Toyota BB Opendeck.

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 01/18/2015 at 19:46 • Filed to: None

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You can buy one in Boston if you're into that. It's $16,000 and claims to be the only one in the United States and 1/900.

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Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > jkm7680 01/18/2015 at 19:49

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So did someone just convert an Xb to make it legal?

TheHondaBro > jkm7680 01/18/2015 at 19:50

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Looks like a modified xB.

Still insanely cool though.

jkm7680 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/18/2015 at 19:51

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Probably not, Somebody just imported it regardless.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > jkm7680 01/18/2015 at 19:53

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Well I guess it could be registered as an Xb to get through the regs

dogisbadob > jkm7680 01/18/2015 at 19:57

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Send it to graverobber! We need to know whether that's a good price.

The front bench seat is awesome as fuck.

Also, the way the front seat folds down is weird

jkm7680 > dogisbadob 01/18/2015 at 20:02

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Done! Thanks for reminding me, Haha.

Dsscats > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/18/2015 at 20:13

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That would require a VIN swap. It's probably just state legal

carcrasher88 > jkm7680 01/18/2015 at 20:26

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Shouldn't have been too hard to do. If I recall properly, US law allows vehicle imports on vehicles less than 25 years old if substantially to a model sold in the US, in this case, a vehicle that is literally a pickup version of the vehicle that the first generation xB was a rebadged version of.

Likely making things easier is the fact that bB Open Decks apparently all came equipped with the same 1.5L 1NZ-FE engine that US spec xBs have, so passing emissions must have been easy, too.

jkm7680 > carcrasher88 01/18/2015 at 20:34

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Yup, That's probably what happened. Thanks for the rundown!

Tohru > jkm7680 01/21/2015 at 00:30

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My roommate (Dogapult) happens to be an expert on this topic.

This Toyota bB was imported illegally, as it does NOT fall under "Substantially Similar" or "Show and Display" laws for the United States.

It is currently being listed for sale by two 'different' companies - Pure Innovations of Hingham, Mass (the phone number in the ad) and Black Ops Performance of Orlando, FL (the photographer for the ad).

Proof #1: Black Ops Performance Facebook ad on January 17th.

Proof #2: Pure Innovations Facebook ad on January 18th.

Plus the only way this "2001 Toyota bB Open Deck" could be the only one in the US is if it's the same vehicle as the 2004 Toyota bB Open Deck that N1 Concepts imported in November of 2011.

Proof: N1 Concepts Facebook photo album dated November 2011.

Tohru > carcrasher88 01/21/2015 at 00:34

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No, you are incorrect here. The Open Deck does not meet "Substantially Similar" because it is a) RHD, and b) missing a good chunk of the roof. The federal government has gone on record that a RHD version of a LHD car sold in the US does NOT qualify as substantially similar.

It does not meet "Show and Display" because they made more than 500 of them.