Pretty sweet Yooper.
Custom HZJ79 from parts, built in the US!
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Did u pick this thing up yet? I wanna ride.
Is there another cabin on the ground? (Photo 2 from the top). Or another set waiting for assembly.[/QUOTE
They have stacks of them. Well they did, when I was there last year they probably had a dozen or more HZJ79 bodies sitting on crates. Just the bodies though, the cab, hood, fenders, bed etc, all stacked on a crate. They are apparently from Land Cruisers that had armored bodies and other things put on the chassis in the Middle East, so the bodies were not needed.
I don't know how many they have left now. I have seen a couple of the bodies on freight trucks headed through my town to lucky cruiser heads somewhere I assume.
Worst part is that they do not have dashes or interiors, so all you get is an empty shell.
Yooper, should be a great rig, I saw it less complete last year, along with alot of other projects, those guys do amazing work. Wish I could build one. The one John built on the FJ-60 frame is a real beauty. Are they going to ship that up Hiway 13 to I-80???? Perhaps I will have a chance to steal it, I mean see it.
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Well, is it in Marquette yet? I am dieing to see this thing.
Well, did you get it?
I'm aching for an update man. I want you to get this truck bad!
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Yup...
Just go get the damn thig. No better way to bond with it than a road trip.
Agreed. A flight and fuel has got to be less than what it costs to ship.
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If I take delivery at the shop it costs me more than twice as much as shipping it because I have to pay sales tax, plus the travel/fuel cost, plus lost productivity at work for at least a day.
I had scheduled a day off and flight actually until I found out about the sales tax problem. It's not the sales tax of buying a vehicle, it's the sales tax of buying enough parts to build an entire truck, literally.
I had scheduled a day off and flight actually until I found out about the sales tax problem. It's not the sales tax of buying a vehicle, it's the sales tax of buying enough parts to build an entire truck, literally.
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How about if a "courrier" picks up the vehicle and transports it to, say, Albuquerure, and you pick it up there?
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How about if a "courrier" picks up the vehicle and transports it to, say, Albuquerure, and you pick it up there?
That would be okay with me, but I think New Mexico is one of the states where I'd still have to pay sales tax because the company has locations there.
There were a dozen ways to finagle it but they were all kind of a hassle and cheesy. When I made the decision to ship I was expecting it to get scheduled right away easily. A month later I've bitten all my fingernails off from the anticipation.
