Media FJ40 Pics from "Back in the day" (70's, 80's) (8 Viewers)

[Greek Cruiserhead]

In retrospect, the comments I made about the Land Rover were not kind, and full disclosure I do have several of them myself and so poking a bit of fun at myself. For those Yemenis or Omanis those trucks are more valued than their wives. The fishermen use them to drag out huge nets at the beach and carry home their camel. So, my apologies if anyone is/was offended. Mea culpa.

No offence is committed!

Cheers, Demetrios
ex-LR owner (1988 Defender 90 ST, V8 petrol engine)...

 

[77CJ5]

 

[Living in the Past]

No offence is committed!

Cheers, Demetrios
ex-LR owner (1988 Defender 90 ST, V8 petrol engine)...

Land Rover is a British icon like Jeep is an American icon. But neither is owned by a company where they were originally built. Which brings up the question if there is only one Jeep which one is it. Willy's Overland built the first Jeep but it was based on a design by Bantam. The US government decided Bantam was big enough for job and gave the contract to Willy's.

All the while Land Cruiser has always been a Toyota.

 

[charliemeyer007]

Stillantless has killed JEEPS.

 

[Michael B]

I think AMC and Chrysler beat Stillantis to the punch.

 

[Greek Cruiserhead]

In retrospect, the comments I made about the Land Rover were not kind, and full disclosure I do have several of them myself and so poking a bit of fun at myself. For those Yemenis or Omanis those trucks are more valued than their wives. The fishermen use them to drag out huge nets at the beach and carry home their camel. So, my apologies if anyone is/was offended. Mea culpa.

Back in the day....

Demetrios
ex-LR owner (1988 Defender 90 ST, V8 petrol engine)

PS. Still no offence is committed, Lol!

 

[77CJ5]

 

[devo]

 

[JuanJ]

Land Rover is a British icon like Jeep is an American icon. But neither is owned by a company where they were originally built. Which brings up the question if there is only one Jeep which one is it. Willy's Overland built the first Jeep but it was based on a design by Bantam. The US government decided Bantam was big enough for job and gave the contract to Willy's.

All the while Land Cruiser has always been a Toyota.

Hello,

Land Rover's parent company changed hands a bit too often. At some point, the powers that be decided that quality was not a concern. They also decided that design improvements to keep up with regulations were not necessary.

Jeep's parent company changed hands often as well. In my humble opinion, the last owner that cared about making a decent product was AMC. Then Chrysler took over and the rest is history.

In the meantime, Land Cruiser ownership remained in a single company, and there was interest in keeping up with quality and compliance to keep the design relevant.

It is a cautionary tale about how poor decisions kill everything.





Juan

 

[charliemeyer007]

It's always the bean counters short sighted view that profit is the only consideration. In the long run there is no profit when the company goes bankrupt because no one is buying your over priced crappy product. Dear John and Boeing will soon find that out. Jeeps were getting better when Mercedes owned them - but even they couldn't hemorrhage enough money to fix the issue.

I think even Toyota and Honda aren't as good as they were. Still light years ahead of Recall King Ford.

 

[JuanJ]

It's always the bean counters short sighted view that profit is the only consideration. In the long run there is no profit when the company goes bankrupt because no one is buying your over priced crappy product. Dear John and Boeing will soon find that out. Jeeps were getting better when Mercedes owned them - but even they couldn't hemorrhage enough money to fix the issue.

I think even Toyota and Honda aren't as good as they were. Still light years ahead of Recall King Ford.

Hello,

Bean counters have such short sight. So do business school graduates, who are glorified bean counters. Both are obsessed with profit, and forget everything else.

Yes, companies sell products to make money. Bean counters sacrifice quality, compliance and relevance to extract every penny, and then complain when no one wants the crappy products the company produces under the profit-above-everything scheme.







Juan

 

[77CJ5]

 

[77CJ5]

Middle Eastern Oil Field (circa mid-80s):

 

[devo]

85 miles per hour on the open road!

 

[1969FJ]

85 miles per hour on the open road!

I do not believe mine could do 85 dropped from a plane ???

 

[Greek Cruiserhead]

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What a great pic, isn't it?

 

[77CJ5]

What a great pic, isn't it?

Another shot:

 

[Greek Cruiserhead]

An abandoned vehicle/hulk or a resto project?...

 

[charliemeyer007]

Parked on the wrong side of town.

 

[Michael B]

An abandoned vehicle/hulk or a resto project?...

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It’s a parts truck and I need those vent windows.