Big Tonka Toy.. ‘95 Pajero SWB.. in Japan

[LP670]

Have you had your shipping date confirmed yet?

[rossub]

Not a peep. I’ll need to ask my man, as I know he’s busy with stuff and may have forgotten to pass it on.

[rossub]

Good news:

Boat is the Hoegh Tracer

Pick up from Yokohama on 30th June

Drop off at Newcastle on 10th August

[Jules Sunley]

rossub said:

Good news:

Boat is the Hoegh Tracer

Pick up from Yokohama on 30th June

Drop off at Newcastle on 10th August

And so the countdown begins! Excellent stuff

[rossub]

Jules Sunley said:

And so the countdown begins! Excellent stuff

LP - you got yours?

[interstellar]

I think they will be on the same ship, he mentioned June 30th earlier in the thread.

[LP670]

rossub said:

Jules Sunley said:

And so the countdown begins! Excellent stuff

LP - you got yours?

Same boat mate! although ive been given an arrival date of the 15th. Its all estimates anyway so my agent is probably being conservative

[rossub]

Thought they would be

[josh00mac]

Always fascinated by this process. Did you use a guide of how to go through the auctions/buying/shipping/insurance etc?

[rossub]

All I do is keep an eye on the auctions. There is an importer local to me that does the rest. Although I understand he then does the Japan side through an agent over there.

Meanwhile…. it approaches

[MDMA .]

Looks like a good one. Always fancied an Evo model. Might get one at some point. Hope DVLA are a bit quicker now. I waited 8 weeks for shipping then 11 weeks for registration on mine.

[rossub]

Not heard of a DVLA wait that long before!

[Psycho Warren]

MDMA . said:

Always fancied an Evo model.

You will have to be quick as the prices on good condition ones are rocketing. Next year the early ones will be US legal so likely go up again.

Couple years back you could get a good one for £10k. Now more like £18k plus. A couple of recent jap auction ones in average to good condition will end up over £20k by the time they hit the UK.

[rossub]

LP670 said:

Same boat mate! although ive been given an arrival date of the 15th. Its all estimates anyway so my agent is probably being conservative

You were correct with your arrival date. She’s incoming!

[LP670]

yep its now docked at newcastle. the clearance agent i spoke to last week said unloading would happen on Monday and collections would start from Wednesday.

[irish boy]

Looking forward to the updates when it arrives! The 2.8 I always remember drove well. The 2.5 wasn't great in terms of power or short gearing.

[rossub]

The 6-7 weeks has passed pretty quickly and I’m really to keen to see it and see what actually needs tidying.

Sadly any improvements will be on hold for a while, as her indoors car needs an engine rebuild of around £4k

[rossub]

Arrived with the importer.

All I can say is wow! As usual the pics on the Japan side did it no justice. Other than the scuffs we knew about, it looks fantastic!

Just the 2 pics for now, until I can go and see it.

1F0CD7FA-607A-485E-BAA5-7E77DAD46FD0 by Ross Davidson, on Flickr

0C5D9483-D57C-4519-89D6-445F5B3584A6 by Ross Davidson, on Flickr

[interstellar]

Excellent. Looks like you rolled the dice and did well.

Nice one.

[rossub]

I was really, really worried I’d overpaid for it, but looking great so far