My "what's it worth thread?"

[BANG]

I've never owned an FJ40, been looking for one off and on for years. Had one to suddenly just pop up unexpectedly. Has a 305 or 350 in it, needs new wiring harness. Is this mess worth $1500?

http://s130.photobucket.com/user/BANG_11/library/#/user/BANG_11/library/?sort=3&page=1&_suid=137161039371803697838825029494

 

[FJ404345]

At least it has the form and looks of a FJ40

 

[Leaping Deer]

I've seen people pay more for less.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

It's gonna be a project, but worth the asking price to me. Probably gonna want to act fast. $1500 FJ40's tend to get snatched up pretty quickly.

 

[Chamba]

Flip the bezel and it's probably worth $2,000. I'd say jump on it so long as you are good with your hands. It'll need some serious TLC before it's road worthy by the looks.

 

[edwjmcgrath]

If you're mechanically and electrically talented and persistent, you can buy it and put several hundred hours and $8k into it and you'll have a vehicle worth around $10k.
If you're not, you can buy it, take it apart, buy a bunch of parts and sell it for $1k 3 years from now.
(Sorry, someone had to be the wet blanket.)

It depends on what you want. The cheapest way to get a reasonable drivable fj40 is to buy one from someone who is mechanically and electrically talented who has spent way too much time and money on his.

 

[Chamba]

If you're mechanically and electrically talented and persistent, you can buy it and put several hundred hours and $8k into it and you'll have a vehicle worth around $10k.
If you're not, you can buy it, take it apart, buy a bunch of parts and sell it for $1k 3 years from now.
(Sorry, someone had to be the wet blanket.)

It depends on what you want. The cheapest way to get a reasonable drivable fj40 is to buy one from someone who is mechanically and electrically talented who has spent way too much time and money on his.

Details, details. Money spent on Cruisers does not count; consider it a tithing to the Cruiser gods.

 

[BANG]

The cheapest way to get a reasonable drivable fj40 is to buy one from someone who is mechanically and electrically talented who has spent way too much time and money on his.

I understand and agree with this statement, but that's easier said than done, FJ40's aren't very plentiful around here.

From the pictures I was sent and the few I uploaded to photo bucket, to me it looked like the cowl area is in decent, workable shape. The tub is a different story. Would it be better and or cheaper to replace tub with an aluminum one versus steel replacement panels?

 

[ARCTICMUTT]

Would it be better and or cheaper to replace tub with an aluminum one versus steel replacement panels?

Easier to replace with an aluminum tub but a lot cheaper to replace bad panels yourself

 

[toomanytoyzz]

Easier to replace with an aluminum tub but a lot cheaper to replace bad panels yourself

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The tubs on these are pretty straight and flat. I'm completely reskinning mine. Got about $800 in sheetmetal invested versus $4k+ on a Aquala tub. Keep in mind you will need a pretty hefty allowance for tools to properly repair a tub. If you have these tools you're on the right site to get invaluable info.

 

[cjgoode]

Tools is the key, but you can buy them used off craigslist and sell them and get your money back, sometimes I even sell them for more then I paid. Looks like it has a sidewinder winch on the front, that is really cool, I would love to get one for the rear as it would fit under the bed nicely for a rear winch.