Great pics, thanks. Best wishes to you and your wife.
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For Sale Denver, CO 1976 FJ40 unrestored survivor, full mechanical redo 100+ pics 7 year build + ownership thread
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I took walk around videos including underneath etc as requested.
They are broken up in 5 chunks so I could upload them. They show the condition as described.
the only rust is rear sill, and its not bad, cosmetic, the actual channel seen in video 3 from underneath is still structurally sound.
so here's the videos, not great camera work, pretty shaky, but keyed in on any cosmetic flaws. They make the most sense in order
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76 walkaround4
5: kept calling it sound deadening, it's actually for heat not sound on the drivers foot well.
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They are broken up in 5 chunks so I could upload them. They show the condition as described.
the only rust is rear sill, and its not bad, cosmetic, the actual channel seen in video 3 from underneath is still structurally sound.
so here's the videos, not great camera work, pretty shaky, but keyed in on any cosmetic flaws. They make the most sense in order
1:
2:
3:
76 walkaround3
4:
76 walkaround4
5: kept calling it sound deadening, it's actually for heat not sound on the drivers foot well.
76walkaround5
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today after my sweet pro videographer work
The manuals can go, the two ads will stay
The red 76 ad is a multi pager center-fold. I'll keep that
PRO TIP:
Don't ever add these up, it will make you seriously reconsider your life goals (and asking prices)
The shirt stays too, it and the adverts were given to me by a friend, who may or may not have done the art work
which may or may not be this truck
I have multiple stickers, so I suppose that can go
The manuals can go, the two ads will stay
The red 76 ad is a multi pager center-fold. I'll keep that
PRO TIP:
Don't ever add these up, it will make you seriously reconsider your life goals (and asking prices)
The shirt stays too, it and the adverts were given to me by a friend, who may or may not have done the art work
which may or may not be this truck
I have multiple stickers, so I suppose that can go
This is a beautiful truck, perfect. Best of luck with the sale and all that brought it on.
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Just to let everyone know, the truck has sold this morning to the first person in line.
a real nice guy from San Francisco...
Thanks for all the kind words, and well wishes, the Toyota 4x4 community is so solid and never ceases to amaze me for the civility respect, and consideration shared virtually across this community!
Mike S
a real nice guy from San Francisco...
Thanks for all the kind words, and well wishes, the Toyota 4x4 community is so solid and never ceases to amaze me for the civility respect, and consideration shared virtually across this community!
Mike S
Mike,
I’m very happy you got this sold quickly—I am just so sorry for the circumstances that made it necessary. I wish you and your family all the best. It was great to get to talk with you.
I look forward to your next build thread.
I’m very happy you got this sold quickly—I am just so sorry for the circumstances that made it necessary. I wish you and your family all the best. It was great to get to talk with you.
I look forward to your next build thread.
Mike,
Thank You for letting me pry that gorgeous 40 outta your hands; I promise to be a good steward of your work since you did such a marvelous job.
I guess I’ll be splitting time between my long time 80 family and my newly discovered 40 family; sounds like a great problem to have !!
Thanks again Mike for a great transaction and wishing you and your family well in these less than ideal circumstances.
Cheers, Jonathan
Thank You for letting me pry that gorgeous 40 outta your hands; I promise to be a good steward of your work since you did such a marvelous job.
I guess I’ll be splitting time between my long time 80 family and my newly discovered 40 family; sounds like a great problem to have !!
Thanks again Mike for a great transaction and wishing you and your family well in these less than ideal circumstances.
Cheers, Jonathan
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Man now I am gunna have to give Santa a new Pickup Address, Congrats on the sale and wishing you all the best, hopefully there will be future builds down the track to follow along when things level out.
I was late to this one, should the buyer change his mind let me know.
I’m also near SF, I’m curious to see how the registration process goes considering this vehicle is in Colorado and will require a CA Smog check to be registered here. 
I’m also near SF, I’m curious to see how the registration process goes considering this vehicle is in Colorado and will require a CA Smog check to be registered here.
Yeah, it will be ‘fun’ to say the least !
I have a good track record, 2 ‘unusual’ cruisers registered in CA in the last three years, so I always feel there is a way.......
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it will get registered fine. straight up, retard timing to sea level, bump idle to 750...the thing is straight up legit emissions wise and every other way.
it is a federal emissions 76 40 with all smog equiptment in tact better than original (I bought several sets of components) to pass Colorado emissions, same as California, to.the tune of several thousand dollars 5 years ago, no tricks needes. Smog passed last week as it did 5 years ago in colorado for collector plates...same laws.
its pure. reason I went through what I did with 76 and up, eyes wide open.
75 woulda been easuer, but no nicer survivor I had found after a several years long search...
if Jonathan wants his money back, he knows where to get it
it is a federal emissions 76 40 with all smog equiptment in tact better than original (I bought several sets of components) to pass Colorado emissions, same as California, to.the tune of several thousand dollars 5 years ago, no tricks needes. Smog passed last week as it did 5 years ago in colorado for collector plates...same laws.
its pure. reason I went through what I did with 76 and up, eyes wide open.
75 woulda been easuer, but no nicer survivor I had found after a several years long search...
if Jonathan wants his money back, he knows where to get it
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100% agree. Appreciate your restraint on the cosmetics. It's lived an easy life. No need to disconnect the history. It's beautiful.its done, its been done.
the last pics above were last thursday
it sits in my garage, I think 2800 miles from when I bought it to its current 49400 miles.
there is nothing left to do.
cosmetics would be next, but I dont want to do that, it is too nice, all original paint etc. cosmetically it is not perfect, but I cant justify it on this one.
I have done the cosmetics before, like this one, but it was beat, and left for dead so it was the right thing to do on this 69:
1969 FJ40 hot mess to minty fresh or..spring green fresh?
I joined facebook to document this. but I've tired of facebook. So i'll be transferring all this over to here for future reference. A bit of background: a buddy decided he wanted to do a group project to rescue an fj40 and preserve it. Well... yea. 2 years later it's almost done. This...risingsun4x4club.org
i could do that cosmetic work to this one, but it wouldnt be the right thing. this was my forever 40, looked for a very long time to find it, took my time with it. it is very nice, and I wish I could keep it, but I cant.
reason I am selling, is the same reason I sold for a loss my 65 fj45lpb last year I bought from clemsoncruiser.
This has to be one of my favorite threads in a while. Your media is high quality 'cruiser porn at it's finest. Congrats on sale.
Very sweet!
This is a grail truck for sure! Congrats @cme4lyt