Perhaps this thread may end up being a useful landing for talking about Teseven tubs. I've recently received mine and will try to document a bit about the process and what I received. Note that I'm currently engulfed in flames with my actual paying job ... so I'm not promising significant progress with applying this tub to my '79 anytime soon.
Ordered on: 2/7/18
Received Pasadena Texas (shipment to houston port): 2/10/19
Item: Stainless Steel landcruiser body tub for 1979 model FJ40.
Over the year of talking on and off with Teseven about my order, I've gotten the impression that they've gone thru some front office staff changes and were/are perhaps involved in some certification with Toyota regarding becoming a classic build supplier. The last individual I interfaced with (Lena) seemed to be solidly helpful for solving final issues. The major issue I had was that I ordered the wrong tub and this was spotted late in the game as I had specified a square fuel door but the tub I ordered never had a square fuel door in a toyota factory build. They spotted the issue....got in touch with me and handled the change....giving me the correct tub configuration. Bottom line though....I'd highly suggest that you really study that order form because it can be confusing. They are able to configure a base tub in a number of ways by building upon a common platform....so that selection can be somewhat confusing.
After getting the tub built it was put on a ship in barcelona and made it over here in about 3 weeks. As a recipient of an import like this ... you will have to get an import broker to clear customs for you and from there you just pick it up at a warehouse somewhere off-site of the port itself. This whole process is pretty simple and being a personal importer (as opposed to a business) was no impediment.
So what about the tub I got? Well...first of all ...you need to see the crate it came in. I've had vehicles themselves that aren't built as good as the
crate this came in. It looks pretty bullet proof for shipment. Its also a bear to deal with due to its size and weight (~500 lbs). I finally got it off my trailer yesterday by building a boom on my front end loader....lifting each end up onto rollers that I had in the shop...and then slowly rolling it off with a couple of helpers.
Ordered on: 2/7/18
Received Pasadena Texas (shipment to houston port): 2/10/19
Item: Stainless Steel landcruiser body tub for 1979 model FJ40.
Over the year of talking on and off with Teseven about my order, I've gotten the impression that they've gone thru some front office staff changes and were/are perhaps involved in some certification with Toyota regarding becoming a classic build supplier. The last individual I interfaced with (Lena) seemed to be solidly helpful for solving final issues. The major issue I had was that I ordered the wrong tub and this was spotted late in the game as I had specified a square fuel door but the tub I ordered never had a square fuel door in a toyota factory build. They spotted the issue....got in touch with me and handled the change....giving me the correct tub configuration. Bottom line though....I'd highly suggest that you really study that order form because it can be confusing. They are able to configure a base tub in a number of ways by building upon a common platform....so that selection can be somewhat confusing.
After getting the tub built it was put on a ship in barcelona and made it over here in about 3 weeks. As a recipient of an import like this ... you will have to get an import broker to clear customs for you and from there you just pick it up at a warehouse somewhere off-site of the port itself. This whole process is pretty simple and being a personal importer (as opposed to a business) was no impediment.
So what about the tub I got? Well...first of all ...you need to see the crate it came in. I've had vehicles themselves that aren't built as good as the
crate this came in. It looks pretty bullet proof for shipment. Its also a bear to deal with due to its size and weight (~500 lbs). I finally got it off my trailer yesterday by building a boom on my front end loader....lifting each end up onto rollers that I had in the shop...and then slowly rolling it off with a couple of helpers.