2011 HZJ76 Parts Truck in MD

[LDowney]

All,
This seems like the best place for this item to be listed for general information and viewing ...

A new Mideast spec truck was damaged in shipment and is now listed for sale on ebay. The ad identifies that the truck is located in Maryland so it is already in the US, plus the ad has more background on the what & why it is for sale.
Toyota : Land Cruiser Toyota : Land Cruiser | eBay

 

[Gun Runner 5]

What is the engine worth alone?
.......1978HJ45

 

[crushers]

$20K for THAT?
seriously?

 

[LDowney]

$20K for THAT?
seriously?

And the reserve has not been met yet either.

Since I have shallow pockets, viewing this and understanding the price/value can only be of academic interest for me.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Am I to understand that even after rebuilding ( at enormous cost ) the result could not be driven on U.S. highways?
.......1978HJ45

 

[rick_d]

#1, you will never find another roof.

#2, the body is pretty beat now anyway.

#3, if you even think that buying the dash for a proffits conversion is a deal for $20K I have a bridge to sell you.

frames are $5,500 (or so) from toyota so the rolling chassis (coil front, spring rear) may be worth something to someone, but it is an odd size for conversion for any other truck (too short for pickup, too narrow for 60 series- a 55 series maybe?).

 

[xkennx]

You can buy a complete brand new one for $32K another $1000 to ship it back to the US as for off road use only.

 

[ForealBoreal]

You can buy a complete brand new one for $32K another $1000 to ship it back to the US as for off road use only.

Name the spot

 

[crushers]

US yes, Canada no.

 

[lowenbrau]

#1, you will never find another roof.

#2, the body is pretty beat now anyway.

#3, if you even think that buying the dash for a proffits conversion is a deal for $20K I have a bridge to sell you.

frames are $5,500 (or so) from toyota so the rolling chassis (coil front, spring rear) may be worth something to someone, but it is an odd size for conversion for any other truck (too short for pickup, too narrow for 60 series- a 55 series maybe?).

#1 how about this one?
1991 Toyota Land Cruiser EX-5 Wagon - Calgary Cars For Sale - Kijiji Calgary Canada.
#2 see above
#3 Probably right.

I wonder if this vehicle would be admissible to Canada as an incomplete vehicle. It would have to have never been registered in the US ( ie not grey market). If so you could take most of the goodness from it and put it together with one of the many dead LJ78s that are available and come up with something that is pretty fantastic. For me it would all hinge on being able to legally keep the frame. The cost of a frame here is over $10K.

So, the $20 question... How much would it be worth (to me) when it is done? $50K? Perhaps. That is what the Aussies pay for them. ( the $32K number is sombody's wet dream). So with labour and parts and shipping and import fees it is already getting really close to the top end. I hope whoever buys it starts a build thread.

 

[crushers]

chop it behind the A pillar and remove the front clip and it probably would be admissable ...keep the dash and firewall for the conversion.
use the LJ78 vin

but

it would be some work.

now that 75 cab you have would look pretty nice on it ...

 

[2rivers]

truly stunning....

 

[Gun Runner 5]

truly stunning....boo to the shipping company.

I am sure the shipping company paid dearly for their mistake. I am still trying to figure out why someone would import a 2011 Cruiser that is not street legal where they live. I must be missing something here.
.....1978HJ45

 

[folsom50]

I am sure the shipping company paid dearly for their mistake. I am still trying to figure out why someone would import a 2011 Cruiser that is not street legal where they live. I must be missing something here.
.....1978HJ45

The fed. gov. imported them, the seller owns the shipping company that smashed the cruiser while in transit.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

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"Thank you for looking at our 2011 Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ76. I would love to keep it however life's little surprises are forcing me to sell it."

" We imported this vehicle from the middle east. While being transported by truck here in the US, the driver did not check his height and this truck got clipped by a bridge."

He never mentions the U.S. State Department or any other branch of the U.S. Government however he does use the term "we imported" so I was not sure who the owner was intended to be.
......1978HJ45

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[lowenbrau]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
"Thank you for looking at our 2011 Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ76. I would love to keep it however life's little surprises are forcing me to sell it."

" We imported this vehicle from the middle east. While being transported by truck here in the US, the driver did not check his height and this truck got clipped by a bridge."

He never mentions the U.S. State Department or any other branch of the U.S. Government however he does use the term "we imported" so I was not sure who the owner was intended to be.
......1978HJ45

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He mentions in another tread that his company shipped 500 of them for the gov't. Someone posted a photo a while back of a couple of them being loaded on a FedEx plane. They are likely being upfitted with armor etc in the US. I see this one has a Webasto diesel heater in it.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

In the movies all of the U.S Government agencies drive black Chevrolet Suburbans with blacked out windows which are driven by guys wearing black suits and dark black sunglasses. They also have those cool "flashy lights" in the grill. A blue topless Land Cruiser would never make the movie
......1978HJ45

 

[alaskafj]

If it was not so outlandishly priced it would make a hell of offroad/farm truck or a mine truck. I would pay $10,000 for it if hte whole drive train was new.

 

[OGBeno]

In the movies all of the U.S Government agencies drive black Chevrolet Suburbans with blacked out windows which are driven by guys wearing black suits and dark black sunglasses. They also have those cool "flashy lights" in the grill. A blue topless Land Cruiser would never make the movie
......1978HJ45

American taxpayers would flip out if they found out that 'Merican soldiers were driving around in Jap vehicles....

 

[wesintl]

Name the spot

from the saudi toyota site they start at $33k,

Toyota (Saudi Arabia) - Land Cruiser70 '11 - Models & Prices

in aus they are 60K