Fellow knights,
With a heavy heart and after much deliberation I have decided to pass my noble steed to a more worthy rider.
Some of you know that I purchased my '76 FJ55 almost two years ago from Casey Campbell, who had purchased it not too long before that from Todd Kaderabek. In the 20 months or so that I've owned the truck, I've taken her wheeling about 5 times. Wheeling just isn't a big part of my life any more. I own three other Land Cruisers, which fulfill the daily driver, expedition/camping/fishing, and grunt firewood hauler roles, so the Pig sits in waiting as the dedicated "just for fun" trail rig. I love the truck but I'm not doing it justice and out of respect for the beast I think I should pass it on. It doesn't deserve to sit rusting in my yard.
Some technical details:
1976 FJ55
~170K miles (168,7xx on odo)
17K on rebuilt 2F (Toyota dealer, have receipts) RUNS LIKE A TOP!
6K on rebuilt transmission, rebuilt transfer case (with 2Low added), new clutch and new brakes.
Custom "low SOA" by Lance Williams with custom springs and shaved perches.
Custom front and rear bumpers by Lance Willliams.
Custom sliders welded in place of the rockers by Lance Williams
Anti-wrap bar
Minitruck power steering
Brand new OEM water pump, August '06
RS9000 shocks
Rear Powertrax No Slip automatic locker
4 35x12.5x15 MTR's with at least 75% tread
1 SSR spare
5 10"x15" (2.5" backspace) Rock Crawler wheels
Warn 8274-50
AM/FM/Cassette with 4 speakers
CB
No emissions
about 300 miles on:
- FJ60 birfs and knuckles
- 4Runner brake calipers
- Marlin Hi Steer with FJ80 TRE's and custom drag link and tie rod
The bad:
Body:
- Holes in driver's floor, DS rear passenger door jamb, couple other places. Wheel well edges are pretty ragged. Rear quarters have a lot of bondo. Bits of surface rust all around. Holes in roof plugged with some kind of gooey caulk stuff. This is a trail rig body, lots of crooked panels, etc.
- Front bench seat completely worn out. I've purchased an Iron Pig Off Road front seat bracket and bucket seats and a Tuffy center console. These go with the truck if you want them. If not, I'll sell them separately..
Mechanical:
- the front diff is making a bad noise when decelerating in 4WD. It started right after the front axle rebuild, and I think it didn't make noise before that only because one of the hubs was missing a part so I was really in three wheel drive... I have no idea what is wrong but this is pretty much the only thing that worries me about the truck. UPDATE: AS OF MID AUGUST THE FRONT DIFF IS NO LONGER MAKING BAD NOISES AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL IS WORKING FINE. I HAVE NOT OPENED IT TO INSPECT IT.
I'm not lookiog to make money, just hoping to pass the Pig on to a worthy knight. I'm asking $5000, which is pretty firm, and I'm losing money at that price. We can work out transportation. The truck is in Marquette, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula, near Lake Superior...
Pics:
Most of the rest of the pics are from before I owned it: http://www.rooney.org/tlc/FJ55/
With a heavy heart and after much deliberation I have decided to pass my noble steed to a more worthy rider.
Some of you know that I purchased my '76 FJ55 almost two years ago from Casey Campbell, who had purchased it not too long before that from Todd Kaderabek. In the 20 months or so that I've owned the truck, I've taken her wheeling about 5 times. Wheeling just isn't a big part of my life any more. I own three other Land Cruisers, which fulfill the daily driver, expedition/camping/fishing, and grunt firewood hauler roles, so the Pig sits in waiting as the dedicated "just for fun" trail rig. I love the truck but I'm not doing it justice and out of respect for the beast I think I should pass it on. It doesn't deserve to sit rusting in my yard.
Some technical details:
1976 FJ55
~170K miles (168,7xx on odo)
17K on rebuilt 2F (Toyota dealer, have receipts) RUNS LIKE A TOP!
6K on rebuilt transmission, rebuilt transfer case (with 2Low added), new clutch and new brakes.
Custom "low SOA" by Lance Williams with custom springs and shaved perches.
Custom front and rear bumpers by Lance Willliams.
Custom sliders welded in place of the rockers by Lance Williams
Anti-wrap bar
Minitruck power steering
Brand new OEM water pump, August '06
RS9000 shocks
Rear Powertrax No Slip automatic locker
4 35x12.5x15 MTR's with at least 75% tread
1 SSR spare
5 10"x15" (2.5" backspace) Rock Crawler wheels
Warn 8274-50
AM/FM/Cassette with 4 speakers
CB
No emissions
about 300 miles on:
- FJ60 birfs and knuckles
- 4Runner brake calipers
- Marlin Hi Steer with FJ80 TRE's and custom drag link and tie rod
The bad:
Body:
- Holes in driver's floor, DS rear passenger door jamb, couple other places. Wheel well edges are pretty ragged. Rear quarters have a lot of bondo. Bits of surface rust all around. Holes in roof plugged with some kind of gooey caulk stuff. This is a trail rig body, lots of crooked panels, etc.
- Front bench seat completely worn out. I've purchased an Iron Pig Off Road front seat bracket and bucket seats and a Tuffy center console. These go with the truck if you want them. If not, I'll sell them separately..
Mechanical:
- the front diff is making a bad noise when decelerating in 4WD. It started right after the front axle rebuild, and I think it didn't make noise before that only because one of the hubs was missing a part so I was really in three wheel drive... I have no idea what is wrong but this is pretty much the only thing that worries me about the truck. UPDATE: AS OF MID AUGUST THE FRONT DIFF IS NO LONGER MAKING BAD NOISES AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL IS WORKING FINE. I HAVE NOT OPENED IT TO INSPECT IT.
I'm not lookiog to make money, just hoping to pass the Pig on to a worthy knight. I'm asking $5000, which is pretty firm, and I'm losing money at that price. We can work out transportation. The truck is in Marquette, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula, near Lake Superior...
Pics:
Most of the rest of the pics are from before I owned it: http://www.rooney.org/tlc/FJ55/
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