Hi everybody,
I bought an FJ40 last summer and have been wanting to write a post about it! I ended up picking it up from a guy in Milwaukee who had it stored in an underground garage for the past 5 years. I saw an ad online and went and test drove it. It was a great deal I couldn't pass up. I've always loved the FJ40's but never thought in a million years I'd own one. He didn't put more than 500 miles on it in the 5 years he owned it. He said he bought it from a guy in Chicago who had moved there from Montana. I saw these stickers on the shocks from an offroad club in Montana and searched online and found them. They told me the FJ40 was originally from Montana and that one of the guys in the club actually put the stickers on the shocks 18 years ago when he worked at a car dealership in Montana when it was for sale.
The body and motor are pretty solid. It doesn't have a hard top so I bought a bikini top for it. I had to get the carb rebuilt right away and bought a new steering stabilizer for it. I need to get new shocks for it as the ones on it are super stiff and they've been on it for at least 18 years.. The speedometer doesn't work and I need to get the turn signal switch fixed as it's kind of glitchy. I bought a 1972 turn signal switch for it and it came with 6 wires hanging off of it. Then I noticed my FJ has the rectangular 6 pin connector. Do I need to buy a different turn signal switch?
Here are some pictures of it. I want to upgrade the seatbelts and get a back seat possibly. I wish I lived somewhere I could take it and do some offroading but Wisconsin is pretty limited on places to take it. Thanks for reading!
I bought an FJ40 last summer and have been wanting to write a post about it! I ended up picking it up from a guy in Milwaukee who had it stored in an underground garage for the past 5 years. I saw an ad online and went and test drove it. It was a great deal I couldn't pass up. I've always loved the FJ40's but never thought in a million years I'd own one. He didn't put more than 500 miles on it in the 5 years he owned it. He said he bought it from a guy in Chicago who had moved there from Montana. I saw these stickers on the shocks from an offroad club in Montana and searched online and found them. They told me the FJ40 was originally from Montana and that one of the guys in the club actually put the stickers on the shocks 18 years ago when he worked at a car dealership in Montana when it was for sale.
The body and motor are pretty solid. It doesn't have a hard top so I bought a bikini top for it. I had to get the carb rebuilt right away and bought a new steering stabilizer for it. I need to get new shocks for it as the ones on it are super stiff and they've been on it for at least 18 years.. The speedometer doesn't work and I need to get the turn signal switch fixed as it's kind of glitchy. I bought a 1972 turn signal switch for it and it came with 6 wires hanging off of it. Then I noticed my FJ has the rectangular 6 pin connector. Do I need to buy a different turn signal switch?
Here are some pictures of it. I want to upgrade the seatbelts and get a back seat possibly. I wish I lived somewhere I could take it and do some offroading but Wisconsin is pretty limited on places to take it. Thanks for reading!
