FJ 45

[josh brown]

How much harder is it to find FJ 45s than 40s?

 

[Volcano cruiser]

Josh,
That depends on where you are located. Others can chime in for myself, I don't recall seeing any in person when I was living in the U.S. but I know that folks have them there as I have seen pics on Mud. In South and Central America where I am now, I see two or three on the way to and from work everyday. All still in use as working trucks.

 

[76FJ40]

My son and I have owned several Cruisers over the last 12 years so we're always looking for a solid truck. Over that period, I've only found 2 decent 45s, along bed and a short bed pickup in the mid atlantic.

 

[Fast Eddy]

In sfbay craigslist there are always a dozen or more 40s to choose from. I have only ever seen a half dozen 45s show up in three years.

 

[inkpot]

Howdy! IIRC, they were never originally imported to the US. Lots in Mexico and Canada. Many everywhere else in the world. Lucky us, huh? John

 

[josh brown]

Thanks. Of the FJ 45s in the US, are they well taken care of because only enthusiasts brought them in?

 

[76FJ40]

45s were imported to the US for a few years, ~'64 to '67 IIRC. Mine is a US '65 tagged as a '66 and registered as a '67. Most are now in good hands.

Check the 45 Classified section here on Mud, several 45s are listed, both pickups and Troopies. Most are Canadian, Australian, or South American and many are RHD.

 

[76FJ40]

Here's one that might be a "fixer upper" candidate.


eBay Motors: 1966 TOYOTA LANDCRUISER FJ-45 PICKUP (item 260278755059 end time Aug-30-08 22:01:00 PDT)

 

[Fast Eddy]

Here's one that might be a "fixer upper" candidate.

eBay Motors: 1966 TOYOTA LANDCRUISER FJ-45 PICKUP (item 260278755059 end time Aug-30-08 22:01:00 PDT)

Here's one that would be much less challenging to restore:

1967 FJ45 Landcruiser

 

[patches84]

Mexico never got the Land Cruiser at all, so you would have to go to Guatemala for the closest rigs to the south. Plenty of good quality ones coming in from Australia, though. If you watch Ebay.com.au regularly, you will come across some very nice ones which you can ship to the US for around us$3000 to LA.

As for how much harder it is to find an FJ45 than an FJ40- how long is a piece of string? If you look in the right places and you are willing to do the work, they are fairly plentiful.

Cheers,

Josh

 

[Landpimp]

huh? sure they were....quite a few from 63-67

Howdy! IIRC, they were never originally imported to the US. Lots in Mexico and Canada. Many everywhere else in the world. Lucky us, huh? John

 

[D'Animal]

Here's one that would be much less challenging to restore:

1967 FJ45 Landcruiser

Looks too be a pretty good deal. Non removable top kinda kills it for me.

 

[motoloco]

They are hard to find ANYWHERE in good shape! Good luck with your search

 

[Landpimp]

more like a 63

Looks too be a pretty good deal. Non removable top kinda kills it for me.