For Sale 1972 FJ40 New Mexico

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Stock motor, 3 speed, and t case.

New Mexico vehicle all its life. Can't prove it but I can provide documents going back to 2002. Guy I bought it from kept a ton of reciepts for it.3" notebook with all his papers and some of the previous owners before him. He told me he bought it from the original owners in Albuquerque. I believe him based on how honest he as been with everything. That I found broken or bad on the vehicle. He hadn't once hid anything from me. Good guy.

Gauges work. ODO is fixed and turning again. ALL lights except the headlights are new. Has a new headlight switch.

All the wierd emissions crap is still there that I know of.

Head was redone by Knightons in ABQ. had 2 chipped valves. All cylinders should be above 100. I tested about 8 months ago and that's how I found the chipped valves in the head. The rest looked clean and it seems to run fine now. Your welcome to test them again if you would like.

New paint. Original color. It's not a frame off. The firewall is the original paint. I did not do a frame off because the underside was pretty clean. If I sold it I wanted someone to be able to see the lack of rust. And any body work I had done.

The interior had a few rust bubbles that I had replaced. Mostly around the seatbelt bolt holes. The rockers have been replaced with new metal. The rear bottom was also replaced and patches were put in the quarters that had bad spots. You can see I sprayed the new metal over satin black on the underside. Your welcome to take a magnet to it.

Doors have all new felt, rubber, locks, handles, bolts, etc.

Only weatherstrip reused is the top, bottom, and window of the windshield. Hardtop all around has new strip. Mostly Toyota and CityRacer stuff.

Seatcovers are Cruiser corps. With one tear on the bottom corner. Not really visible unless you are looking for it. Seatframes all repainted. Antique nickel metallic. Closest color I could find and paint them myself.

I learned on this not to go with specter for mats. I'm not a fan of these and the t case shift cover boot. But that's me.

New exhaust. I chose a semi quite muffler the guys kept it pretty much same as before tucked up under the frame rails.


Hardtop was painted inside and out i did not put a headliner in.

255/80/17's on the vehicle with black steel wheels. They have a lot of life left. Super loud on the road tho.

Yellow zinc bolts in most places. Rarely used stainless unless I couldn't find yellow zinc.

Mirrors are original. I painted them black. They look better IMO.

Carb just gone thru by my mechanic. Runs great now.

NEW CLUTCH IN AS OF 6-27-17

wiper fluid bottle on order will be in by 7-2-17

Horn does not work. Hopefully i can get it going by 7-2-17

Rear heater motor isn't turning on as well. I need to figure that out too. I have an extra so I may have that fixed soon.

I think that about covers it. Let me know if you have any questions.
$22,000

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More pics of the underside. The body and paint guy put new metal in in all the spots that had bubbled and primed them. I just painted the underside primer over for now. Wasn't sure if I should coat the underside or paint it at some point.

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Can anyone explain to me how his isn't sold yet??!!! Best color ...rock solid body...button and gauges work...no rust( for real) engine head redone!!!! WTF?
 
Lol. Thanks for the feedback. Hopefully someone takes it. I'm ready to start my 74 and could use the cash. It's going to get expensive quick.
 
I spent over an hour this morning with Tim, checking out this rig. It's the real deal folks. The body guy cut out the rockers and rear sill, welded in replacements, cut out a few spots in the rear quarters, welded patches and did a first rate whole body paint job - interior too. The replacement door weatherstripping makes for a solid 'thunk' when closed. His pix are accurate representations of my eyes/hands on inspection, and I'd be happy to share my impressions with interested parties.
 
Thanks Dana. I appreciate it. It was nice meeting you both as well.

Update on the FJ40:

Just dropped it off to get a new clutch, ordered the wiper washer bottle, and should have the rear heater motor fixed this week.
 
WooHoo:beer:Good for you, Tim:bounce::bounce2:Who needs Ebay? :cheers:
 
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