Clean FJ60 in SF

[daPitbull]

Not mine but I wish...I actually saw this LC around town one day and thought how clean it was. Then a week later I stumbled upon this add in craigslist.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/1226637407.html

[adventureduo]

Very nice. Cummins, OZ tranny, Desert Tan and already registered in CA... doesn't get much better than that.

[bucketosudz]

The more and more I read about these Cruisers with Diesel Conversions, the more I dream about having the funding to own one. Very Cool!!!

[fowldarr]

What can you say about that. quite possibly my dream cruiser.

[ntsqd]

Is it just me, or are there a surprising number of those conversions for sale? Seems like there have been at least a 1/2 dozen in the last year or so. That seems like lot given how few of those conversions are likely out there in total.

A diesel 60 would be a dream for me too, but not with a 4BT. Too much displacement for a 4 cylinder diesel. Give me the same displacement in a 5 or a 6 that is KA legal and I'd be very interested.

[ChuckB]

Very nice. Cummins, OZ tranny, Desert Tan and already registered in CA... doesn't get much better than that.

I'm still trying to figure out how people are getting 4BT's registered in California. I thought it was supposed to be illegal. I have researched it fairly extensively. Am I missing something?

That is a nice 60!!

[haven]

The asking price is $28,000. Offers will be considered.

This seems (gulp!) like a reasonable price. Roseann Hanson spent
a similar amount, maybe more, on her FJ60 diesel conversion,
performed by TLC. Read about it here

http://expeditionportal.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=19343

[adventureduo]

I'm still trying to figure out how people are getting 4BT's registered in California. I thought it was supposed to be illegal. I have researched it fairly extensively. Am I missing something?

That is a nice 60!!

I was under the same impression. I would make sure all DMV paperwork was kosher before ever signing any pink slip.

[Sleeping Dog]

I'm still trying to figure out how people are getting 4BT's registered in California. I thought it was supposed to be illegal. I have researched it fairly extensively. Am I missing something?

I believe the answer lies in the year of manufacture of the chassis and the motor.

Jim

[ntsqd]

Technically to be a legal swap candidate in CA it has to have been sold in a light duty truck (1/2 ton and under) or a passenger car, and it has to come from a donor of equal or newer vintage. The FJ60 is not a heavy duty vehicle in the eyes of the state of KA, or 3/4t and one 1t engine options would be possible. A 7.3l PSD powered 60 would be my own preference though a D-Max would be cool too!

The gray zone is that these are the well enforced rules for a gasser transplant, but they do not yet appear to be enforced with a diesel swap even though it does also apply. Or it does as best as I can determine from talking to several knowledgeable sources, one of whom is a past Referee.

The only legal way around this would be to bring it in from another state where it was legal and registered. It may have had to have even been registered in your name in that state, i.e. can not buy an out of state conversion and bring it into CA. Not sure about that last point. I've yet to find someone who can clarify this.

I really would have preferred to go diesel in my own 60 swap, but the candidates that wouldn't leave me open to the state coming along later and saying that my swap is not legal and that it has to move out of state or not be street registered (like they did with the ADV bikes that got registered that should not have been) are not engines that I was interested in.