Rotm Hj40

rapovt · 11-04-07, 06:40 PM

I got my start in Landcruisers in 1976,soon after I got out of college. I rode with a freind's cousin on some old roads and I was hooked. I bought my first cruiser in June of 1976. A cherry 1972 with 40,000 miles for $2350. I had 3 other freinds with 40's and we would wheel every other weekend. I had monster tires(for that time) 11.00x15 Tru Tracs. Swampers were just coming out. I put on a pto winch and had some 3" lift springs specially made. The best place to get parts at that time was Man-A-Fre(located in Idaho). We used to wheel with alot of Jeeps and our cruisers would go way bettter than the jeeps. They would always break driveshafts and we very rarely broke anything. I had the 72 until 1980 when I traded for a 1980 F150. Here are some pics of my 1972

rapovt · 11-04-07, 06:42 PM

Here are a couple of my freinds. This was a 71 that he bought for $1200

rapovt · 11-04-07, 06:48 PM

Moving ahead to 2000. A couple of houses and 2 kids in college and the itch started again. I started looking around Vermont and found a lot of rusty trucks. One day I was on the net and saw a 75 fj40 in Arizona that looked good from abot 75 feet away. I emailed the owner and said I wanted about 25 more pictures all around and under the truck. Ten minutes later he sent me theses.

rapovt · 11-04-07, 06:51 PM

Another 10 minutes later we had a deal. It had a 350 chevy with an automatic. It came about 2 weeks later

rapovt · 11-04-07, 06:54 PM

It was in very good shape with no dents or rust. The paint was chalking so I decided to paint it.

rapovt · 11-04-07, 07:11 PM

I started spending some time on mud and got interested in diesels. I read alot and decided that I would try to find one. I ended up buying a wrecked 86HJ60 in New Brunswick. We brought it into Maine 2 weeks after 9/11. The US Customs were "FREAKED OUT" over what had just happened. You used to be able to bring anything across very easy. Not any more! The front end was pushed in and it was dented and rusty. It was used to haul around hunters by an outfitter. After a lot of reading, we cut out about 18" of frame and said it was going to be used to power a sawmill. There were 5 customs agents and 4 said okay and one said that we could weld the frame and drive it-no go. So we went back into Canada and cut it in half under the front seats and back we came. Ol#5 agent said okay and we were back on our way.
It went in pretty easy. I fabbed some motor mounts and a crossmember.

rapovt · 11-04-07, 07:16 PM

I also put in mini power steering,
1982 rear axle(with parking brake)
old man emu springs and shocks
disc brakes from the HJ60
new seat covers(from cruiser solutions)
tuffy console
33x9.50 BFG on new rims and caps
Aussie mats

rapovt · 11-04-07, 07:17 PM

a few more

Sporin · 11-05-07, 06:57 AM

gorgeous truck.

JJS · 11-05-07, 10:53 AM

Very clean.

Leaping Deer · 11-05-07, 03:35 PM

I thought it was a Cruiser Solutions resto when I first saw it. Nice truck!

Sporin · 11-05-07, 04:10 PM

Guessing from the picture and knowing you are tall, what, if anything, did you do to add more legroom up front?

Mad Jack · 11-05-07, 06:04 PM

Very nice!!!!

82cruiser · 11-05-07, 06:20 PM

Nice write up Gary and sweet 40.

peepers · 11-05-07, 06:40 PM

that sure is puuurty. thanks for sharing!

rblank · 11-06-07, 06:58 AM

For the benefit of those of us without a lot of knowledge, I'm ASSuming that an HJ40 is a 40 series with a hard top? Still trying to learn all the designations.

Very clean truck though. Good find.

rapovt · 11-06-07, 10:40 AM

HJ= 6 cyl diesel
BJ= 4 cyl diesel or something from wife or GF
FJ=6 cyl gas

They never made a HJ40, they only put 6 cyl in a 60 series so aHJ60 & Hj62(turbo)
They did make BJ40,BJ42,BJ43, Bj44 and there is talk of e few BJ55's

rapovt · 11-06-07, 10:41 AM

Dave , being 6'3" I got a seat extension kit from Classic cruisers. It gives about 3" more needed legroom

fogblanket · 11-06-07, 01:00 PM

that is really a nice 40 Gary that would be very nice to commute in. very nice job
Jason

kkt · 11-06-07, 01:04 PM

We need pictures of the motor.

rblank · 11-06-07, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapovt

HJ= 6 cyl diesel
BJ= 4 cyl diesel or something from wife or GF
FJ=6 cyl gas

They never made a HJ40, they only put 6 cyl in a 60 series so aHJ60 & Hj62(turbo)
They did make BJ40,BJ42,BJ43, Bj44 and there is talk of e few BJ55's

I think I'm confused more now........except for the BJ part.

