Stock Fj-40 Tires?

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I would like to know for my resto, what is the stock tires of the 1978 FJ-40? were they the older style willy's jeep WWII style tread or were they something different and anyone know links to where i could buy them? also can anyone get me a pic of a front tire/wheel/hubcap/warn hub(landpimp) of a FJ40 for some refrence pics........ :bounce: thanks alot ya'all!
 
Cruiserparts.net is selling some "stock" OEM tires. I think he was asking 175 a piece!~! I have two of them but they are by no means in new condition.

They were Dunlop Sno Cruisers. I dont know what years they were for. but anyway.
He has a few pics on line of the tread and what not. Heres one of the two I have.

This tire wheel and warn premium hub is off a 1975 FJ 40.
 
thanks zetasig. you even included a pic! thanks a ton man! my questions have been answered!
 
yep Dunlop Snow Cruisers, H78x15, which is about a 235/75/15. This tire is new(but vintage 1982)
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this is what a 235/75 looks like
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they are about 28" tall
 
AFAIK, Toyota went directly from the RK3 in the 1960s to the SnowCruiser in the 70s. The pic that zetasig has is of what I believe was called a Weathermaster. I have seen these on cruisers before, but do NOT believe they were stock.

I have a couple of sets of snowCruisers as well as a couple of sets of RK3s. I only put the RK3s on for very special occasions. Here's a side by side comparison of the three
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Those Rk3 look cool...........any still around ?

I had a friend that had Goodyear Suburbanites on his 70 ... they were actually a good tire for off road. ... then he got Armstrong tru-tracs .
 
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not sure what all these are but they are OEM tires
 
John, the first and last pics are of the RK3s. The ones in the middle are the J--p tires velocity2 was referring to.

Bennett, hit me offline to continue discussion on RK3s

Mark
 
John, you are correct on the groove thing! I checked all 11 of my RK3s, and they all have the three groove [like the lower photo] Considering that my collection spans from 64 thru 73, I think that maybe the tire in the first photo is just a rendering.
 
My 1970 FJ40 originally came with the Dunlop RK3, I actually bought a brand new one in a local tire shop around 1985. I've got to dig through the photos to see if they were 2 or 3 groove.

Closest thing out there, but only in 16":
http://www.dunlop.co.jp/tyre_d/wt/tyre/01lineup/4x4/roadtrak.html

The "Heep" tire is just a military NDT, not sure what the original manufacturer was, but I think Dunlop. Everybody made military NDT tires back then. Coker sells them in 15", think they're actually made by Denman. Think they also make the Ford script tires for GPW's.
 
funny driving thru town today I spot 2 wheel/tires on the side of the road for sale, went and looked as they look EXACTLY like Snow Cruisers.............they were not but they were the same. Brand was Town and Country and they were called Snow Something, 235x75x15.
 
i have a set of town and coutrys i got from my neighbor! i need to mount em up as my rears are looking a little rough! lol what a coincidence!
 
Snow Biters are what they were called, I'll have to take a pic of them, if they were free I would have grabed em but the dude wanted $50

Velocity2 said:
i have a set of town and coutrys i got from my neighbor! i need to mount em up as my rears are looking a little rough! lol what a coincidence!
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Cruiser_Nerd said:
My 1970 FJ40 originally came with the Dunlop RK3, I actually bought a brand new one in a local tire shop around 1985. I've got to dig through the photos to see if they were 2 or 3 groove.

Closest thing out there, but only in 16":
http://www.dunlop.co.jp/tyre_d/wt/tyre/01lineup/4x4/roadtrak.html

The "Heep" tire is just a military NDT, not sure what the original manufacturer was, but I think Dunlop. Everybody made military NDT tires back then. Coker sells them in 15", think they're actually made by Denman. Think they also make the Ford script tires for GPW's.
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That is the COOLEST LINK! Made my night! Thanks Jim.
 
my factory 79 spare tire gray clip rim looks like none of the tires so far, my factory white rim tires are closer to the middle one pictured above, which are snow cruisers? past midnight dont feel like going to dig them out to look, lol.
 
82 OEM Snow Cruiser, which was an option, so your might have the standard tires.
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HI^C said:
my factory 79 spare tire gray clip rim looks like none of the tires so far, my factory white rim tires are closer to the middle one pictured above, which are snow cruisers? past midnight dont feel like going to dig them out to look, lol.
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