado KZJ78W (1 Viewer)

Year

1995

Vehicle Model

1. 70 Series

Location

San Diego, California United States

Mileage

156000

Color

Black

Outside Link

https://taninjdm.com/for-sale-1995-toyota-land-cruiser-prado-kzj78w/

Hello everyone,

I have a 1995 Land Cruiser Prado KZJ78 1KZ-TE diesel in San Diego. The truck has 156k miles. I've been driving it the past couple weeks and it performs flawlessly. It gets so much attention, photos, and videos while driving.

Brand new Interstate Group 35 battery from Costco with 3-year warranty
OEM dual element oil filter and Rotella T4 15W40
OEM fuel filter
OEM Toyota rain visors
A/C is ice cold
Brakes are good with no warpage or shaking.
No leaks or drips

Truck is ready for pickup as of 12/18/24. Comes with a clean Wisconsin title to transfer to the JDM-friendly state of your choice or to try your luck at registering a pre-1997 exempt diesel in CA with a private VIN verification.

I have access to many other vehicles if someone is looking for a specific model or spec I can make it happen.

 

[lilevo]

Truck will be landing in a few weeks. Will post detailed photos and video at that time. Any interest whatsoever?

 

[johnnythunderr]

Definitely interested once you have detailed information and more photos! I'm in OR.

 

[lilevo]

Definitely interested once you have detailed information and more photos! I'm in OR.

Hypothetically what photos would you need or information to see in order to be confident enough to want it and make a deposit?

Or, what price point would be the magic number knowing the car runs and drives fine, has no major problems, and has enough pictures to accept any other risks that came with it?

Trying to figure this process out for the future as it's quite difficult for me to front the cash for multiple cars, complete the importing process, hope people will want to buy them, and have to sit on them for months until I can get hands on them just to take pictures again and give more info about the car.

 

[johnnythunderr]

Hypothetically what photos would you need or information to see in order to be confident enough to want it and make a deposit?

I'd want to see a high-res detailed album of pretty much everything. Full coverage of exterior photos, detailed interior photos, engine photos, undercarriage photos. If there's anything to call out as a "flaw" or something that needs to be addressed (e.g. rust spots, peeling paint, deteriorated seals, cracked trim, upholstery stains, etc), I'd want photos of that as well.

Or, what price point would be the magic number knowing the car runs and drives fine, has no major problems, and has enough pictures to accept any other risks that came with it?

It's honestly hard to say without a feel for how great those risks might be. In the case of a relatively low-mile 78 that's been well-maintained, I'd hope to spend somewhere in the ballpark of $16K + shipping to my destination. I'm not sure how much profit that leaves, if any, for the importer... but that's at least the "magic" target for me.

Trying to figure this process out for the future as it's quite difficult for me to front the cash for multiple cars, complete the importing process, hope people will want to buy them, and have to sit on them for months until I can get hands on them just to take pictures again and give more info about the car.

For sure. I'd assume getting off the ground with importing is quite the ramp up in terms of risk and fronting capital, but that tends to level with scale? As for having to sit on inventory until you can take pictures and get more details... I'm not sure how that's avoidable. I don't know many people who'd be willing to drop $15K+ on a vehicle without the assurance that comes from either in-person inspection or lots of photos.

 

[lilevo]

Got it, that's helpful. In either case the truck is at the port ready for me to pick it up. I will be out there around 12/16 so expect photos and videos that week.

 

[OGBeno]

Or, what price point would be the magic number knowing the car runs and drives fine, has no major problems, and has enough pictures to accept any other risks that came with it?

Have you driven a KZJ78 to know what “running” and “driving fine” is defined as?

Do you have knowledge of Toyota diesels to know what types of issues arise with 25+ year old JDM vehicles?

 

[lilevo]

Short answer is yes. I've been tearing down, rebuilding from the ground up, buying and selling Toyota and Mitsubishi's since the mid 1990's. I have an engineering mindset and am a perfectionist when it comes to mechanical and electrical projects. My Mitsubishi featured in my avatar was once a 1.5L automatic front wheel drive car back in 2005. I converted it to all-wheel-drive, welded all of the chassis supports, the rear end, motor mounts, built the engine, dyno tuned the car myself on a standalone ECU, and today the car makes just short of 1000 horsepower to the wheels.

As a recent example, I bought a couple of rarely ever heard of 1990's Toyota 2J diesel skid steers, figured out part numbers, part sources, how to fix them, swap a cylinder head, and even established myself as part of the supply chain offering new cast iron heads to others in need. I became the resource on how to repair these things when I once was the one in need.

I have a youtube channel that documents all my repairs and builds in great detail.

LILEVO

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I started this venture recently with all of the information I learned over the past 25-30 years or so in an attempt to bring some of these amazing cars and trucks over from Japan. As we all know Land Cruisers here are starting to get up there in mileage, rust, and corrosion. Getting these trucks with 50-150k miles, and diesel, is like stepping back in time 10-20 years.

I will have proper photos and a full video or two next week when I pick this truck up from the port along with a complete inspection, write up, analysis, thoughts, and opinions.

 

[lilevo]

I LOVE this truck. I promise to update with more details soon, but I have a lot of content to get through and videos to make.

It gets thumbs up and compliments EVERYWHERE.

 

[lilevo]

Interior 1

 

[lilevo]

Interior 2

 

[lilevo]

Interior 3, engine, cluster

 

[lilevo]

Timing belt looks good. I would replace it in 50-75k KMS or when the dash light turns on at 300,000kms.

No leaks anywhere, can't go wrong with solid axles.

 

[CCRider]

I LOVE this truck. I promise to update with more details soon, but I have a lot of content to get through and videos to make.

It gets thumbs up and compliments EVERYWHERE.

It should. Here’s one from me……

 

[lilevo]

 

[lilevo]

 

[landyandy96]

Hi - do you have any details about the front end damage?

 

[lilevo]

Yes. It looks worse than it actually is because the chrome reflects weird light and angles. It looks like they had a low speed encounter with a concrete parking pole or similar. Obviously at some point they "fixed" the damage to be less damaged. The injury is limited to the bumper and lower trim fascia. The frame rails and structure wasn't affected based on my inspection as the impact was offset to the inside of the driver side frame rail.

If I was keeping it I would have a body shop repair the fiberglass driver side fender flare (or go aftermarket or remove them entirely depending on your goals, P/N 53088-60903) and replace the bumper (or go aftermarket) (52111-60630 SX Wide, 52111-60460 curved metal not for plastic spats, or 52111-60500 - think the third one is oem winch bumper), bumper brackets (LH 52116-60050 RH 52115-60032) and front cowling (53903-60021) and it would be good as new.

I can get the OEM front bumper, bumper brackets, cowling, and fender flare delivered to your door for about $1000.

 

[lilevo]

Gotta get this thing sold ASAP to make room for new cars arriving in the next few weeks. Don't be shy about making offers. This is a great truck

 

[lilevo]

Price drop $16,500.