BJ40: Toyota Land Cruiser

Notes as recorded

Toyota: 3.0 B diesel added in 1974. Japanese Wikipedia: in February 1979 the Japanese-market diesel changed to the 2B for emissions and the codes became BJ41/BJ44 (3B BJ42/BJ46 from 1982), so the stored end is that Japanese code change. Export BJ40s kept the B engine to the end of 40-series production (about 1984, English Wikipedia); an export BJ40 can be later. BJ43 (medium wheelbase, same engine and period) is a sibling code, not an alias. Start: sale date; production date not published. End: date of the Japanese code change; production date not published.

The 25-year line is the NHTSA age exemption for a vehicle not built to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (49 CFR 591.5(i)), counted from the date of manufacture. The 21-year line is the EPA exemption on Form 3520-1, counted by calendar year and limited to a car in its original configuration.

Eligibility is decided by the specific car’s build date on its plate, not by the chassis code and not by the model year. Two cars of the same code can sit on different sides of the line.

Every row in the register carries its dates and a source: all Toyota chassis codes or the full list by make.

• Toyota chassis codes: every Toyota code in the register, grouped by model.
• The full chassis code list: every make, with a source for each date.
• Japanese VIN and chassis number decoder: read a chassis number off a plate and find the code.
• Landed cost: duty, fees, freight and registration, line by line, with sources.