My truck isn't going through a build in the traditional sense (it's more of a de-Proffitt-izing / correction phase ) and I can assure you I exceeded $39K quite a while ago.
75 and 79 Series Pickup Discussion and Importation (1 Viewer)
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Thanks for all of the information guys. Lots of good input here.
I guess my question is, where is the line drawn between "importing parts" and "importing vehicles"? The answer could be helpful for both the 25-year rule and the Chicken Tax.
For example, can I import a rolling chassis 79 series? What about just a 79 series frame?
I guess my question is, where is the line drawn between "importing parts" and "importing vehicles"? The answer could be helpful for both the 25-year rule and the Chicken Tax.
For example, can I import a rolling chassis 79 series? What about just a 79 series frame?
c2dfj45
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Bingo. This right here. I'd like to think I have a pretty good idea on cost to build these things
We're over 1000 hours on the #2 truck with a few more weeks of labor to go. Granted we build them a little differently but still.....it's expensive and it's tedious and the #2 truck was easier than the first one...came as a rolling chassis, I sourced a full interior, diesel, manual, etc.
I suspect my idea of "turnkey" and the type of "turnkey" one would get for $39k are probably a little different.
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I’m in around 20K so far on my 75/80 build. Easy another 10K to go. All work so far has been done by me so all that cost is parts. I would say about 15% of what I have spent has been R&D, changing my mind or just buying wrong s***.
maybe the 39k is after you supply a good 80 series donor?
That would add 8-10k to the bottom line, and eliminate LCH from having to source good 80s.
That would add 8-10k to the bottom line, and eliminate LCH from having to source good 80s.
I can only assume they are bringing the body into the USA and then adding the frame. Exporting a USA titled truck to then reimport it with a different body is iffy and expensive.
On another subject. I would have paid money to a solid vendor for weld in body mounts. I can see that to be needed with all the bodies now being up for sale.
On another subject. I would have paid money to a solid vendor for weld in body mounts. I can see that to be needed with all the bodies now being up for sale.
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I'm inclined to agree. Small parts add up fast and *j79s have alot of small parts.
On the other hand, $39K will buy a brand new Middle East spec *J79 and leave some change to ship it in pieces. I have considered parting out new HZJ76s/HZJ79s if I ever found myself with the spare time for it.
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Someone asked about new frames and I remember one of the mud parts gurus saying he could sell them new for about $5K if I recall correctly.
New frames can be had in the US through normal supply channels for between $5-6k. 26 week wait period.
c2dfj45
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Maybe for a shop that is bringing in the bodies....which I think they are or were....it might not be that much. Maybe a $4k internal cost for a body. Buy a $2000 80 series with a head issue. Toss out that motor and find another 1FZFE which shouldn't be that much.....$500? Transmission should be easy. Maybe they have both of them since they're doing engine conversions on 80s. Throw 200 hours of labor in at an internal cost of maybe $30/hr(?).....that might get it roughed in....body fitted to a frame. So maybe $13k for that stuff. The rest of the job becomes the hard part......wiring, interior build out, axle builds, paint/powdercoat/etc., that's where the cost is hard to pinpoint because of how it gets finished....is it OEM, is it some kind of mismatched Toyota interior made to fit....hard to say since we haven't seen one. And of course the quality of the work....big part of the equation.
There might actually be some profit in it. Even if it's $25k in dead cost. $14k profit on a build isn't all that bad, especially if it's a "base" kit that the customer can finish how he wants it.
And I think calling it a kit kind of makes things easier to sell. Let the customer figure out the registration of their kit car. People buy kit cars all the time but I would assume being a manufacturer of kits and supplying a MSO doesn't come easy or cheap. MSOs are pretty serious.
There might actually be some profit in it. Even if it's $25k in dead cost. $14k profit on a build isn't all that bad, especially if it's a "base" kit that the customer can finish how he wants it.
And I think calling it a kit kind of makes things easier to sell. Let the customer figure out the registration of their kit car. People buy kit cars all the time but I would assume being a manufacturer of kits and supplying a MSO doesn't come easy or cheap. MSOs are pretty serious.
A lot of the Mega Cruisers in the US came in this way as a huge pile of parts and frames chopped down the center.
Then just build it and slap a BS VIN plate on it and cross your fingers.
Yes. They are all spec’ed for 1HZ engines since that’s the supply chain that Toyota supports for the mining industry.
No. R151F.
Don’t you need a VIN to purchase a frame?
My thoughts were the 75 ended in 98 (year of my truck) and the 79 started in 99 which was fixed windscreen, extended cab length, and extended bed. Still the narrow front. The modern front started with the V8 diesel but still stayed 79.
