Fair Market price for 1992 70 2 door Turbo diesel
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Soft top BJ71, or maybe a soft top BJ70 with an aftermarket turbo?
Edit, I just realized the year is wrong for a B-series engine...not sure what this thing is!
Edit, I just realized the year is wrong for a B-series engine...not sure what this thing is!
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It’s a removable hardtop.
To list everything :
- Leafs = heavy duty => not a LJ or KZJ
- To my knowledge BJ ended in 89 (at least in Europe), starting in 90 it was pzj and hzj for heavy duty.
- 70 could be fixed top or soft top from factory but only 73 had a removable top (but I already saw a few 70 with a chopped 73 hardtop so not impossible).
- Leafs = heavy duty => not a LJ or KZJ
- To my knowledge BJ ended in 89 (at least in Europe), starting in 90 it was pzj and hzj for heavy duty.
- 70 could be fixed top or soft top from factory but only 73 had a removable top (but I already saw a few 70 with a chopped 73 hardtop so not impossible).
Also, no such thing as a BJ71 FST. Only hardtops/FRP tops.
So there was a factory FRP on 70/71-Series?
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Check it out
Just a quick example I found : Toyota de € 7.990,-
Listed as a BJ73 from 1992.
Is equipped with the turbo diesel VM engine.
Is listed as a 4 cylinder while it's a 5.
Has a removable hardtop.
Only needs 1 more mistake and someone list that as a BJ70 x)
Listed as a BJ73 from 1992.
Is equipped with the turbo diesel VM engine.
Is listed as a 4 cylinder while it's a 5.
Has a removable hardtop.
Only needs 1 more mistake and someone list that as a BJ70 x)
Not dune beige, so I guess you will pass?
Well my previous post is right on point, it's a BJ73 equipped with the the 5 cylinder VM engine !
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Damn you are fast brother!
I know EPC is not listing a BJ71 soft top. It is also not listing a LHD BJ70 softtop for Europe.
BUT... I already saw one listed in classifieds in France.
It was a 1987, could technically have been a BJ70 but they are not supposed to exist in softtop in France neither, they are rarer than 71 here and it was clearly listed as a BJ71 with its original turbo 13BT...
I have saved the pictures (not posting only to not pollute this thread) but wasn't able to have a picture of the engine... I was almost decided to go buy it if it was what it claimed but the guy was on business trip until mid-March and then lockdown happen...
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This is very common.
As these vehicles have BJ73 as type if people just search Internet to know details they will copy infos from a 3B while BJ73 originally sold in Spain in Portugal had the VM engine.
2.5 turbo diesel is a 5 cylinder VM Italian engine, which probably is one of the worst engines ever put in a 70 series. I guess the owner hasn't opened the hood?
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Oh s***! I’m running from this one.
if the rest of the truck is rust free then it would be a good candidate for a engine swap, especially if you can get it for a really good price.
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He is asking 19k
Ask for a pic of the aluminium plaque on the fire wall. It has all the model info. Sellers who wont, or cant, come up with accurate details regarding the engine and model should be avoided.
That’s definitely a no, unless the engine has been recently rebuilt and you/mechanic did a real good check on it, and then start planning on a replacement engine. Of course it would definitely need to be totally rust free, which I would doubt.