Rob_Wood wrote:OK, certainly tidy looking. I am keen to know about buying internationally and freighting it home. Maybe different for Canada, but in Australia I'd love to know how to get a less expensive option than buying locally. I guess that is my main question. Is your reason for international purchase based on (or mainly based) price / cost?
CDNN70 wrote:Rob_Wood wrote:OK, certainly tidy looking. I am keen to know about buying internationally and freighting it home. Maybe different for Canada, but in Australia I'd love to know how to get a less expensive option than buying locally. I guess that is my main question. Is your reason for international purchase based on (or mainly based) price / cost?
Basically my main reason in importing to Canada is the fact that we never had the Hilux available (Only the "Pickup" until 1995) to us and the last Diesel Toyota platform available to us was the 1987 HJ60 Land Cruiser. the second reason is that the landed cost of importing a Hilux still comes in less then what I would pay for our Toyota mid size truck, the Tacoma.
I have looked into importing these trucks out of Australia also but the price and mileage is almost double for the truck and shipping costs and since these trucks are no longer made in japan the stock is also very limited coming out of japan so Thailand was the next option i found that seemed to have a considerable amount of stock for decent prices and lower mileage.
My plan is to sell my current rig (1990 Petrol Toyota Pickup/Hilux) once this new rig lands and start building this one into a touring rig for extended fishing and camping trips over the summers. I work at a Toyota Specialty Shop here in Edmonton, Ab called 4 Wheel Auto and we specialize in Toyota Land Cruisers and other Toyota/Lexus 4WD platforms and deal directly with Toyota Canada, Don Kyatt, ARB and Engine Australia so parts supply and availability for this truck is very accessible and surprisingly a lot of the parts for this truck are available through Toyota Canada.
Rob_Wood wrote:CDNN70 wrote:Rob_Wood wrote:OK, certainly tidy looking. I am keen to know about buying internationally and freighting it home. Maybe different for Canada, but in Australia I'd love to know how to get a less expensive option than buying locally. I guess that is my main question. Is your reason for international purchase based on (or mainly based) price / cost?
Basically my main reason in importing to Canada is the fact that we never had the Hilux available (Only the "Pickup" until 1995) to us and the last Diesel Toyota platform available to us was the 1987 HJ60 Land Cruiser. the second reason is that the landed cost of importing a Hilux still comes in less then what I would pay for our Toyota mid size truck, the Tacoma.
I have looked into importing these trucks out of Australia also but the price and mileage is almost double for the truck and shipping costs and since these trucks are no longer made in japan the stock is also very limited coming out of japan so Thailand was the next option i found that seemed to have a considerable amount of stock for decent prices and lower mileage.
My plan is to sell my current rig (1990 Petrol Toyota Pickup/Hilux) once this new rig lands and start building this one into a touring rig for extended fishing and camping trips over the summers. I work at a Toyota Specialty Shop here in Edmonton, Ab called 4 Wheel Auto and we specialize in Toyota Land Cruisers and other Toyota/Lexus 4WD platforms and deal directly with Toyota Canada, Don Kyatt, ARB and Engine Australia so parts supply and availability for this truck is very accessible and surprisingly a lot of the parts for this truck are available through Toyota Canada.
That's all so great. Would you mind if I send you a PM to discuss international purchasing in further detail?
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