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Didn’t notice earlier this unique spare tyre holder.
My OCD kicks in when I see tractor pattern tires mounted backwards.....
Obviously a well known FJ25, but fun to climb around in person. It is part of the Toyota Automobile Museum (TAM) collection. It's not a perfect survivor or resto... but still neat. I wanted to start a list of parts this one could use to fine tune. 
Our good pal Koyari-san (Chef Engineer of 7x/200 Series) hooked us up! We were fortunate to get a personal behind the scenes tour of the museum with the director of Toyota's 5? different museums. Our tour kicked off with a meeting with the Toyota internal restoration project team, a neat program where they take ~30 employees from different factories to restore a vehcile including making their own parts as needed, learning, developing, etc. They were excited to share their 1967 FJ40 project.
Super small world, they used a photo of Will Carroll's 1967 FJ40 restoration in their presentation. His 40 is now part of the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum collection, I actually purchased it at the Mecum auction years ago on behalf of the LCHM.
Will was sitting across the table from the gentleman presenting, they asked if we could share some additional detail photos of that and other Museum collection Cruisers as they restore their project. Will replied "sure, I know that one well, I restored it"
. Such a cool and small world, they erupted in surprise and laughter. They had zero clue it had been his and that he works for TMNA.
In their office area, they have a 1/6 scale FJ25 on display. It was built by? the Toyota franchise owner in Costa Rica many years ago and gifted to the TAM.
Despite being hand made and quite old, the details were cool.
The museum is amazing despite having just a single Land Cruiser on display. The more amazing part imo was our access to some backroom library collections. They were kind to pull all of their Land Cruiser marking material for us and let us carefully inspect. I could have spent the entire day with those. I snapped a ton of pics and some video
Our good pal Koyari-san (Chef Engineer of 7x/200 Series) hooked us up! We were fortunate to get a personal behind the scenes tour of the museum with the director of Toyota's 5? different museums. Our tour kicked off with a meeting with the Toyota internal restoration project team, a neat program where they take ~30 employees from different factories to restore a vehcile including making their own parts as needed, learning, developing, etc. They were excited to share their 1967 FJ40 project.
Super small world, they used a photo of Will Carroll's 1967 FJ40 restoration in their presentation. His 40 is now part of the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum collection, I actually purchased it at the Mecum auction years ago on behalf of the LCHM.
Will was sitting across the table from the gentleman presenting, they asked if we could share some additional detail photos of that and other Museum collection Cruisers as they restore their project. Will replied "sure, I know that one well, I restored it"
. Such a cool and small world, they erupted in surprise and laughter. They had zero clue it had been his and that he works for TMNA.In their office area, they have a 1/6 scale FJ25 on display. It was built by? the Toyota franchise owner in Costa Rica many years ago and gifted to the TAM.
Despite being hand made and quite old, the details were cool.
The museum is amazing despite having just a single Land Cruiser on display. The more amazing part imo was our access to some backroom library collections. They were kind to pull all of their Land Cruiser marking material for us and let us carefully inspect. I could have spent the entire day with those. I snapped a ton of pics and some video
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That’s the Purdy Motor dealership in Costa Rica … was the model of the first 25 imported … a 57’ … they didn’t get a ckd assembly agreement till 65’
I think I could get in a lot of trouble going through all those brochures lol
I think I could get in a lot of trouble going through all those brochures lol
That tail gate is really cool!
the tailgate is interesting .... mainly because toyota do brasil got old tooling when they started their own production... and their early production tailgates looked just like that minus the land cruiser... the early cruisers that were CDK for first years had tail lights like that as well
the truck has been heavily modified through the years however
it is the lowest number i had ever seen... #30
This is a later 60ś bandi .... bandi production had the side ribbing
and this is a very early bandi (no side ribs) same style tailgate (minus land cruiser)..... as well as tail lights
the truck has been heavily modified through the years however
it is the lowest number i had ever seen... #30
This is a later 60ś bandi .... bandi production had the side ribbing
and this is a very early bandi (no side ribs) same style tailgate (minus land cruiser)..... as well as tail lights
the tailgate is interesting .... mainly because toyota do brasil got old tooling when they started their own production... and their early production tailgates looked just like that minus the land cruiser... the early cruisers that were CDK for first years had tail lights like that as well
the truck has been heavily modified through the years however
it is the lowest number i had ever seen... #30
This is a later 60ś bandi .... bandi production had the side ribbing
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and this is a very early bandi (no side ribs) same style tailgate (minus land cruiser)..... as well as tail lights
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I have the same hunch, tailgate from a local production. I asked the owner where he's located, "America" is quite ambiguous. Based on other photos from the owner, I suspect South America.