How is this 40 Pulling This Much $$$ (1 Viewer)

[RustyNailJustin]

I have been at this for a long time and this makes zero sense to me!

Modified 1976 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40

Bid for the chance to own a Modified 1976 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #31,066.

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[Tank5]

That seems like a lot for that rig. Quarantine shopping and dreaming resulted in inflated price maybe?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

 

[RustyNailJustin]

There is NOTHING special about that thing. Not to be a dick but thats a 23K rig absolute tops IMO.
Good for the seller but dam someone is eating it in a bidding war. Buy a James Trecey buggy with a 40 hood and get 100 times the car and less money!

 

[Jdc1]

BAT had been all over the place on 40s. The Broncos are even weirder.

 

[mr jits]

There is NOTHING special about that thing. Not to be a dick but thats a 23K rig absolute tops IMO.
Good for the seller but dam someone is eating it in a bidding war. Buy a James Trecey buggy with a 40 hood and get 100 times the car and less money!

You'd be surprised what people are willing to pay. I sold mine for a very decent price, not 51k, but enough to take the sting off the build for sure.
The build on that thing is "interesting". Cheap front axle, cheap tires, pretty much cheap everything besides the atlas. The more I look at it, the more I see the buyer got hosed.

 

[cruisermatt]

People who don't anything but have a lot of cash will definitely spend a lot for something that looks cool. On a side note did you see the FJ62 that sold for $66K last week? It looked to me like that one got bid up artificially.

 

[RustyNailJustin]

People who don't anything but have a lot of cash will definitely spend a lot for something that looks cool. On a side note did you see the FJ62 that sold for $66K last week? It looked to me like that one got bid up artificially.

That thing is nice but dam WTF! I started polishing my original paint 62 when I watched that auction!

 

[RustyNailJustin]

You'd be surprised what people are willing to pay. I sold mine for a very decent price, not 51k, but enough to take the sting off the build for sure.
The build on that thing is "interesting". Cheap front axle, cheap tires, pretty much cheap everything besides the atlas. The more I look at it, the more I see the buyer got hosed.

I don't believe anyone is dumb enough to spend that kind of money on a marginal ability trail car.

 

[cruisermatt]

I don't believe anyone is dumb enough to spend that kind of money on a marginal ability trail car.

You would be amazed what people buy based on looks or impulse

 

[CreeperSleeper]

And here I sit... I can't even get a bite on mine for $8500!

 

[mr jits]

And here I sit... I can't even get a bite on mine for $8500!

You have velour seats...
That are red....
And no dingle balls from the ceiling....
Just saying.

 

[CreeperSleeper]

You have velour seats...
That are red....
And no dingle balls from the ceiling....
Just saying.

Maybe I should put the seat covers back on...

 

[DangerNoodle]

I'm 100% sure that is Project Beat the Baby by @KStacoma

Builds - Project Beat the Baby- 76 FJ40 -5.3, 4l60, Atlas, Dynatrac 60 etc

I've been out of the wheeling game for 5 years and looking for a reason to get back into it. A co-worker sold me a 76 FJ40 for a deal, so this was the perfect excuse. With my second child on the way in late may, the race is on to get as much done before as possible. The build was supposed to be...

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[74fj40]

Pretty sure that guy sold it on eBay a couple years ago to the guy whose selling it now.