Stolen vehicle heads-up

[marcfj60]

My father just notified me that his friend's '85 FJ60 was stolen last night/this morning in front of his house near Rio Grande and I-40. Here are the details:

Color - tan/desert sand with brown pinstripes
License - 476 NHR
Stock suspension
Michelin tires
Tinted windows
Receiver hitch
"Low" miles - somewhere in the mid 100's

Marc

 

[pappy]

My father just notified me that his friend's '85 FJ60 was stolen last night/this morning in front of his house near Rio Grande and I-40. Here are the details:

Color - tan/desert sand with brown pinstripes
License - 476 NHR
Stock suspension
Michelin tires
Tinted windows
Receiver hitch
"Low" miles - somewhere in the mid 100's

Marc

I think I know that 60. Is his house near the post office?

Jon

 

[marcfj60]

I'm not sure about the post office. He lives a couple streets east of Rio Grande and just south of I-40. There is a 3-story "pyramid" on his property that he's been turning into residential/commercial space. He's frequently towing a utility trailer with toolboxes in it behind the 60 because he provides all the maintenance for his boss' multiple properties. I don't think the trailer was stolen.

What kind of market is there in the stolen vehicle industry for old Toyota Land Cruisers? I understand late-model diesel trucks, popular sedans like Camrys and Accords, anything that has a high-output motor for the poser racer crowd, but an old FJ60? There's a very small group of people that consider that a valuable vehicle, and most of us seem to be pretty honest people. Maybe they have more value than I realize down in Mexico.

 

[pappy]

I think I've only seen one FJ60 driven by a local in Baja in all the trips I've taken down there. Mini-trucks are as common as flies, Land Cruisers are a gringo thing.

Jon

 

[Beowulf]

As I understand it, none of the Land Cruisers; even back to the FJ25 and FJ40 series were ever sold as new vehicles in Mexico. Several South American countries got them but only the USA and Canada in North America.

-Mike-

 

[davidfj406080]

Nope, I've only seen the 80 series ( or 100's) there and only a couple of years ago- one thing that keeps 'em outta there as stolen is lack of parts availability- however, there have been many stolen as well as big pickups , esp. with campers-to transport dope from the border up through arroyos in Arizona- mostly So. Cal and Arizona thefts- and I'm told there is a Lexus or FZJ80 out in a valley just north of the border, abandoned after the occupants got arrested for smuggling,.............................. probably no one has ever salvaged it-

 

[94landcruiser]

Sorry this happened, hope it is recovered in good condition.

I had no problem getting parts for my 80, within 2 days from the new (in 2005) Dealer in Morelia, Mi Mexico.

 

[BionicCruiser]

a good possibility is kids joy riding out on the mesa. i worked in a district where many stolen vehicles ended up out in the desert. mostly because they were set on fire when dumped. most of those were the before mentioned vehicles and they had old rims and tires put on them to get 'em to the dump spot. never seen a LC out there before, but kids aren't discriminating when it's "just for fun".

 

[Cruisergreg]

a good possibility is kids joy riding out on the mesa...

damn kids

 

[marcfj60]

Update!

I just got a call that the owner was standing next to his vehicle while the police were finishing up the fingerprinting and whatever else they needed to do before he could take it home. The preliminary report is that all the glass is intact and tires/wheels still installed but the stereo is gone. It was found pretty close to Jon's house - Coors and I-40.

 

[davidfj406080]

Not the 80's, but the older ones- I'm sure you can get parts, but there aren't any in junkyards like when I lived in P.R. or traveled and worked in the Caribbean-JUST my impression,anyway-I 've been plenty of places in MX, but not everywhere, and it has been over years.
I've been to Ixtapa/ Zihuat. 2wice- once for honeymoon- fantastic place! Plus, used to 'work' in P.V., for 45- day tours- not bad at all.
I didn't see toyotas in MX until the 2000's as well.
Plus, scumbags stealing 4x's to wreck out on the mesa or south of th eairport is unfortunately pretty common.

 

[SteveLCetc]

Update!

I just got a call that the owner was standing next to his vehicle while the police were finishing up the fingerprinting and whatever else they needed to do before he could take it home. The preliminary report is that all the glass is intact and tires/wheels still installed but the stereo is gone. It was found pretty close to Jon's house - Coors and I-40.

Deja vu all over again...

 

[sirenmoses]

glad it's back: now I don't have to do stink eyes at every other tan 60 I see.

 

[pappy]

Deja vu all over again...

Steve, I thought yours was found on Unser and St Joseph, really close to my house. Funny, I-40 and Coors sounds like the same neighborhood where the kids came from that messed up the Aquarium glass.

Jon