I bought my first Land Cruiser in 2000, it's a 1993 Fzj80. I had a chance to drive one in Egypt on vacation with my parents, needless to say I fell in love. When I got back home I immediately sold my pathfinder and bought an 80. The sickness had started
I found a nice one with lockers and soon had it OME'd and ARB'ed I wheeled it and it was great. But since the sickness had started I wanted more, I wanted my dream vehicle when I was in high school. You see the 40 had always caught my eye but I never was able to own one. In those times it was never practical. In collage I moved from house to house and after it was from one apartment to another. Around 2002 I was ready. I was stable and ready to own a 40. I looked for about a year and found an ideal one about twenty minutes from my home in Belmont Ca. Thanks to Mudrack I got word that a sweet 1982 fj40 in my favorite color Mustard was for sale. I called and arranged a time to meet. The truck was very complete, it had the original tool case, original owners manual, original jack, etc. Everything worked right down to the seat belt buzzer and the interior light. The owner was a fellow cruiser head from Texas, he had brought the truck down to CA but now was having a child and wanted something bigger. He ended up getting a nice 62. The truck had diamond plating on it, I made a deal with owner that if he took the diamond plating off and there was no rust I will buy it on the spot. He did, no rust I had my dream truck
Here are the specs :
1982 fj40
OEM power steering
OEM 16" split rims from Canada
255/85/16 BFG mud terrain
OME suspension
Tuffy center console
Tuffy rear speaker boxes
Alpine stereo
Polk audio marine speakers
Kaymar rear bumper w/camping light
ARB front bumper
Warn 8274
I found a nice one with lockers and soon had it OME'd and ARB'ed I wheeled it and it was great. But since the sickness had started I wanted more, I wanted my dream vehicle when I was in high school. You see the 40 had always caught my eye but I never was able to own one. In those times it was never practical. In collage I moved from house to house and after it was from one apartment to another. Around 2002 I was ready. I was stable and ready to own a 40. I looked for about a year and found an ideal one about twenty minutes from my home in Belmont Ca. Thanks to Mudrack I got word that a sweet 1982 fj40 in my favorite color Mustard was for sale. I called and arranged a time to meet. The truck was very complete, it had the original tool case, original owners manual, original jack, etc. Everything worked right down to the seat belt buzzer and the interior light. The owner was a fellow cruiser head from Texas, he had brought the truck down to CA but now was having a child and wanted something bigger. He ended up getting a nice 62. The truck had diamond plating on it, I made a deal with owner that if he took the diamond plating off and there was no rust I will buy it on the spot. He did, no rust I had my dream truck Here are the specs :1982 fj40
OEM power steering
OEM 16" split rims from Canada
255/85/16 BFG mud terrain
OME suspension
Tuffy center console
Tuffy rear speaker boxes
Alpine stereo
Polk audio marine speakers
Kaymar rear bumper w/camping light
ARB front bumper
Warn 8274
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I forgot to mention the truck came with dual fuel tanks, I had Mudrack custom cruisers fit a factory gas door and goose neck onto the auxiliary fuel tank. I recently got some GT seat-covers which look pretty good an fit excellent. I have a new style ARB bumper waiting for me which I will be installing within the next couple of weeks.
