Patina Appreciation: Show Us Your Rusty Land Cruiser! (25 Viewers)

[77CJ5]

 

[TwelveGravity]

After a good wash and some BLO treatment.

 

[JGarrett]

We picked this up about 2 months ago. Paint was a root beer brown it's rusty, but not as bad as it looks.

 

[rlong]

Thats sweet 62? I had one of those in High School!

 

[77CJ5]

 

[82Blu]

Patina reclamation: you know how you start to refresh parts… where to stop? That hood tho! Like an old pair of your favorite faded jeans!

 

[TwelveGravity]

I found my mini 40. 1/24 scale.

 

[6f40j9]

Wiped it down with some Poppy’s yesterday.

 

[MDH33]

This one is for sale in Illinois right now (not mine). Good solid Midwest rust belt 40.

Original paint, good patina!

 

[kbahus]

I don't think any special sauce is going to save that one.

 

[CruiserInProgress]

I don't think any special sauce is going to save that one.

Not too different than my 79, but there's still hope for this one...in my mind anyway!

 

[JohnnyC]

Poor ol FSP still chugging along

Still my DD… seen better days due to my hacks and cheapness… but it’s ours and we do with it as we wish

 

[Jdc1]

First panel to be done on the ‘71.
(Inside shot is after halfway point of rust neutralizing)

 

[Jdc1]

Saving as much OG paint as possible, but heading to blaster to redo floor/underside and firewall.

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

Not the best patina by a long shot but it has a cool history. It’s a 1968 that’s been in the same family since new 17,584 original miles. Sold at Georgia’s first franchised Toyota dealership Jimmy Smith Toyota and supposedly the first Land Cruiser sold in Georgia!

It won’t be patina’d much longer it’s here for a full frame off restoration

 

[JohnnyC]

It’s a 1968 that’s been in the same family since new 17,584 original miles. Sold at Georgia’s first franchised Toyota dealership Jimmy Smith Toyota and supposedly the first Land Cruiser sold in Georgia!

There supposedly was ¨Toyota South¨ in morrow Georgia who opened in 67´ ...they claim to be the first ... a lot of dealers from back then made those claims

Not saying they are or not as that´s the only one i knew of from georgia that i had looked into earlier

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

There supposedly was ¨Toyota South¨ in morrow Georgia who opened in 67´ ...they claim to be the first ... a lot of dealers from back then made those claims

Not saying they are or not as that´s the only one i knew of from georgia that i had looked into earlier

Hey Jonny! Thanks for sharing. I had actually seen your old post on that when researching this subject.

I have ‘65,’66, and ‘68 Toyota dealer and distributor lists. And a blurry screen shot from a ‘67 I found on line. What I found according to them was no mention of any dealers in GA until ‘66 and those were all small non Toyota dealerships. The first Toyota franchises pop up in 1968 Jimmy Smith in Macon and Spreens Toyota in Chamblee. I think this coincides with the founding of Southeast Toyota in late October 1968.

This is the dealer list effective November 1st 1968.

My customer told me he believes he still has all the original paper work on it. I’m going to ask him if he can send pictures would be cool to see and find out what the actual date of sale was.

 

[JohnnyC]

Hey Jonny! Thanks for sharing. I had actually seen your old post on that when researching this subject.

I have ‘65,’66, and ‘68 Toyota dealer and distributor lists. And a blurry screen shot from a ‘67 I found on line. What I found according to them was no mention of any dealers in GA until ‘66 and those were all small non Toyota dealerships. The first Toyota franchises pop up in 1968 Jimmy Smith in Macon and Spreens Toyota in Chamblee. I think this coincides with the founding of Southeast Toyota in late October 1968.

This is the dealer list effective November 1st 1968.
My customer told me he believes he still has all the original paper work on it. I’m going to ask him if he can see pictures would be cool to see and find out what the actual date of sale was.

good info

when u have a moment can u post up in this thread about 1st dealerships?
link: 1st Toyota Dealership - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/1st-toyota-dealership.197907/#post-2943326

its good info that needs a good place to go

 

[rainingagain]

Not the best patina by a long shot but it has a cool history. It’s a 1968 that’s been in the same family since new 17,584 original miles. Sold at Georgia’s first franchised Toyota dealership Jimmy Smith Toyota and supposedly the first Land Cruiser sold in Georgia!

It won’t be patina’d much longer it’s here for a full frame off restoration


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Wow that baby is a survivor. Is that how it's going to go on the restoration? Build thread?

 

[77CJ5]