I can't believe I'm doing this, but I need to give up some more impractical items in my life. I bought the 40 three years ago thinking I'd magically turn into a gearhead and wheel her on a weekly basis, and virtually none of that has happened. She's been in a garage for 15 of the past 24 months, which just sucks
A bit of history on the car: I bought it in 2008 from a guy off MUD in Wisconsin who put some serious time, love and money into the truck. He spent four years taking everything down to the frame and building it up to be a very capable, dependable machine. I then took it and stripped it down to the bare metal and had a professional paint job done. It looks absolutely fantastic. We also beat out all the dents and covered some of the pounded out areas with diamondplate. The diamondplate has been seam-welded and then sealed so no water has gotten between it and the body behind it. I know a lot of people are weary of buying trucks with DP, but this wasn't just a screw-on-DP job. I just drove 5 hours to New York City and back, going 65-70 the entire way. She's been garaged for every winter, barely has seen salt and snow.
Specs:
1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40
1972 Toyota F Engine- compression is 120 across all 6 cylinders
Holley carb
sprung over: reversed stock springs front, fj60 springs rear
cut and turned front axle
Aussie locker front
Bilstein 5125 on all four corners
SM420 tranny; 3 speed transfer case (70:1 crawl ratio)
35" Goodyear Wrangler MT-Rs, lots of tread on rears, fronts have slightly less picture is of rear tire
four wheel disc
Hysteer, saginaw power steering
Bolt-on hitch receiver
New paint job, two years old
EZ Wiring harness
RoundEyes headlights (they're awesome)
CB Radio with 5ft K40 antenna and PA system
Amp with speaker box, aux cord
Full cage
Corbeau Baja SS Suspension seats with 5-point Crow harnesses (4 pts installed)
Full top, vinyl half doors, bikini top
Other info:
When I installed the Cobeaus to the cage, I had to take out the stock gas tank. I had plans to fabricate my own tank, but never had time. Right now, all that's there is a Geo Metro 10 gallon tank under the truck. I've heard S-10 tanks work well under the bed, but I just never got around to installing one. I'll include two 5-gal jerry cans with the sale. It's a bit of a pain to have a 10-gal tank, but whatever. Also, the gas guage is less than reliable with the new tank, but it gives you a general idea.
Just replaced the head gasket, just a few drops/night from the transfer case.
One of the brackets to hold the windshield up has pulled out from the dash; that's a rather quick weld job, though.
I've had to add those ugly fenders and mudflaps because one cop near me has decided to pull me over every time he sees me. It's all very easily removable.
Only heater's low setting works, although right now it's blowing a fuse, so gotta look into that.
windshield wipers only work on constant (otherwise fuse blown)
BIKE RACK NOT INCLUDED
Right now, horn switch is broken and speedo cable needs replacing. I hope to get that done in the next week, but if it doesn't I'd be happy to take the cost of parts plus some off whatever our agreed price is.
I'm sure I'm missing other weird idiosyncratic things that I've become accustomed to,
$11k OBO
LOCATED IN HANOVER, NH
I would really prefer to be contacted via: sffj40@gmail.com
Thanks for looking!
A bit of history on the car: I bought it in 2008 from a guy off MUD in Wisconsin who put some serious time, love and money into the truck. He spent four years taking everything down to the frame and building it up to be a very capable, dependable machine. I then took it and stripped it down to the bare metal and had a professional paint job done. It looks absolutely fantastic. We also beat out all the dents and covered some of the pounded out areas with diamondplate. The diamondplate has been seam-welded and then sealed so no water has gotten between it and the body behind it. I know a lot of people are weary of buying trucks with DP, but this wasn't just a screw-on-DP job. I just drove 5 hours to New York City and back, going 65-70 the entire way. She's been garaged for every winter, barely has seen salt and snow.
Specs:
1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40
1972 Toyota F Engine- compression is 120 across all 6 cylinders
Holley carb
sprung over: reversed stock springs front, fj60 springs rear
cut and turned front axle
Aussie locker front
Bilstein 5125 on all four corners
SM420 tranny; 3 speed transfer case (70:1 crawl ratio)
35" Goodyear Wrangler MT-Rs, lots of tread on rears, fronts have slightly less picture is of rear tire
four wheel disc
Hysteer, saginaw power steering
Bolt-on hitch receiver
New paint job, two years old
EZ Wiring harness
RoundEyes headlights (they're awesome)
CB Radio with 5ft K40 antenna and PA system
Amp with speaker box, aux cord
Full cage
Corbeau Baja SS Suspension seats with 5-point Crow harnesses (4 pts installed)
Full top, vinyl half doors, bikini top
Other info:
When I installed the Cobeaus to the cage, I had to take out the stock gas tank. I had plans to fabricate my own tank, but never had time. Right now, all that's there is a Geo Metro 10 gallon tank under the truck. I've heard S-10 tanks work well under the bed, but I just never got around to installing one. I'll include two 5-gal jerry cans with the sale. It's a bit of a pain to have a 10-gal tank, but whatever. Also, the gas guage is less than reliable with the new tank, but it gives you a general idea.
Just replaced the head gasket, just a few drops/night from the transfer case.
One of the brackets to hold the windshield up has pulled out from the dash; that's a rather quick weld job, though.
I've had to add those ugly fenders and mudflaps because one cop near me has decided to pull me over every time he sees me. It's all very easily removable.
Only heater's low setting works, although right now it's blowing a fuse, so gotta look into that.
windshield wipers only work on constant (otherwise fuse blown)
BIKE RACK NOT INCLUDED
Right now, horn switch is broken and speedo cable needs replacing. I hope to get that done in the next week, but if it doesn't I'd be happy to take the cost of parts plus some off whatever our agreed price is.
I'm sure I'm missing other weird idiosyncratic things that I've become accustomed to,
$11k OBO
LOCATED IN HANOVER, NH
I would really prefer to be contacted via: sffj40@gmail.com
Thanks for looking!
