your attachement is probably too large.. they need to under 100 or 150 KB...
Nice work on the HJ

Nice work on the HJ


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drexx said:06Oct2004 (UTC +8)
And then there's this guy we met at Pismo Beach: http://www.pbase.com/drexx/image/12751266 a coupla years ago...
gifu said:yeah yeah, i just saw that guy the other day. from israel. his HZJ78(?) now sports a turbo, an OME lift, ARB front bumper, 4x4labs rear, and... he shipped it to south africa for a camper-conversion (!)... he lives on the Peninsula in the bay area.
we should have a nor-cal stinky cruiser gathering for all the oil burners.
Here is the information I gathered after 5 trips to the DMV (with pictures of the ID plates) and numerous calls to the California Air resources Board:
VIN numbers with BJ in them can be registered, since Toyota supplied a letter at some point declaring that the B and 3B engines follow US emission requirements.
Diesels are smog excempt, but that does only mean that they do not need to undergo a smog test. It does not exclude them from having to follow CA emission requirements.
VIN numbers with HJ in them cannot be titled, unless they have a letter from toyota with them, stating they follow CA emission requiremnts.
A IF plate from a registered importer in the door jam can be interpreted as such, but it seems to depend on the inspector.
This is what I gathered the last weeks, it is not necessarily true, just experience.
I wonder if there are any HJ60s in California, the owners should be able to tell how they got them in!
thanks for all the comments!
Does anyone know anything about this "letter" that Toyota provided certifying BJ "B" series engines as meeting US EPA requirements? I have a friend who is having serious difficulties registering her BJ41 in California.
you revived a really old thread.
most of the information is covered in the long importation thread that has been stickied.
best,
jan
Does anyone know anything about this "letter" that Toyota provided certifying BJ "B" series engines as meeting US EPA requirements? I have a friend who is having serious difficulties registering her BJ41 in California.
Have you read the sticky thread on importing in this forum? Most (or all) of these questions have been addressed a time or three.
And if your RI can't answer these questions, get a new RI. They're in that sticky, too.![]()