Aloha Jen

Some from the beautiful island of O’ahu~ The first day it came one with me! Back in the valleys of the Koʻolau mountains. Even though it takes 3rd place in the Land Cruiser lineup…it still makes the lineup!!

Did you check the wire harness behind the dash. Mine (‘75) socket opening was empty as well, but someone has just removed the two screws and the socket was dangling back in the wire harness mess behind the radio area. Worth a check if you...

Hawaii doesn’t have smog inspections… or really any smog, except for what my 40 makes 😛.

I posed the question of whether anyone had seen a repository of information on OE hardware manufacturers and approximate manufacturing timelines. Not much response. But while the majority of folks are content to reassemble their projects with...

Andrea and I will be there in October for 10 days. Meeting up with several cruiser guys.

I’m around. But maybe you missed me because I have been driving my 40 a bit more lately!

Yes, I painted mine a few years before they started using it for TRD pro color, back when it was just called Toyota Dark Green 6V7.

Took it for a windows down drive along the north shore of O’ahu, was rewarded with a nice sunset!

It’s not hard to do, just tedious work. I think we did ours over the course of a weekend with taking lots of breaks. The rear seats were more labor intensive. Also, if your new leather covers are wrinkled when installed, they will iron out after...

New member here, so I just wanted to introduce myself and share some thoughts as a new LC250 owner. I’ve spent most of my life in 4Runners (1997, 2001, 2007, and 2017), and while I’ve always admired Land Cruisers, this is the first one I’ve...

As of a couple years ago you could still get the OEM foam from Toyota. Here is a thread with the part numbers and a good how to on replacing them yourself: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/how-to-replace-your-seat-bottom-foam.504344/

Last month. They had just got the yellow 40 series in that had been around the world.

Nice ‘94, congrats! Even got the cloth seats like I have in my ‘94!! Having had the leather seats in my ‘95, those cloth manual seats are a big upgrade, especially with new OEM foam!

Definitely worth a visit!!

Glad you are safe @Aloha Jen

Grateful you two are safe and unaffected Jen 🙏🏻😇

No cardboard pattern, just eyeballed it with it in the truck and used a box cutter to cut where needed to fit around pillars and seat brackets.

I really like the Costco option. I'll have to check them out to see how thick there are. Weight helps hold the on place. Did you make a pattern out cardboard first? That is the way I would do it.

Just the harbor parking lot flooded in front of our house. I was up at higher ground for all of it, but I saw video of the harbor drained 8-10 ft deep with the boats laying on the ground, then water rushed back in. Luckily the flooding stopped...

Not often Rictor 8's don't cause a lot of damage. +1 for good training operation

Yeah, people evacuated to high ground, all flights in and out of the state cancelled last night, and basically it turned out to be a nothing burger. Better safe than sorry...

PRESS RELEASE | July 30, 2025 Coast Guard orders evacuation of Hawaii harbors, closes ports to inbound traffic Coast Guard Oceania District External Affairs - (808) 265-7748 HONOLULU — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Honolulu has issued an...

Hope you’re staying high and dry tonight and the tsunami doesn’t affect anyone there. My son in Haleiwa loaded his cars and family and headed for higher ground. 🙏🏻

Any chance you have a photo of that bracket you can post or PM me? I may be interested in it if you still have it.

Great backstory! Im sure this will be a very rewarding project for you. But we are going to need way more photos of your 40 inside the engine bay, interior and the exterior! We love photos of 40’s around here 😁.