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Karlosfandango

Karlosfandango

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I've just imported one from Indonesia. Everything is great, it needs a few little jobs doing but is 95% there. I'm now in the process of getting it registered. The Indonesian ownership documents etc are held at the Police station which I assume is protocol for that country. I have pictures of the documents but they aren't the clearest and they don't have all the info I need to fill the forms to register it in the UK. I'm probably going overkill but I'm looking for someone in the UK who has a later FJ that I could get all the UK recognised information from on their V5 (ownership document in the UK)

Obligatory idiot gurning in an FJ40 picture..

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Karlosfandango said:
I've just imported one from Indonesia. Everything is great, it needs a few little jobs doing but is 95% there. I'm now in the process of getting it registered. The Indonesian ownership documents etc are held at the Police station which I assume is protocol for that country. I have pictures of the documents but they aren't the clearest and they don't have all the info I need to fill the forms to register it in the UK. I'm probably going overkill but I'm looking for someone in the UK who has a later FJ that I could get all the UK recognised information from on their V5 (ownership document in the UK)

Obligatory idiot gurning in an FJ40 picture..

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@45Dougal
 
Do you know which V5 elements you need?
I have a HJ45 (Diesel LWB) so some of my data won't align i guess??
Where abouts are you?

PS.. well done for introducing "Gurning" to the Americas
 
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Did you look at the data plate for additional information? What would they need to know?
 
On the V5C for a 1978 RHD import from Indonesia:
Date of first reg
Date of first reg in UK
Body type - mine is down as Estate
Taxation class - Historic Vehicle
Cylinder capacity -
Fuel type -
Number of seats - 5
Wheelplan - 2-Axle rigid body
Type approval number - Exempt
Vin/Chassis/Frame No.
Engine number
Colour

cheers
 
cmcmill01 said:
On the V5C for a 1978 RHD import from Indonesia:
Date of first reg
Date of first reg in UK
Body type - mine is down as Estate
Taxation class - Historic Vehicle
Cylinder capacity -
Fuel type -
Number of seats - 5
Wheelplan - 2-Axle rigid body
Type approval number - Exempt
Vin/Chassis/Frame No.
Engine number
Colour

cheers
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I'll try and have a look tomorrow.
Estate rings a bell, and definitely historic vehicle.
Presumably you know the vin and engine numbers, and fuel and capacity.
My date of first reg came from the south African logbook - do you not have that date?
 
45Dougal said:
I'll try and have a look tomorrow.
Estate rings a bell, and definitely historic vehicle.
Presumably you know the vin and engine numbers, and fuel and capacity.
My date of first reg came from the south African logbook - do you not have that date?
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I don't think I'll ever have a date of manufacture, just a year but the chap in Indonesia is looking in to it. I have most other stuff, but dont have weights/dimensions/seats/mass. I'm not sure they are even required and I know I can get the info online but wanted what is on a V5 then I know if the online info is 5mm different the DVLA might flag it as wrong information.
 
Depending on what the vin number is…. You could get the MM/YY of manufacture

What’s your vin and model numbers

Model number such as FJ40RV-KCJ ??
 
If you need the date of manufacturer, you might post in the thread below or get a hold of the original poster.

DirtDauberGarage

Thread 'Your FJ40's Birthday???'

I have gathered information from various sources and used some calculations to estimate the most probable birthday of an FJ40 (month, day, and year).

While I can't guarantee complete accuracy, I believe that my research and calculations are accurate to within a day or so. Because of fluctuation of production numbers and few other factors some months are more accurate than others.

If you're interested in finding out your FJ40's most likely birthday, feel free to send me your VIN# or a direct message and I'd be happy to do the calculations for you.
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Curb weight for fj40V is 3792lbs

Gen Market
Without Roll Bar (didn’t come with a roll bar when new)

FJ40RV-UC

F = 2F Gasoline Engine 4200CC
J = Land Cruiser
40 = Wheelbase 2,285 mm
R = Right Hand Drive
V = Hardtop (van or station wagon)
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U = 3-speed manual transmission
C = Swing Out rear doors
 
The vin would tell us the month… the link above is an estimate of when the OP educated guess your truck would have come off the assembly line… this is not what they would be looking for

A date of manufacture is the month and year … that’s it

Your vin would tell us the MM/YY

If your not comfortable posting the vin you can pm me and I’ll look it up
 
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