1967 FJ45: South Carolina - Vintage Offroad resto! (1 Viewer)

[wittycow]

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1967 FJ45: South Carolina

I recently came into possession of this truck. Many of you know the real history. It’s in nice shape, but the headliner and door panels are saggy.

My friend bought it from a guy in Florida about 1.5 - 2 years ago for $11,000

You can see pics of the restoration on the “sold” section of Vintageoffroad.com: [url=http://www.vintageoffroad.com/viewvehicle.cfm?id=515]FJ40, FJ45 & FJ55 Toyota Land Cruisers, Land Rovers and Unimogs Call 24/7 (313) 414-3540[/URL]

Mechanically the truck seems solid, but has one issue. The passenger front axle spline is sheared and needs to be replaced.

Here is a link to pics I just took:
[url=http://witkowski.smugmug.com/Other/Toyota-FJ45-Land-Cruiser/14711033_aSK6m#1095874969_vQH9G]Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser - witkowski's Photos[/URL]

Please feel free to email for more details. I am close to the Savannah, GA airport and would gladly help with shipping or making other arrangements.

Asking $5,750

 

[poohsfj]

 

[yooper]

Fire in the hole!

 

[Jman]

Wow. Just wow. Are those Thornbirds?

 

[wittycow]

I am a BMW guy and hang out on those boards quite a bit, but I know when flames are coming!!

I also found out 3 secs after I posted that Vintage Offroad has a bad rep!

I have good feedback on ebay and have sold several cars to "out of towners" that flew in as far as New Mexico. I also have good feedback on other boards if anyone needs to check me out.

 

[thorvald]

some more info on it here:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/43950-wtf-tjdiv.html

 

[semlin]

wittycow, a lot of what you posted is not true. that truck was restored by tjdiv a well known mudder. vintage offroad later flipped it from the guy who bought it from tjdiv and took tommy's photos without permission. vintage offroad has a terrible reputation on mud.

no way can your ad stay here the way you typed it, so i'll give you a choice. you can either edit it significantly to remove most of the claims you have made, or it will be moved to chat where it will see a lot of exposure but you can expect to be educated about the actual history of the truck and who vintage offroad is.

in the mean time, mudders please hold off the obvious comments you could make here and give the guy a chance to decide. however, please feel free to post links to threads that tell the true history of this truck without any comment.

 

[wittycow]

As, I said, I am well versed in message boards and take pride in my rep. Thank you for the chance to correct the info. I do not know all the history as my ad said. I will adjust it.

 

[yooper]

https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/152963-completely-restored-vintate-off-road.html

wittycow you should send a PM to TJDIV and he will tell you the true history of your truck

You should also know that Vintage Off Road is a dirty word on this board.

 

[semlin]

witty cow nice start but the $22k claim has to go also.

here is a good start on your education

https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/152963-completely-restored-vintate-off-road.html

 

[Jman]

One of Tommy's work threads. Pics are now gone, but you can tell it is the same truck from the talk. . . .

https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/15891-we-speak-its-blue-its-blue.html

 

[yooper]

https://forum.ih8mud.com/chit-chat-section/43950-wtf-tjdiv.html

As you can see when Tom's truck showed up at Vintage we were all aghast.

 

[wittycow]

Is that better for ya! LOL!

 

[semlin]

thanks wittycow

 

[yooper]

Good work.

Definitely talk to TJDIV, you'll get some good info that will probably help you sell it.

 

[TJDIV]

Wow. Just wow. Are those Thornbirds?

Hell yes they are. You're just jealous!!!

For $5K I'd take it back....that was a fun rig.... x1.8billion on Vintage being synonymous with uber-douche.

Just out of curiosity how is the Durabak holding up? I still have Durabak boogers from spraying that truck.
I didn't care for the Chevy engine, but it moved the tank along all the same...

Good luck with the sale. If it makes you feel any better I took a hell of a loss when I sold it. It's sort of like you're banging my ex GF from High School. I'm over it.

-Tom

I went ahead and posted the link on the U.P. Overland Facebook Page

 

[Jman]

 

[torfab]

Why not edit the craigslist ad as well? Now that the seller is educated on vintage, he should be honest about "Complete restoration" and remove that dirt smeared vintage from the ad all together. It would probably sell a lot faster

 

[wittycow]

Sold!

I will let the new owner chime in. Thanks for all the info and help!

 

[gp277]

First vintage cruiser

I was pleased with the transaction. Wiitcow's description was spot on. I will let everyone know outcome of the axle when I get a chance. I hope to start a build thread......if only i knew how?