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Thanks for posting the pic Ernesto.
According to the information shown on the Vin tag it appears that your green 43 came with an original soft top as well, given that the "V" doesn't appear after the "L" in the sequence of letters and numbers describing the type of motor, series, etc.. Hence it is an FJ43L and not an FJ43LV.
Nonetheless, I saw pics of both of your trucks and they look very nice!
:cheers:
 
what is the "-KC" ?
 
I'd agree..........still dont think either came from japan with those fixed tops.......but if you can prove me wrong I am all ears/eyes.......there are stanger things out there......like the 55 military rigs....now those are a true oddball

brmFJ43 said:
Thanks for posting the pic Ernesto.
According to the information shown on the Vin tag it appears that your green 43 came with an original soft top as well, given that the "V" doesn't appear after the "L" in the sequence of letters and numbers describing the type of motor, series, etc.. Hence it is an FJ43L and not an FJ43LV.
Nonetheless, I saw pics of both of your trucks and they look very nice!
:cheers:
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Well, maybe you're right. If that is what the letters in the VIN plate mean, that's what it is. What I couldn't explain is why on the import papers the green appears as "cabinado" (hard top in spanish) while the red appears as "carpado" (soft top). Anyway, thanks for your input. I'll make sure that is clear before I re-list them and when I bring the next one (which looks like the one on the attached pic).

Thanks

Ernesto
 
had the opportunity to spend a lot of time in Colombia in the 60s and 70s in the provinces of Santander and Antioquia and there were quite a few hard tops used mostly on coffeee plantations around Bucaramanga, Pamplona and Tunja...........realy don't think that these had been modified and the hard tops added;

Lou
 
look at the suports or whatever they are under the soft top........those are not OEM by any means, sa,e with the bumper

Latin_cruiser said:
Here goes the pic I made reference to on my last posting. - Ernesto
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hmmmmm...... also the "Blinky" eyes seem to be a Colombian thing......saw a lot of vehicles rigged with them including a lot of vintage American stuff.......daily drivers .........40s De Sotos, Rambles and STUDEBAKERS, it was awsome to see all this well preserved machines being used daily :)....did speak with Ernesto and feel strongly that He is legit !

Lou
 
might be mistaken as was driving a FJ 45 but darn......they sure were a lot of hard top Toyotas there.........might have been a dealer thing; but in the soggy rainy mountain areas a canvas top would deteriorate pretty quickly.........hey, there were also some DKW 4 WD geeps there..any comment Ernesto?

Lou
 
I don't know much about the DKW. I have seen only a couple while driving through rural areas of the country. In the city, however I have seen quite a few of the VW model that looked like the DKW.- Ernesto
 
Lou,

I'd agree with you, if the hard tops were added on at some point, it probaly was due to the weather conditions. A soft top does not work very well in tropical countries were when it rains, it rains hard. The pic I sent previously shows and FJ43 that came with a soft top. The top in the pic is not the original top, those are actually manufactured in Colombia. The supports for the soft top are not OEM, but I'm sure they are sturdier. Neither is the bumper. Just to clarify, I do not own this one but I'm looking into getting one just like that.

FYI attached is another pic of a FJ43 that came with a soft top and a Colombian made removable fiberglass hard top was put into it. I ran across this one a while ago but the owner did not want to sell it. He was the original owner and had not done much to the car.

Ernesto
 
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one thing that surprised me in Colombia was that the car wash people would get the truck/vehicle up on a lift and wash the frame down with high pressure combo of kerosene/water....from what I could see VERY little rust on the vehicles in that area of the world; damn wish we could get that service here, we might spend more time wheeling/driving rather than cutting out rust!!

Lou
 
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