Most of them are 1980s models with brand new drivetrains and interiors. The conversions are done over there and the entire truck is shipped over.
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Most of them are 1980s models with brand new drivetrains and interiors. The conversions are done over there and the entire truck is shipped over.
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I'm near Katy, that would be cool to learn some of the local places. The only places I know of to offroad are near Austin.
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Most of them are 1980s models with brand new drivetrains and interiors. The conversions are done over there and the entire truck is shipped over.
There is a guy here in Houston who has a new (2010 or so) 70 series truck. That's how he got it over here, disassembled it, put it into three separate containers, shipped it from the middle east, cleared the containers through customs, reassembled, applied for a "grey title", then licensed it. I was told that in three years he can get a normal title.
It's a damn cool truck but that sure is a lot of hassle. I would have been afraid of something going wrong with customs or when trying to registering the truck and then being stuck with something you can't drive on road or can't clear through customs.
a friend of mine used the container method to ship a Nissan Skyline from japan. He never titled it here in the texas and only trailerd it to race tracks.
The freakin FBI/DEA/ATF??(forget what arm of the gov) ASSs reposesed the vehicle a year ago and there is nothing he can do about it. This was part of a national crack down on grey market vehicles...so be warned.
Im in north houston and there are a few places up here that would be worth the trip.
also check out www.centraloverland.com There is a trip to the hill country coming up in a few weeks that will surely be fun.
The freakin FBI/DEA/ATF??(forget what arm of the gov) ASSs reposesed the vehicle a year ago and there is nothing he can do about it. This was part of a national crack down on grey market vehicles...so be warned.
Im in north houston and there are a few places up here that would be worth the trip.
also check out www.centraloverland.com There is a trip to the hill country coming up in a few weeks that will surely be fun.
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What is this I hear? A Texas wheeling trip??? Do we need to start a new thread?
For the central overland hill country trip?
I'm only a patron of central overland, it would be up to wes(centraloverland on here) to want to start a thread.
I'm only a patron of central overland, it would be up to wes(centraloverland on here) to want to start a thread.
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I'm stuck away from the computer today. (Writing this from mobile.) If you wanna post up a thread copy/pasted from our forums, please feel free! Please toss in a link to the CO thread, too. Thx!
Welcome to the LC community, Saillaw! Hope to see you out on the trail sometime.
Wes
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I'm stuck away from the computer today. (Writing this from mobile.) If you wanna post up a thread copy/pasted from our forums, please feel free! Please toss in a link to the CO thread, too. Thx!
Welcome to the LC community, Saillaw! Hope to see you out on the trail sometime.
Wes
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I can't make Arkansas, but I can make the tx hill country. New thread is imminent. Welcome aboard sail.
Hey Saillaw, please don't take this the wrong way but it would be much easier to follow your thread if you used the multi-quote button.
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I'm still drooling over that D110!!!
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I'm still drooling over that D110!!!
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Thanks pfran42, I didn't know about that feature. I'll try it next time.