My Importation Success Story

[rbhplus8]

Sample of Letters

Hi - read your thread about import...got any templates or samples of the letters you used. Or just more specifics about what you included.

 

[ThePookieBear]

I think she or her brother put up the exact wording and what needs to be at the top in post #26. I think this as awesome news.

 

[moondog]

If you give me your email I can mail them to you, but yeah, the wording is listed in this thread...

 

[rtarh2o]

Has anyone looked into seeing if this is possible on an 80 series? I saw it mentioned earlier just wondering if there are any follow-ups or is everyone else like myself and just waiting for someone else to do it?
Rusty

 

[arcteryx]

Has anyone looked into seeing if this is possible on an 80 series? I saw it mentioned earlier just wondering if there are any follow-ups or is everyone else like myself and just waiting for someone else to do it?
Rusty

rusty, I believe in this scenario it was only for Canadian cruisers, not JDMs imported.

 

[rtarh2o]

Didn't Canada get any diesel 80's? I assumed they did maybe not. I have a friend who drove a BJ42 up from South America, maybe the same could be done from there?

 

[arcteryx]

Didn't Canada get any diesel 80's? I assumed they did maybe not. I have a friend who drove a BJ42 up from South America, maybe the same could be done from there?

I have heard conflicting reports on whether or not they did or not. IF they did, it was only for a short period. And, they would have been gassers, definitely no diesel 80s.

As far as SA, it depends on the year of the vehicle being imported. Canada has a 15 year rule while USA has a 25 year rule.

 

[browndog]

Actually, unless things have changed in the last two years, USA has a 21 year rule.

 

[lowenbrau]

I have heard conflicting reports on whether or not they did or not. IF they did, it was only for a short period. And, they would have been gassers, definitely no diesel 80s.

As far as SA, it depends on the year of the vehicle being imported. Canada has a 15 year rule while USA has a 25 year rule.

The last 'for the road' Land Cruiser Canada got was an FJ62 in 1989. Other than that we got nothing until the LX450 showed up in 1996. If you see a diesel cruiser on the road in Canada now theres a pretty good change its a recently imported JDM because we have finally worn out nearly all the Canadian market ones.

 

[arcteryx]

Thanks for the clarification Lowenbrau.

 

[MadmanCruiser]

We did get some 80 series cruisers in Toronto, only got them for a couple of years though. No diesel, only gassers. Way back in 94 I used to work in a neighborhood where there were a few 80 series kickin around. I remember drooling over them back then.

Cheers,

Adam

 

[moondog]

Actually, unless things have changed in the last two years, USA has a 21 year rule.

Technicallly, its 21 years for the EPA and 25 years for the DOT.

 

[Arjun75]

Technicallly, its 21 years for the EPA and 25 years for the DOT.

hey moondog...congratulations on your new rides.Please post pics again ,wouldlove to see them.Having problems going to your yahoo picture site.....seems it has been moved.

 

[No. 3]

Hey all, that French site <http://www.toy4x4.org/download.php?dcategory=Tous&sortby=dfilename&sortorder=ASC&page=2>
seems to have topped hosting all of the manual downloads. Too bad too, I could really use the body/ chassis manual for my HJ....

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[moondog]

Hey all, that French site <http://www.toy4x4.org/download.php?dcategory=Tous&sortby=dfilename&sortorder=ASC&page=2>
seems to have topped hosting all of the manual downloads. Too bad too, I could really use the body/ chassis manual for my HJ....

Thanks,
Jeff

What's your email address and can you recieve very large files? Or pm me a mailing address and I can put them on cd and send them to you.

 

[Sykoslug]

The Great Import Debate

Howdy Folks.

I have been researching the process of importing Diesel Cruisers from Canada for some days. I express my thanks to the real world experience that is shared here - truly invaluable.

Sorting through NHTSA, DOT and EPA is tedious - But it seems the 25 DOT/21EPA year rule really avoids all that headache. I haven't yet bought a cruiser though have seen a few in Canada for sale..... Still wondering which year, and model is a best bet for a future bio diesel platform whose home will be Southern California.

Moondog, Is California going to be a new place of registration of your HJ-60? I am in Nevada and am planning on moving back to CA, I want to import an HJ-70, or BJ-60 and run it on WVO/Bio Diesel.....The only hurdle would be getting CA to accept the Vehicle...

Have you had any experience in this department.?

BTW - [What kind of Artwork do you create? ]

 

[M John Galt]

The most common diesel 'Cruiser in Canada is the BJ-60. They were sold till about 1985-86. Try to get one from the Vancouver area, the others are rusted out from the road salt. Good luck!!

 

[moondog]

Moondog, Is California going to be a new place of registration of your HJ-60? I am in Nevada and am planning on moving back to CA, I want to import an HJ-70, or BJ-60 and run it on WVO/Bio Diesel.....The only hurdle would be getting CA to accept the Vehicle...

Have you had any experience in this department.?

BTW - [What kind of Artwork do you create? ]

My Hj is registered in Wisconsin...so I don't really know about registering it here in California. I know a couple of guys with HJs registered here though....and I don't think that they had too much of a problem. As long as you have either all of your importation paperwork (the stuff that customs gives you to take to the dmv), or a registration from another state I think that you'd be ok.

Good luck!!!

 

[chris weinberger]

Wow! Good thinking to get them in. I cant believe it but when I worked in Zambia, Africa, two of the vehicles I used were a'84 BJ-60, it was a left-hand drive import from Belgium(24v), and an HJ-60 pick-up(12v). Both were unbelievable. I used to pull off the top and doors, lay the windscreen down, and that BJ was the smoothest vehicle I ever drove across sand!
80s' Toyotas were the best 4x4's by far over there. I put 1 ton springs in the HJ, but unloaded that baby would make your teeth fall-out bouncing all over the place! Everybody laughed at me because I carried heavy sand bags with me everywhere when I wasn't haulin, but it saved my kidneys!

 

[cody c]

Wow! Good thinking to get them in. I cant believe it but when I worked in Zambia, Africa, two of the vehicles I used were a'84 BJ-60, it was a left-hand drive import from Belgium(24v), and an HJ-60 pick-up(12v). Both were unbelievable. I used to pull off the top and doors, lay the windscreen down, and that BJ was the smoothest vehicle I ever drove across sand!
80s' Toyotas were the best 4x4's by far over there. I put 1 ton springs in the HJ, but unloaded that baby would make your teeth fall-out bouncing all over the place! Everybody laughed at me because I carried heavy sand bags with me everywhere when I wasn't haulin, but it saved my kidneys!

Welcome aboard Ih8mud Chris,

You are replying to a thread where the last post was 5 years ago, so i doubt you'll get much response, if you look it shows the date that people posted their comments above their signature icon.

If you pulled the top and folded the windscreen, it's likely you are referring to a BJ40 or BJ42 and not a BJ/HJ60.