Interested in importing my 1987 BJ73

[TheGreenMachine]

Hi guys, I have being reading a lot about all you people and a lot of this web page forum which I found very interesting and I congrat all you for sharing all of your experience and skills about toyotas.

Am from Medellin, Colombia, S. America and I will like to ask if some one can guide me or help me on how to import my 1987 BJ73 toyota to the states, especificly to the city of Miami, United States. I apreciate all the help and knowledge! And am whiling to help anyone needing to purchase any toyota from here too!

 

[Shes Mad]

You need to contact a broker. I have always used Livingston International

http://www.livingstonintl.com/contact-us/

I don't know if you are coming to the US to live, visit, on a visa, etc but the laws differ based on your status. You may be allowed to bring one vehicle with you without paying customes fees. Livingston knows all the laws, as it is their business. Their services are not that expensive for all the red tape they cover for you. They do not do any shipping--you have to arrange all of those details.

If you are just importing it, it will need to be at least 25 years old from the DATE OF MANUFACTURE to be importable. That would be date of manufacture before January 1988

 

[Letsgomoreplaces]

Is your softtop OE?

Hi guys, I have being reading a lot about all you people and a lot of this web page forum which I found very interesting and I congrat all you for sharing all of your experience and skills about toyotas.

Am from Medellin, Colombia, S. America and I will like to ask if some one can guide me or help me on how to import my 1987 BJ73 toyota to the states, especificly to the city of Miami, United States. I apreciate all the help and knowledge! And am whiling to help anyone needing to purchase any toyota from here too!

 

[TheGreenMachine]

You need to contact a broker. I have always used Livingston International

http://www.livingstonintl.com/contact-us/

I don't know if you are coming to the US to live, visit, on a visa, etc but the laws differ based on your status. You may be allowed to bring one vehicle with you without paying customes fees. Livingston knows all the laws, as it is their business. Their services are not that expensive for all the red tape they cover for you. They do not do any shipping--you have to arrange all of those details.

If you are just importing it, it will need to be at least 25 years old from the DATE OF MANUFACTURE to be importable. That would be date of manufacture before January 1988

Shes mad, thank you so much for your help. I will contact them soon to work out on my truck. I don't know the manufactured date exacly but i will find out, what I'm sure of is tha it's a 1987. That will give me 26 year, will I still be able to imported to the states?

 

[TheGreenMachine]

Is your softtop OE?

Hi justdiffrentials, yes my truck is an original japan made softtop, you can check the specification on the net! Google it like this FJ73L-MR.

What is OE?

 

[Gun Runner 5]

Original Equipment .....

 

[Shes Mad]

Shes mad, thank you so much for your help. I will contact them soon to work out on my truck. I don't know the manufactured date exacly but i will find out, what I'm sure of is tha it's a 1987. That will give me 26 year, will I still be able to imported to the states?

The date of manufacture will be on the vehicle identification tag, month and year. Anything before Jan 1988 will be exempt from DOT specs, and importable

Bring me a soft top with the frame for my bj74!

 

[TheGreenMachine]

Original Equipment .....

Oooooohhh ok! Yes my Green Machine is OE, completely original by manufacture! The softop is the one tha came whit the truck from japan! Thank for the OE clarification!

 

[TheGreenMachine]

The date of manufacture will be on the vehicle identification tag, month and year. Anything before Jan 1988 will be exempt from DOT specs, and importable

Bring me a soft top with the frame for my bj74!

Hi shesmad! I will take a look at it! Thanks! There is a brother in law that has an original used soft top! I can ask him if he can sale it and if your interested we can work it off! Those original soft top just can be bought from U.S market distribuidors or directly from japan, you can google it! here in Colombia are very scarse! Thanks for all the info on the importation process! I apreciate very much! If you need some thing from here i'll be please to help!

 

[PhrogsPhorever]

As long as it is over 25 it should be easy. I recently imported a car from Canada and I would say the biggest thing will to be to check with the DMV and what they need from the seller in order to register and title it in the states. The requirements and paperwork differ from province to province and there may be different paperwork required.

The actual import process was easy, I had a shipping company who specializes in corss border shipping and they had some import guys on call that did all the paperwork, all I had to do was pay the appropriate fees and have all the customs paperwork filled out and it was easy. I actually had more of a red-ass getting the pile of parts that came with the truck through customs via freight.

 

[TheGreenMachine]

Nice Land Cruiser.

Have you figured out how you will transport it to Miami yet?

Yes my truck is a real baby!

No not yet! Do you have any shipment options? Thanks!

 

[TheGreenMachine]

As long as it is over 25 it should be easy. I recently imported a car from Canada and I would say the biggest thing will to be to check with the DMV and what they need from the seller in order to register and title it in the states. The requirements and paperwork differ from province to province and there may be different paperwork required.

The actual import process was easy, I had a shipping company who specializes in corss border shipping and they had some import guys on call that did all the paperwork, all I had to do was pay the appropriate fees and have all the customs paperwork filled out and it was easy. I actually had more of a red-ass getting the pile of parts that came with the truck through customs via freight.

Hi! Thanks for your help! What really scares me is that, all the importation that I read here a done from canada, so I dont know if it is the same procedure fron south america! Specificly from Colombia! And how it should be done! What importation company did you use?

 

[MachitoAtl]

73 soft top

Hey Buddy,

Where you able to import your cruiser to Miami? Where can I find a replacement soft top for mine? Any help will be appreciate. I was able to import mine with no problems.