Wanted FJ40 for My First Car and DD

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If he asking 7500, doubt he will go under 6k for it. If starting out not a bad option tho. Yeah it's got a Chevy motor but parts super cheap and plentiful, and your pops prolly is familiar and could show ya stuff. Some good memories I had with my pops was working on my 65 chevelle. Possible good rig to " cut your teeth on ". If it's your first vehicle, I don't care how careful you try to be, ya gonna bang it up. Keep that in mind. You WILL bang it up. Trust me. Your young, dive in and figure it all out later dude. Just saying, don't be sooo overly cautious, good opportunities cruise by. ( no pun intended ) IMHO . Good luck ! Oh, and after ya get your 40, take it easy on the ladies, they will be flocking ! Hahaha
 
Brysen
My point is shoot for something around 5k that is mechanically sound. Don't be in hurry, the baby blue rig I found would be great cruiser for first car. It looks good and seems to be very reliable without any leaks but needs some body work. I would let my son drive this one but seriously doubt I would let him take my nice one without me in it.:)
When monies tight you will want something that will still drive, not something that looks good but won't run.

Many folks do the Chevy swap, I'm just too much of a purist but whatever floats your boat. Your gonna use and abuse your first car sooner or later plan on it! That's the fun of having a 5k rig instead of a 10k rig. It hurts a lot less with the cheaper one when something happens. I will keep looking but check out the blue one in Augusta, Ga.
Jon
 
So I've decided to go in somewhat of a different direction in my search for a 40 for my first car and daily driver. Long story short I'm going to buy one for about 1-2k with as solid of a body as possible and use the rest of the money in my budget, to fix-build it up over time. That being said does anyone know of any or have one in the 75-78 year range for that price? Needs to be titled as well of course. Will consider a early year if the body is in good shape. Let me know. The help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

-Brysen
 
Brysen, contact me for a '78 diesel BJ40 in Costa Rica, real nice! 10k plus 1200 to ship to Miami. Come on down, inspect and drive it, pay for it and watch it load on the ship! Bill Sswampgass@gmail.com

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I like your spirit but my advice is to get a nice used Camry and save the rest for gas and college. FJ40's are uber-cool, gas guzzling, low performance vehicles. At 16, you need something reliable and cheap you can jump in and drive wherever you need to go in relative comfort. If you buy a $1500 project, you will have $10K (or more...perhaps much more) into it before you know it. Anything on the east coast for less than $5K is going to be a rusted out POS! It's questionable if you will EVER be able to recoup the investment not to mention all the hours that you will have invested.
 
overton said:
I like your spirit but my advice is to get a nice used Camry and save the rest for gas and college. FJ40's are uber-cool, gas guzzling, low performance vehicles. At 16, you need something reliable and cheap you can jump in and drive wherever you need to go in relative comfort. If you buy a $1500 project, you will have $10K (or more...perhaps much more) into it before you know it. Anything on the east coast for less than $5K is going to be a rusted out POS! It's questionable if you will EVER be able to recoup the investment not to mention all the hours that you will have invested.
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Counter opinion: I bought my son a 1971 Land Rover Series lll when he turned 15.
He learned how to drive it ( manual gearbox & RHD ) and drove it until he left for college. He is 28 and still has fond memories of that ole Rover. :)
 
1978HJ45 said:
Counter opinion: I bought my son a 1971 Land Rover Series lll when he turned 15.
He learned how to drive it ( manual gearbox & RHD ) and drove it until he left for college. He is 28 and still has fond memories of that ole Rover. :)
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The words "I bought my son" make all the difference. If you can get Dad to buy it, go for it! :steer:
 
I was referring more to the "joy" of ownership than the "cost" of ownership. :)
 
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