@1978HJ45 You got turbo 22r 4runners and Hiluxes/pickups though, ours had carby 3Y then carby 22R! And SWB pickups, they were sold here until the mid 80s but they're so rare most hilux guys wouldn't know they exist. I've never seen one. A big plus for you guys is the W series gearboxes, we got G52s which are hardly strong enough with stock power.
Just ignore that we also got solid front axles until 1997, diesels and dual cabs though.
PAToyota yes I can see how that would be an easy mistake to make. There's also the KZJ7x light duty. A KZJ73 would probably be my ideal Toyota, a great base to modify from but alas, they are all LHD. Light Dutys share virtually nothing in common with heavy dutys aside from the transfer case and body shell, later ones even had a completely different interior. We got early SWB LDs here in Australia as the Bundera but they're extremely rare now due to pretty much all of them being wheeled to death and they never sold very well in the first place.
@JaunJ We got petrol 70s too. FJ75s are relatively common and generally in better condition than the diesels due to mostly being privately owned, they're also worth less.
Before 1991 we got..
Bundera/light duty in LJ70, LJ71 (turbo D) and RJ70. As mentioned above these are very rare now. Prices are all over the place too, probably because so few come up for sale that people don't know what they're worth.
Heavy duty SWB FJ70 and BJ70, these are exceedingly rare, there's probably more BJ71 (turbo d) imports here than Aussie models.
MWB in FJ73, BJ73 and BJ74. FJ73 aren't too rare, there's usually a few for sale in aus at any given time. They're quite cheap too, generally $3-5k. BJ73s are about as common as FJ73s but they vary wildly in price with rougher base model ones starting at $3k and going upto around $10k for neat LXs (elec windows, suspension seats ect) with turbos. BJ74s are unicorns and normally float around the $10-14k pricerange, but I don't think anyone actually pays that much. BJ74s are normally kitted out with all sorts of top shelf mods that are worth a good part of the asking price. About 1/3rd of the BJ74s here are JDM imports.
There's the HZJ73 which was supposedly sold here after 1990 but I've never seen one. I've seen a few MWBs with 1HZs installed though.
HJ75s are cheap and plentiful but almost all will be rough and rusty. Good ones can be found. Virtually all of them are white with a brown interior. Farmers have pretty much been killing these off because they match all the HJ47 parts they've got sitting around and they have the bigger front diff.
HZJ75 are super common, but again will probably be a bit rough. There's a much larger aftermarket following for 1HZs now so they're more popular for 4wders. Also white with brown interior.
Both 75s are available as troopys and utes. Utes are far more common but troopys are still plentiful. Troopys that are kitted out for camping tend to be done in the cheapest way possible and watch for ones that were fitted for camping/traveling but the crap has been ripped out. Both can be had for peanuts in rough/rusty condition but you're probably going to pay $6k plus for anything worth importing. Prices are all over the place and a $12k one is not necessarily better than one for half that. They're actually fairly common with Chev 6.5s or 350s installed if that's your thing. I wouldn't even bother looking for one with a 12H-T or 1HD installed, they're incredibly rare. You could slap one in the back or tray when it's shipped over though.
If you're looking for a SWB or MWB then go else where, they're rare and almost always rusty or rough. 75s from Australia are a good option though, even if the steering wheel is on the correct side.
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