Turbo diesel 80, legal in US? (1 Viewer)

[upcruiser]

Check out this ebay ad. It states that the previous owner bought this 80 from the US after it had been imported from Japan. Would this be legal to register in the states? Man, this would be my dream rig, turbo diesel and manual trannied 80..
http://cgi.ebay.ca/1992-Toyota-Land-Cruiser-Turbo-Diesel_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6443QQitemZ4593940070QQrdZ1#ebayphotohosting

 

[speyrod]

The speedo is in mph so, that combined with the 174miles and 110 K comments I would guess conversion? get the vin and car fax it? if it has the DOT stickers, I would guess the next step would be your states smog certs?

 

[Beowulf]

upcruiser,

I agree with speyrod. The way I read the ad, it was a US spec (LHD) 92 cruiser that was retrofitted with a TD engine that was imported from Japan.

Take a close look at the radiator and fan shroud. That doesn't look like something that would come out of a Toyota factory. Also note that there are no good pics of the shifter area. This would be a difficult area to convert as the Japanese vehicles are RHD. Consoles and shifters would be different than LHD versions.

-B-

 

[Boston Mangler]

Whatever you decide, i will give you $100 for those pedals!

 

[wussyPup]

It states that the previous owner bought this 80 from the US after it had been imported from Japan.

The way I read it is that the 12H-T engine was imported from Japan and swapped into a Cruiser from the USA.

Late 80's HJ61 came with 12H-T. Early 90's JDM 80 series came with 1HD-T or 1HZ.

Some series/engine history.

 

[honk]

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=69450

 

[upcruiser]

Ahh, ok, thanks for the input guys. After reading that more carefully I see that it is a conversion. That was too confusing for me on so many levels.