Just looked at a 1987 fj 60, red, 139K, great interior, well taken care of, 3rd owner, clean engine bay, fluids full, dry as a bone underneath, no frame rust, recently replaced exhaust, rebuilt carb, air blows colddd, but plenty of rust. Passenger side rusted through front wheel well, along the side and through one door, some more topical stuff on the driver side.
I took off down the road excited as hell because I like the feel of this one and a stop sign popped out of nowhere leaving me in a minor skid, but enough to get my heart going. The brakes aren't mushy, just different, and I've never driven a 5300 lb vehicle before.
Do the brakes on 60's tend to be on the weak side? or should I be looking into fixing these? They don't seem squishy like master cylinder is going, and there's no gunk on the brakes themselves, but they don't seem enough to stop me quick enough if some little kid chases a ball into the street, but I'm new to big vehicles. Biggest I've driven is my 240 volvo wagon. Am I driving too fast?
Anyway, he's looking for $1300 for this cruiser and I'm hard pressed to find a reason not to dive in with my first 60, even though it's rusted badly.(though not frame)
Am I making a bad decision?
And just one more question...why do toyotas rust so badly. My 1987 volvo wagon doesn't have a spot on it and it's been outside of a garage driven every winter since we bought her in 1988.
Anyway, thanks for all of the great info on this forum, I'm feeling ready to get greasy, though nowhere near mechanically experienced.
Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Goulds
I took off down the road excited as hell because I like the feel of this one and a stop sign popped out of nowhere leaving me in a minor skid, but enough to get my heart going. The brakes aren't mushy, just different, and I've never driven a 5300 lb vehicle before.
Do the brakes on 60's tend to be on the weak side? or should I be looking into fixing these? They don't seem squishy like master cylinder is going, and there's no gunk on the brakes themselves, but they don't seem enough to stop me quick enough if some little kid chases a ball into the street, but I'm new to big vehicles. Biggest I've driven is my 240 volvo wagon. Am I driving too fast?
Anyway, he's looking for $1300 for this cruiser and I'm hard pressed to find a reason not to dive in with my first 60, even though it's rusted badly.(though not frame)
Am I making a bad decision?
And just one more question...why do toyotas rust so badly. My 1987 volvo wagon doesn't have a spot on it and it's been outside of a garage driven every winter since we bought her in 1988.
Anyway, thanks for all of the great info on this forum, I'm feeling ready to get greasy, though nowhere near mechanically experienced.
Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Goulds