For Sale 1982 FJ43

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I have a 1982 FJ43 for sale. It should be available by early March 2012 but I'm putting this out there ahead of time to hopefully presale the vehicle.

I purchased a FJ43 while I was in Colombia a few years ago. I had many people ask me how to do it and I gave them all of the information but nobody ever did it as they didn't want to take the risk of sending money down and not know what they would get or if they would ever get it. After spending all that time talking to them and trying to help them out I figured I would just do it myself.

Most everyone wanted to have something they could restore and were not wanting to pay the 40-50K+ price tag of others that were coming into the country. The average price wanted was about 15K. Sadly shipping from Colombia and other fees are thru the roof but I think I was able to get pretty close to that mark and still get a car that was not Colombianized if you know what I mean. I went thru 3 vehicles that all failed our inspection down there and we decided not to import them though they were great looking vehicles on the surface.

I will create a Picasa file later but here area a few photos for those interested. All stock (as far as I know thru my inspections) except for the wheels and a few things here and there. Only real option it has is Power Steering. There are probably a few other things here and there that are not stock but nothing major. There is a whole list of things that are unique to Colombia and the FJ43 but you can research that here online.

When it arrives and I can get a first hand inspection done and drive it around to make sure it is as advertised it will be ready to go out the very next day. I am working on getting new plastic vents as most of them are cracked on the hard top.

Hopefully this sells and if I don't actually lose money on the deal then I will start to bring in more and will probably officially become a vendor on this forum. If it doesn't work out and there isn't the interest I thought then at least there is one more FJ43 cruiser in the community. Will also be bringing in hardtops and soft tops from Colombia as well (1Xeach on this shipment). I will test fit the first one that is coming with this shipment but after that I will start to stock them here so there is no wait time.

Thanks and feel free to shoot me questions. Prefer to get them by e-mail as my inbox is already kinda full.

https://picasaweb.google.com/100664534732951746186/1982FJ43White

Price is 20K OBO
Location will be Savannah GA
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Very cool. I hope this venture works out for you!
 
Nice! I was thinking about doing this myself in Brazil. My wife is Brazilian and I speak Portuguese so I've been looking at some online ads around her city and maybe I can look at a few when I go down there in April. I've just been having trouble finding info on importing guidelines
 
Nice! I was thinking about doing this myself in Brazil. My wife is Brazilian and I speak Portuguese so I've been looking at some online ads around her city and maybe I can look at a few when I go down there in April. I've just been having trouble finding info on importing guidelines




Pm me and I can get you the name of a forwarder that can send you some info about importing.

Chris
 
bring in some diesel versions of these and id be interested

Not a lot of them down there really. CNG is their big thing. There are a few though but most are swaps. I will see what I can do as soon as this sells as I actually already have a late model FJ45 with a diesel lined up.
 
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bring in some diesel versions of these and id be interested

As you probably know from the bandeirantes section on this forum, the ones in Brazil came with the MB diesels
 
As you probably know from the bandeirantes section on this forum, the ones in Brazil came with the MB diesels

They are not Bandeirantes down in Colombia most are actually Toyota. I have yet to find one with a MB diesel in it. Though my FJ43 buildup you can find in the 40 section is receiving a OM617 Turbo that is receiving a few turbo and fuel mods along the way.

Most diesels you find down there are the 13BT or the most popular is the Nissan diesel swaps.

very nice. what kind of work did you guys end up doing on it? I hope to see it in person in SAV before it sells!

No work to it yet. I may do a few things when it gets here but we will see. When I get it here and registered I will drive it over to your place and bring a six pack of beer. Who knows maybe instead of putting your tank under my FJ43 I will put it under this one. But hopefully it sells before it even arrives. I'm up and ready to import something a bit more unique next.
 
That looks pretty nice. Look forward to seeing how this plays out.
 
Just giving this a bump. I do have a brand new Troll Hole Carb that may be going on this as well as an auxiliary 22 gallon tank. If pre-sold I can also have a custom soft top made for it. Still haven't worked out which port it is going to but can go to either west or east coast depending on where you live if it is pre-sold.

I already have another possible one in line and would like to share a larger container with them.

Shoot me an e-mail if interested at all.
 
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