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Not mine but a great price for the condition:
Amazing Original: 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 For Sale-
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Amazing Original: 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 For Sale-
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For Sale Amazing Original: 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40
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Don't think the engine is a 1F is it? F155 sticker?
I'm not an expert by any means but my 1F had a F135 sticker.
I'm not an expert by any means but my 1F had a F135 sticker.
Wow.. hard to believe that is original paint... but I don't see any evidence to the contrary (except maybe some texture I wouldn't expect to see)... what do others think? Is that really all original?
Bet it ain't. Lots of wear on the spare for only 71K, but maybe. Engine lift hook is painted flat black and original was probably gold cad plated. Same for other fasteners on engine. Coolant overflow bottle is wrong. Radiator hoses and clamps are wrong. Radiator and valve cover are too fresh as noted in ad. Looks like the soft top footman loops on the back of the body have been painted. Could all be just maintenance changes, but I'd want to see it in person before I believed it to be original. Paint in the bed just looks too new. Still, it's a mighty nice rig.
I have an April of 73 that was very original with 105000 miles on it when we restored it.
I don't think this truck is all original. The overflow bottle on the radiator is added, cause it just drips on the ground otherwise from the factory. The engine hook was black on mine, however, the factory paint on the valve cover, air cleaner, radiator, etc... was gloss black. Yes age and such will dull paint, but that engine does not show signs that it is old dulled paint, it looks like lots of new flat black paint sprayed on it. The front bumper is pretty shiny, but the frame horns behind it and the tow hooks are all flat black too. So are the bolt heads, these I believe should have been gold zinc. The hood hooks should be body colored, the rear footman loops were body colored.
The jack handles seem to be in the wrong place, Mine are on top of the fender under that seat, not on the side, I have never seen them there. The headliner has been replaced, which is a shame, cause the original should have been in good shape still. The factory liner does not have a seam going across it. It had a fused seam running length ways, Spector sells a liner with a sewed seam going sideways, that is what that one looks like to me.
Paint may be original, looks like they waxed the piss out of it, you can see the dull areas on the front grill hinge and the rear door hinges where they couldn't buff very well. Rear floor is pretty fresh looking, as if no one ever touched it with anything. But even if you had a rug, or blanket or something over the rear area, it would still rub the paint off the ribs after 70K miles of vibrations and sliding around, I think. Looks like the rear license plate lamp has been re-painted black and a ground wire added to the rear door hinge, cause the light has a hard time grounding through the hinge and illuminating properly. No factory rear step.
I notice a new shock absorber on it, factory was black or maybe blue colored.
Just can't tell if that is totally legit, but I think it has defintly been refreshed a bit.
I don't think this truck is all original. The overflow bottle on the radiator is added, cause it just drips on the ground otherwise from the factory. The engine hook was black on mine, however, the factory paint on the valve cover, air cleaner, radiator, etc... was gloss black. Yes age and such will dull paint, but that engine does not show signs that it is old dulled paint, it looks like lots of new flat black paint sprayed on it. The front bumper is pretty shiny, but the frame horns behind it and the tow hooks are all flat black too. So are the bolt heads, these I believe should have been gold zinc. The hood hooks should be body colored, the rear footman loops were body colored.
The jack handles seem to be in the wrong place, Mine are on top of the fender under that seat, not on the side, I have never seen them there. The headliner has been replaced, which is a shame, cause the original should have been in good shape still. The factory liner does not have a seam going across it. It had a fused seam running length ways, Spector sells a liner with a sewed seam going sideways, that is what that one looks like to me.
Paint may be original, looks like they waxed the piss out of it, you can see the dull areas on the front grill hinge and the rear door hinges where they couldn't buff very well. Rear floor is pretty fresh looking, as if no one ever touched it with anything. But even if you had a rug, or blanket or something over the rear area, it would still rub the paint off the ribs after 70K miles of vibrations and sliding around, I think. Looks like the rear license plate lamp has been re-painted black and a ground wire added to the rear door hinge, cause the light has a hard time grounding through the hinge and illuminating properly. No factory rear step.
I notice a new shock absorber on it, factory was black or maybe blue colored.
Just can't tell if that is totally legit, but I think it has defintly been refreshed a bit.
It's a 1F. Valve cover is a dead giveaway
Note shiny paint under front fender vs. rear wheel well.
Obvious repaint.
Also it's been converted to floor shift.
There are actually two photos of the interior that show before and after pics of spraying paint over some rust at the right edge of the tranny hump.
Also it's been converted to floor shift.
There are actually two photos of the interior that show before and after pics of spraying paint over some rust at the right edge of the tranny hump.
I don't believe the claim of original paint. One of things I noticed were the pads on the top of the bib where the hood sits are missing. Probably for the repaint. A cruiser with that many miles the paint would be well worn under where the pads would be.
Here is the 70 I ended up buying this last summer. https://forum.ih8mud.com/vehicles-trailers-sale-wanted/487425-one-owner-70-fj40.html About the same amount of miles. Original paint. But I can tell the PO painted under the front fenders. The runnng boards need to go back to the original color. I'm slowly going to take it back to stock. But the original paint will not be painted over. It is waxing up nicely but still has the few clips you would expect for a forty year old vehicle. This was a one owner cruiser which I have everything to prove he was the first owner. This came with the complete tool kit, the trouble light, owner's manual, it even has the original warranty card with his name, dealer name and date of purchase. I did pay is asking price which I fell was fair market value. Do people really feel the asking price for the 72 was a good deal?
In 72 the floor shift was a option that was on a lot of FJ40s. This was always a option on the FJ40 back to 61. It just wasn't being installed in FJ40s imported to the US until 72. Then in 73 the column shift was gone.