ARCHIVE ANY SERIOUS INTEREST IN NEW/COMPLETE 79 SERIES UTE BODIES?
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NicaNorth
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This is what I was referring to:
If a vehicle is shipped without its engine and drive train, it would be treated, for importation purposes, not as a motor vehicle but instead as an assemblage of motor vehicle equipment items. In this instance, the vehicle would be entered under Box 1 on the HS-7 Declaration form, which covers motor vehicle equipment not covered by a standard, or manufactured before the date that an applicable standard takes effect. Any items included in the assemblage that are subject to an FMVSS (brake hoses, brake fluid, glazing, lighting equipment, seat belt assemblies, tires, rims) that were not manufactured to comply with the applicable standard, and/or were not so certified by their original manufacturer, must be removed from the assemblage and exported or destroyed before entry.
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Got it, thanks
I should have saved it the first time I saw it, but there is a new troopy with square lights that has been converted to round lights and it looked pretty good, similar to an 80 series with round lights conversion as in the pic.
Sounds like a fun time! Maybe ill look into this when the troopy dies. In order to vote, id need to know what comes included, is it body only or all the internal trimmings as well
hoser
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Allow me to summarize ......
Blah, blah, blah, Congress blah, blah, blah, and the lobbyist who bought them off, blah, blah, blah, don't want you to own anything they don't approve of, blah, blah, blah.
This is further explained in U.S. Government form .. BS 82-1, paragraph 2, subsection BS-23.
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NicaNorth
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Haha. That's a perfect summary.
Finally found the photo I was searching for, here is a new troopy with round lights, not sure if it is just vinyl wrap, but looks a lot better then the square lights in my opinion.
Cheers,
Cheers,
hoser
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Close up...
chappohj47
Chappo Built
I don't like that it looks like a derpy truck
Yeah that looks pretty awful.
Forgot to ask.... if you can get UTE bodies, can you get troopys??
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Nossir, and to answer a prior question - no interior or dash part of the package. Metal, glass, lights only.
Interior and dash are the biggest issues with builds like this.
You are looking at thousands upon thousands of dollars acquiring parts. Ask me how I know.
The correct way to do this that no one really posits this as an option:
1. Go to the GCC
2. Buy new 79 series
3. Buy 2 shorty containers
4. Hire a staff of 2-3
5. Dismantle entire truck
6. ship to US as " car parts"
7. build your 79 series as a kit car
8. Leave off Toyota emblems.
You are looking at thousands upon thousands of dollars acquiring parts. Ask me how I know.
The correct way to do this that no one really posits this as an option:
1. Go to the GCC
2. Buy new 79 series
3. Buy 2 shorty containers
4. Hire a staff of 2-3
5. Dismantle entire truck
6. ship to US as " car parts"
7. build your 79 series as a kit car
8. Leave off Toyota emblems.
There was a local group doing that exact thing, only with Land Rovers. They were registering the Rovers in Florida as "kit cars" and then selling them in Southern Georgia. The State of Georgia slammed the door on them after the 3rd vehicle.
One is now sitting on a local plantation (no registration and no tag) and the other one is in a shed behind a garage and hasn't moved in a long time.
One is now sitting on a local plantation (no registration and no tag) and the other one is in a shed behind a garage and hasn't moved in a long time.
Well, we all know Georgia sucks anyway. So no brainer there.
That said, this would be for the individual. Not as a business.
That said, this would be for the individual. Not as a business.
"Well, we all know Georgia sucks anyway."
If I lived near Atlanta I would no doubt feel the same way. Fortunately for the majority of us, Atlanta doesn't represent the State.
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No argument from this quarter. Onur definitely has the scars to prove his expertise.
In speaking with folks, one issue mentioned is the attractiveness of the 80 Series chassis/suspension as a starting point vs. the "truck" leaf system in the back of the 79 Series frame.
That said, Joey's research above might make the glass, lights, seats, etc. problematic, including instruments..... and engine
In speaking with folks, one issue mentioned is the attractiveness of the 80 Series chassis/suspension as a starting point vs. the "truck" leaf system in the back of the 79 Series frame.
That said, Joey's research above might make the glass, lights, seats, etc. problematic, including instruments..... and engine
Interior and dash are the biggest issues with builds like this.
You are looking at thousands upon thousands of dollars acquiring parts. Ask me how I know.
The correct way to do this that no one really posits this as an option:
1. Go to the GCC
2. Buy new 79 series
3. Buy 2 shorty containers
4. Hire a staff of 2-3
5. Dismantle entire truck
6. ship to US as " car parts"
7. build your 79 series as a kit car
8. Leave off Toyota emblems.
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