1972 FJ 55 for sale

Location

United States

Hi:


I am selling a 1972 FJ-55 Land Cruiser, and was wondering if you knew of anybody interested. I've attached several pictures, and can send more.


This Iron Pig has been stored inside for the past 12 years, and I just don't have the time to complete it. It was a labor of love, but I got realistic, and I know I probably won't ever finish it. That said, I have all the original parts and many duplicates from two parts trucks, a new custom-made roof, many new or rebuilt parts, and the original F-series engine has undergone a professional rebuild, while all the work done so far has been commensurate with a frame-off restoration. The motor key-starts, but I haven't hooked up the fuel lines, so gas must come from a container. The truck comes with absolutely all the parts, some new, and all original, to finish the job, all you need is time. All the hard work has been done.

The truck is located in a warehouse in Las Vegas, New Mexico, 87701 in an industrial park off of Interstate 25.


These are the main points of what comes with the truck:


3-speed transmission on the


It was a California body tub and frame


New custom-made roof with pressed ridges so that overtime the metal won't fatigue and oil-can like the originals


Absolutely rust free body


New shocks, Alcan springs, shackles, nuts and bolts


New body mounts and hardware


Brand-new brake and clutch cylinders


New fuel lines


Rebuilt, and unused since, motor, installed with new motor mounts.


Rebuilt carburetor by Mark's Offroad


All glass except for windshield, including a working motor to raise and lower the rear tail-gate window


Many extra and duplicate spare parts, such as multiples of doors, etc., which could be sold


Included inside the vehicle are all the original parts and pieces necessary to finish the restoration,


bagged and labeled


Please contact me with any questions. The price is 8000
Evan Emmott
evanemmott@gmail.com

 

[scrapdaddy]

I'd like to know more about that roof. How was it made, you do it and what did you do to the remaining metal, before you welded the new roof on. Rust treatment, etc.


A lot of questions, but I never seen a fabbed up roof before. Looks good and if it's truly a rust free body, this would be a good buy.


Thanks for putting up with me!


Ron

 

[EEMMOTT]

Hi Ron:

I am glad to answer any of your questions, so keep them coming if you want.

The original roof was totally fatigued and oil-canned because it was just one big expanse of metal. I wanted to keep the Pig stock, but was afraid that if I found a good stock roof skin and put it back on, that it would just fatigue again over time.

So, the first task was to find a similiar type roof, but that had pressed ridges, for strength, like the hood on the Pig, which has two pressed ridges. Then I had to find a roof that had exactly the same curvature at the front where it would receive the windshield, and then would mate up with the front pillars.

After A LOT of searching, I found that the 1980s Ford Econoline van met all these specs, but it was much too big. But, I figured, if I cut it carefully in parallel strips along the length, and the at right angles to the length, I could shrink it, while still keeping the pressed rigdes parallel to the run of the vehicle and to each other.

So, I cut off the original roof skin at the spot welds and at the front pillars, and did the same to the Ford roof, which I found in a junk yard.

I shrink the roof down by cutting it into panels as I described, and then I bedded everything with a adhesive/mastic from Eastwood, and used a massive spot welder with a very, very long reach to weld the roof together and to the vehicle without distorting it.

I was pretty nervous, to tell you the truth, while I was doing it, but very proud when it came out the way i wanted it to.

As for the rust, there really was no rust on the tub, since it came from California, only very superficially on spots like the floor of the rear deck where the paint was scratched away from use. I took the entire spot to bare metal and then sprayed it with rust-inhibiting paints from Eastwood, and then undercoated the underside, and filled the inside cavities in the doors, etc, with an Eastwood rust-inhibiting product.

So, yes, there is truly no rust, and it has been stored inside for 12 years, as you can see in the picture.

I moved to Maine 12 years ago, leaving the Pig in inside storage, and thinking I would get it soon, but 12 years later, I don't have the time or space to finish it, and I have to move the cruiser at the end of April from its present location, and so have made up my mind to be realistic and sell it.

I am under the gun, so I am motivated to sell.

Absolutely everything is included to finish the job. The only thing I don't have either new, rebuilt, or stock for it is a rubber kit, for around the doors, lense seals, etc, but that can be bought from SloCruisers brand new.

Hope I answered your questions. Let me know if you have more

 

[scrapdaddy]

Well, that roof idea is pretty slick. I've never seen anybody do that. This the a wagon I would rather start with, than one that was already painted. At least you can see the body condition this way.


Good luck with the sale.