looking to grab a bj74 (1 Viewer)

[truespin14]

whats going on everyone? i just signed up for the site today and im pretty new to land cruisers, but i absolutely love them. i was recently bojangling around on the internet and saw a bj74 for the first time and i fell in love. right now i am looking into buying one in Canada to bringing it back to start personalizing it and i was wonderign if anyone knew if i was going to have any problems with DOT safety and emissions. if anyone knows anything about it then please let me know; i'm pretty much a baby trying to thumb my way through this right now and would love any help i could get. thanks for the time.

brian
fairfax, va

 

[Jan-78FJ40]

start with reading this post:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=10164&highlight=importing
there is a lot of valid information there.
you are in the US, right? it will not be possible to legally register a BJ74 at the moment, sorry.
lots of info on this, search the site...
jan

 

[Devils Paw 80]

Here's a nice looking BJ70 that you wouldn't have any problems titling: http://www.4wheelauto.com/index.php?area_id=11&page_id=1025&product_id=19

 

[tlcruiserman]

whats going on everyone? i just signed up for the site today and im pretty new to land cruisers, but i absolutely love them. i was recently bojangling around on the internet and saw a bj74 for the first time and i fell in love. right now i am looking into buying one in Canada to bringing it back to start personalizing it and i was wonderign if anyone knew if i was going to have any problems with DOT safety and emissions. if anyone knows anything about it then please let me know; i'm pretty much a baby trying to thumb my way through this right now and would love any help i could get. thanks for the time.

brian
fairfax, va

Being new to this here is some information for you. Although the USA allows you to bring in vehicles from Canada, they do not allow you to bring in vehicles that are currently in Canada and were not originally destined for Canada. Customs will know the origin and destination country from the Vin # (serial number) on the vehicle. In the case of the BJ74 it will show destination country of Japan and it will not be admitted. Your best course of action to get an official word on importing the BJ74 will be to talk to an RI (registered importer) can give you the current information and options on importing the BJ74.

Michael