44 46 or king cab 45 (1 Viewer)

[alberta mac]

I've been thinking of another Cruiser project and am wondering which is more desirable ?
Lengthened 40 into a 44 or 46 or troopy ? or a king cab 45 like below ?

 

[GW Nugget]

It depends... what is your lifestyle. Got kids or do you want to bring others for the jurney or its just you & a buddy most of the time. Do you want to sleep in the back etc. What are you going to use it for? I love all variations of the J4 body. Myself would need a 4 door like a Icon fj44 but really want a fj45 truck.

 

[Vossie]

i would go double cab 45. its the best of both worlds. HOWEVER, its the hardest to pull off in my opinion. ive only ever seen 2 that i thought they got the proportions and looks right. very easy to make it look very bad

 

[White Stripe]

I say 44. A 4 door fj40 is the rig toyota should be making today. Very cool.

 

[Economist LC76]

I like the idea of 44 1/2
J8 frame + J4 body

 

[alberta mac]

Love the 44.5 !

 

[GW Nugget]

I like the idea of 44 1/2
J8 frame + J4 body

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Where did you get the pic? What professional company is making those?

 

[Economist LC76]

Where did you get the pic? What professional company is making those?

Fj43 and fj45 on this photo are from FJ.CO
The last fj44 1/2 it's a joint venture of a photoshop and my dreams

 

[Economist LC76]

FJ43
1982 FJ43 - Matte White - FJ43-108916

FJ45
1981 FJ45 - Beige - FJ45-299237

FJ44 1/2 you need to do yourself

Up to now its just a picture. But I did accurately.
Its a frame (wheelbase) of FZJ80 + a rear part of FJ43. I think this combination is a golden ratio. Both from technical angle (the best suspension + retro minimalistic body) and from visual side (not too long, not too short; cool to travel around the World and comfortable to sleep).
All IMHO

 

[GW Nugget]

FJ43
1982 FJ43 - Matte White - FJ43-108916

FJ45
1981 FJ45 - Beige - FJ45-299237

FJ44 1/2 you need to do yourself

Up to now its just a picture. But I did accurately.
Its a frame (wheelbase) of FZJ80 + a rear part of FJ43. I think this combination is a golden ratio. Both from technical angle (the best suspension + retro minimalistic body) and from visual side (not too long, not too short; cool to travel around the World and comfortable to sleep).
All IMHO

It looks very proportional. Keeps stockish look.

Here is a few more. I don't know how to do photoshop so I did a old school cut paste on the 1st one.

Bobbed troopy with truck top

 

[Economist LC76]

There are so many interesting ideas with 80 series chassis.
A bit too short

or just with a cut

 

[stevebradford]

Just to throw my favourite in.

 

[47coeman]

Yes that is my fav also I think I would do that but I am not sure how many years I have left on this earth, but it is nice to dream.

 

[Tank5]

I have been slowly acquiring the parts to build something similar to this fj45 SWB that was converted into a shorter troopy fj45. I like the proportions, big enough to sleep in but not too long either.

 

[Tank5]

I've been thinking of another Cruiser project and am wondering which is more desirable ?
Lengthened 40 into a 44 or 46 or troopy ? or a king cab 45 like below ?

There are a lot of good ideas here, so have you picked an idea? I need to see someone else build something while mine collects dust.

 

[alberta mac]

It will be the 44.5 right after I start on a stainless half tub coming in the months ahead.

 

[Corbet]

Depends on what you want to use it for. I think Profitts nailed it for a crawler with the Bilstein rig. That 44.5 looks ideal for a classic overlander. I like the ideal of the standard cab 40 series but a FJ45 is a little rough if your tall. And extending one is hard to pull off and look good IMHO.

 

[alberta mac]

Depends on what you want to use it for. I think Profitts nailed it for a crawler with the Bilstein rig. That 44.5 looks ideal for a classic overlander. I like the ideal of the standard cab 40 series but a FJ45 is a little rough if your tall. And extending one is hard to pull off and look good IMHO.

''Exending one'' Yes I was very picky about the length and I have seen others I thought were too short and too long. Mine is the one in my icon and at the bottom.