But that's for another topic. Nice rig.

rapovt · 11-06-07, 03:02 PM

I call it a HJ40 but toyota never made one. they made hj60's and h62's and a bunch of BJ's.
I will get some motor pictures

yodafrick · 11-06-07, 04:06 PM

Aahh, one of my favorite 40's.

Sweet rig Gary. So was it luck that yer trail 40 was green or was that the sellin point?

Go stinkies!

nat88toy · 11-07-07, 08:51 AM

wow that is a nice 40. great write up too enjoyed reading, thanks

rabid · 11-26-07, 10:55 AM

Cool write up. It is a beaut.

79fj40moneypit · 12-09-07, 07:37 PM

Gary, That is one sweet cruiser looking forward to seeing it again right after the 1st of the year.

cruiserland · 12-13-07, 09:31 AM

beautiful truck Gary
nice xmas color too
worthy of Dec as well

11-04-07, 06:40 PM	#1
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	Rotm Hj40 I got my start in Landcruisers in 1976,soon after I got out of college. I rode with a freind's cousin on some old roads and I was hooked. I bought my first cruiser in June of 1976. A cherry 1972 with 40,000 miles for $2350. I had 3 other freinds with 40's and we would wheel every other weekend. I had monster tires(for that time) 11.00x15 Tru Tracs. Swampers were just coming out. I put on a pto winch and had some 3" lift springs specially made. The best place to get parts at that time was Man-A-Fre(located in Idaho). We used to wheel with alot of Jeeps and our cruisers would go way bettter than the jeeps. They would always break driveshafts and we very rarely broke anything. I had the 72 until 1980 when I traded for a 1980 F150. Here are some pics of my 1972 Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-04-07, 06:42 PM	#2
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	Here are a couple of my freinds. This was a 71 that he bought for $1200 Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-04-07, 06:48 PM	#3
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	Moving ahead to 2000. A couple of houses and 2 kids in college and the itch started again. I started looking around Vermont and found a lot of rusty trucks. One day I was on the net and saw a 75 fj40 in Arizona that looked good from abot 75 feet away. I emailed the owner and said I wanted about 25 more pictures all around and under the truck. Ten minutes later he sent me theses. Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-04-07, 06:51 PM	#4
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	Another 10 minutes later we had a deal. It had a 350 chevy with an automatic. It came about 2 weeks later Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-04-07, 07:11 PM	#6
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	I started spending some time on mud and got interested in diesels. I read alot and decided that I would try to find one. I ended up buying a wrecked 86HJ60 in New Brunswick. We brought it into Maine 2 weeks after 9/11. The US Customs were "FREAKED OUT" over what had just happened. You used to be able to bring anything across very easy. Not any more! The front end was pushed in and it was dented and rusty. It was used to haul around hunters by an outfitter. After a lot of reading, we cut out about 18" of frame and said it was going to be used to power a sawmill. There were 5 customs agents and 4 said okay and one said that we could weld the frame and drive it-no go. So we went back into Canada and cut it in half under the front seats and back we came. Ol#5 agent said okay and we were back on our way. It went in pretty easy. I fabbed some motor mounts and a crossmember. Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy Last edited by rapovt; 11-04-07 at 07:21 PM.


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11-04-07, 06:54 PM	#5
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	It was in very good shape with no dents or rust. The paint was chalking so I decided to paint it. Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-04-07, 07:16 PM	#7
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	I also put in mini power steering, 1982 rear axle(with parking brake) old man emu springs and shocks disc brakes from the HJ60 new seat covers(from cruiser solutions) tuffy console 33x9.50 BFG on new rims and caps Aussie mats Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-04-07, 07:17 PM	#8
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	a few more Attached Images __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-05-07, 06:57 AM	#9
Sporin Yankee Toys Prez Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Windsor, VT USA Posts: 1,479	gorgeous truck. __________________ Dave Windsor, Vermont 1974 FJ55—V8, 33's, etc. Buy my FJ55! Yankee Toys My Blog

11-05-07, 10:53 AM	#10
JJS Let's Go! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,911	Very clean. __________________ Toyota still builds real Cruisers. They sell them overseas.

11-05-07, 03:35 PM	#11
Leaping Deer IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In the garage playing with my junk Posts: 1,034	I thought it was a Cruiser Solutions resto when I first saw it. Nice truck!

