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

[77CJ5]

 

[JohnnyC]

since this is now random pictures of land cruisers....

 

[JohnnyC]

Pics from the expedition to Peru was part of the "University of Tokyo" as well as "Toyota Motor Japan"... pics from the trip and one that was found from that trip a 1956 fj25

FJ25 1956 Vin 1415

Look what I found... need a lot of work, but I think it deserves it.

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This picture is recent and out of Syria. Perhaps the two guys pictured were going for the ‘Retro Rebel’ look. The obvious confusion from the driver in the late model Toyota behind him was evident, “Is he signaling a right turn, or is the passenger just helping the driver as they are singing along to ‘YMCA’ (the theme song for the Syrian liberation)?”

 

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that BTW is the Specters Baja 1000 TLC (Marvś Baja)

In 1973 Four Wheeler staff writer Bill Sanders and Pete Springer entered the Baja 1000 with a Toyota Land Cruiser fueled by an Impco propane conversion kit.

Sanders and Springer not only finished the race but ended up winning the 1973 Baja 1000...the 1st win for a Toyota Land Cruiser.

Some of the accesories found on the baja1000 winning Land Cruiser are from Hickey Enterprises.

Baja FJ40??

Anybody know of this fj40? Supposedly it raced in the baja 1000 in the early 70s and had a turbo on the engine. Would be interesting to know more of the tech aspects of the vehicle and where its located. Below is all the info I could find. Supposedly toyota trails in 2012 did a small article on...

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Vic Hickey was a big name in Baja the early years

Vic Hickey

I had been looking into finding and talking to Vic Hickey and maybe getting some old literature and or photos of cruisers from him...but...i have found that Vic had passed away of natural causes on June 13, 2003. I thought I would share what I had found: This is from the "Off Road Hall of...

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Bill Sanders and Pete Springer at Marvś Memorial at SOR

 

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[archie73]

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This is kinda awesome. I’d be proud to own this.

 

[77CJ5]

 

[JohnnyC]

a picture back when Fidel Castro drove around in a land cruiser

link: Fidel Castro's FJ25 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/fidel-castros-fj25.68294/



pic from @Landpimp

and another from the thread from cuba screenshot from @GetsUThere:

 

[77CJ5]

 

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[Bear]

So hard to believe those are from the same company !

 

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[JohnnyC]

pictures from the 95?' Catamount Cruiser Challenge in catamount MA i think this was the second CCC?

this event was by totally land cruisers in NJ before the Yankee Toys was formed and changed to the Fall Gathering yearly event... the last picture has a shot of Pat Halpin past president of TLCA (97-99ish?) wearing the CCC shirt

 

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[Otis]

A So CA TLCA wheeling trip in the CA desert in 1992 that ended with a broken birfield... (green FJ40) and broken pinion (white FJ40)... My brown FJ40 used as an anchor for the CJ5 (not good!) to winch up 40's up the hill...