1990 FJ62 - considering buying - any issues??

[bentonrover]

Buying old vehicles with the plug and play speedo is always a gamble. Who knows what the actual milage are on these thing. Especially if they never drive it. Hope all is good on your end

 

[Benjaman]

I've owned a 62 for a while and if I had to do it all over, I'd buy a 60 or 80. The 62 was a cross over for Toyota, and they cut corners and did some really halfass stuff. For $9500., I'd buy a 96 fj80, or spend half that on a 87 fj60.

 

[umpqua]

Does anyone else troll old what it's worth threads for the fun of it? What a difference a decade makes! Going out to look at a 90 Fj62 today with perfect interior and 180K on the clock. Asking is near what the dealerships in this thread were asking and I think I am getting a DEAL!

Hey, yeah I was reading this thread and thinking dang, I thought mine would be worth 9K but not with all these comments. Pretty amazing what a few commercials with a 60 series in it will do for the value 10 years later. Suddenly the masses may think they are cool rigs?

I can't agree with you Benjaman. Yeah, the 62 had the square headlights and the auto but I fixed all of that. Mine just went through DEQ and was described by the tech as "super clean" running and with almost 290K it seems to be running better than it ever has. Just the other day I was driving down the road and looked in the vibrating drivers side rear view mirror with Dixie dogs lab head out the window and thought to myself.....not that's cool.

Land Cruiser on........

 

[Benjaman]

Sure the 62 shortcomings can be replaced, but for anyone that just want to buy and drive, without a bunch of little issues, imo they are better off with a 60 or 80. I've had no issues with mine that would leave me on the side of the road. It's all the small crap that was done halfass, like power windows, funky Fi system, very inefficient auto trans, and yes, the worst light output from the 4x6 headlamps.

A lot of the parts are very costly because of the fj62 2 year model run.

I love my 62, and hope I never need to sell it. I'm just saying if I'd done more research, I would have gone with an 80 or 60.

 

[umpqua]

Sure the 62 shortcomings can be replaced, but for anyone that just want to buy and drive, without a bunch of little issues, imo they are better off with a 60 or 80. I've had no issues with mine that would leave me on the side of the road. It's all the small crap that was done halfass, like power windows, funky Fi system, very inefficient auto trans, and yes, the worst light output from the 4x6 headlamps.

A lot of the parts are very costly because of the fj62 2 year model run.

I love my 62, and hope I never need to sell it. I'm just saying if I'd done more research, I would have gone with an 80 or 60.

Yeah, I'd rather have manual windows but I'd also rather have the efi than the carb. I've got mine dialed in but it's been after a lot of time and money.

 

[red66toy]

All LC parts are costly. 62 parts are no more expensive. The biggest problem is parts availability. A serious concern for 60s and 80s as well but the few unique 62 parts make it a bit harder.
The FJ62 is an awesome vehicle.

 

[SteveH]

I owned my '95 80 series for most of 10 years. It developed compression issues and had clattery Birfields from 75K forward. It would out-wheel my '62 for sure, but my '62 has 50K more miles (251K), a tighter engine, more legroom, and has loads more charm. The 80 was a bloated luxo-wagon.

You don't own a '60 or a '62 because it's the very best at anything. It's a product of its times, which is both good and bad. (Fully agree on the inefficient trans and sucky headlights).