11-05-07, 04:10 PM	#12
Sporin Yankee Toys Prez Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Windsor, VT USA Posts: 1,479	Guessing from the picture and knowing you are tall, what, if anything, did you do to add more legroom up front? __________________ Dave Windsor, Vermont 1974 FJ55—V8, 33's, etc. Buy my FJ55! Yankee Toys My Blog

11-05-07, 06:04 PM	#13
Mad Jack IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MA TLCA# 15629 Posts: 169	Very nice!!!! __________________ 04 4Runner 79 HJ45 Trooper http://www.yankeetoys.org/

11-05-07, 06:20 PM	#14
82cruiser IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston, MA TLCA# 5682 Posts: 816	Nice write up Gary and sweet 40. __________________ ___________________________ 1982 FJ40 1981 HJ47 TLCA#5682 www.yankeetoys.org one50one.net

11-05-07, 06:40 PM	#15
peepers IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,733	that sure is puuurty. thanks for sharing! __________________ TLCA #14504 '97 FZJ80, ARB Bullbar, IPOR rear bumper, factory lockers, Slee 4" lift, Toyo MTs, Austrailian Outback drawer, Hellroaring Dual batt system w/ dual Optimas, Lightforce 240s, etc, etc... My blog

11-07-07, 08:51 AM	#24
nat88toy IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: boston TLCA# 16379 Posts: 485	wow that is a nice 40. great write up too enjoyed reading, thanks __________________ 88 4runner.. SAS, 4" trail gear lift, 34" super swamper ltb, arb, warn 9000, snorkel, extreme air, aussie locked and a bunch of other junk 98 sr5 T100 32" procomp mtr 1994 fzj-80 factory locked Slee 4" lift, Landtank caster plates, Arb bumper, warn 12,000, arb snorkel, 35" TrXus mt

12-09-07, 07:37 PM	#26
79fj40moneypit "rust never sleeps" Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: CT. Posts: 726	Gary, That is one sweet cruiser looking forward to seeing it again right after the 1st of the year. __________________ pat 79fj40 rebuild and 3B diesel conversion 85 fj60 gasser 00 Chevy 6.5 td 14' van 03 Camry 79 triumph T140 70 triumph T120Rt "It's a dogs life" aren't we all just dogs anyway? falfiles#19313FAL STG58 Aint no poodle shooter

11-06-07, 06:58 AM	#16
rblank IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 271	For the benefit of those of us without a lot of knowledge, I'm ASSuming that an HJ40 is a 40 series with a hard top? Still trying to learn all the designations. Very clean truck though. Good find. __________________ Roger 87 4Monster SAS, 22RE, 5 speed, 5.29s locked/spooled 35x15.50 TSXs

11-06-07, 10:40 AM	#17
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	HJ= 6 cyl diesel BJ= 4 cyl diesel or something from wife or GF FJ=6 cyl gas They never made a HJ40, they only put 6 cyl in a 60 series so aHJ60 & Hj62(turbo) They did make BJ40,BJ42,BJ43, Bj44 and there is talk of e few BJ55's __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-06-07, 10:41 AM	#18
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	Dave , being 6'3" I got a seat extension kit from Classic cruisers. It gives about 3" more needed legroom __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-06-07, 01:00 PM	#19
fogblanket lv junky Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: newport RI TLCA# 6204 Posts: 1,082	that is really a nice 40 Gary that would be very nice to commute in. very nice job Jason __________________ 88'fj62 64'fj45lv http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-club/44501-wilmas-buildup-thread-fj45lv.html M101 trailer build http://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.p...89#post2076689 http://www.yankeetoys.org/

11-06-07, 01:04 PM	#20
kkt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ATL. GA. TLCA# 10488 Posts: 550	Diesel We need pictures of the motor.

11-06-07, 03:02 PM	#22
rapovt IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chester,vt. TLCA# 14086 Posts: 595	I call it a HJ40 but toyota never made one. they made hj60's and h62's and a bunch of BJ's. I will get some motor pictures __________________ 1975 FJ40 2H/H55 1975 FJ40 Lifted,locked,toyboxed,woods rig 1971 PIG 1HZ,H55,60 axles(in Progress) 1980 HJ47 Troopy

11-06-07, 04:06 PM	#23
yodafrick IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: central CT Posts: 289	Aahh, one of my favorite 40's. Sweet rig Gary. So was it luck that yer trail 40 was green or was that the sellin point? Go stinkies! __________________ Peace, Love, AND LANDCRUISERS!

11-26-07, 10:55 AM	#25
rabid IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bristol, VT Posts: 839	Cool write up. It is a beaut.

12-13-07, 09:31 AM	#27
cruiserland got parts Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: new hampshire TLCA# 10389 Posts: 645	beautiful truck Gary nice xmas color too worthy of Dec as well __________________ Kina NorthCountryLandCruisers

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