Post your FJ45's only in Canada
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Lower Mainland BC - brand new to me.. 78'
Nice!
I was watching that one on ebay, thought he might relist it. I love modified trucks, I like to think of all the FJs as a giant blank canvas for the artist/builder to express him or her self with. I respect the original stuff, but "built" is so much more creative. That one's pretty bad***! Congratulations!Sorry, I don't have one of my own to post, I'm still looking, there aren't many in my neck of the woods. The only one I've found, the owner won't sell.
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Very nice - makes me want to put mine on coils!
canadian bum
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Nice rig Havik I remember when you brought the Red one to the Red Deer Off Road Expo and competed the first year they had it. Very cool rig. Any new updates besides going from boggers to TSL's?
1977 FJ45
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Hi - This is my first post. I have attached a picture of my 1977 FJ 45. I purchased it in B.C. in September 2009, and had it shipped to my home near Toronto. I hope to have it ready to roll in a couple of weeks. Major work has included new brakes, power steering, restored original split rims with BFG33s, restored original doors, Warn 8274 winch with HFS front bumper, custom rear bumper, auxilliary gas tank, custom roll cage. It doesn't look much like the picture anymore, so I will post new pics soon. James
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Hi - This is my first post. I have attached a picture of my 1977 FJ 45. I purchased it in B.C. in September 2009, and had it shipped to my home near Toronto. I hope to have it ready to roll in a couple of weeks. Major work has included new brakes, power steering, restored original split rims with BFG33s, restored original doors, Warn 8274 winch with HFS front bumper, custom rear bumper, auxilliary gas tank, custom roll cage. It doesn't look much like the picture anymore, so I will post new pics soon. James
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more canadian fj45's then this,,,,,,,,,,, weres the stock trucks,,,,,
more canadian fj45's then this,,,,,,,,,,, weres the stock trucks,,,,,
nice truck....ill dig up a few of my FJ45....she's in dire need of a resto, and im gunna get my hands on another one thats in alberta...im waiting on pictures and the spring cause its frozen into the mud at the moment. some of the one i have now.
iv had her for way too long now without workin on it...my dads BJ42 has seen some progress though..and thats what needs to get done before i can start on the 45....alas, i need to be rich nd unemployed...
That makes the one I parted out years ago look like a beauty... Although yours does appear to have a frame. Mine had nothing left of the frame to repair.
Look forward to seeing what you do with it.
^^^Wow your 45 looks even better than the last pics i saw. do you still have your fj40 too? George in quesnel btw.
fj45
here is my 77 lwb
here is my 77 lwb
there are lots of 45's here in Saskatchewan.. i used to be a full time road mechanic and worked all over Saskatchewan and you would be surprised to know how many cruisers are out there in the bush.. i still know where three 45's are sitting up north just a few hours away from saskatoon.. also, there is a 45 sitting in a garage about 10 minutes away from me here in town that is completely disassembled but the guy wont sell yet..
i bought my 45 from the original owner quite a few years ago.. apparently it was ens toyota's run around truck for 1977/78.. the original owner bought it for about 6500 dollars i believe.. i have the original reciept around here somewhere.. he also bought a bunch of spare body parts for it at the same time.. back when ens industrial were stripping these trucks down to just the cab and chasis, they would sell the box, tailgate, windshield, doors, hardtop as a "package" for 500 bucks.. i was lucky when i bought my 45 because the owner had bought 2.5 packages so ended up with 2 extra boxes, a few windshield frames complete, 4 doors, 4 tailgates and an extra hartop that are basically all brand new.. i have them stored for a better day but its fun to see parts that are essentially brand new from 1977...
here is the truck when i brought it home... unfortunatelly it still doesnt look too much different as it has been low on the priority list of things to fix/restore while i work on other trucks...
from that truck i ended up building my other 45.. it was actually a 40 that i had stretched the frame on about 10 years ago and bought a cab from aqualu when their products were a bit more reasonably priced for 1276 bucks shipped to my door.. i took the worst of the three 45 boxes that i had and bobbed both ends and basically built a 45 short box.. at least the dimensions were close.. i had a short box 45 pic that was named "dale browns 45" i believe and that was the original inspiration for my truck..
sinse then i bent the frame and blew the headgasket in the 2f.. i have been in the process in the last few years of finally getting it back on the road.. i bought a bj60, took 3 feet out of the frame, moved and changed all of the body mounts, suspension mounts and mounted my cruiser body and box onto it.. the bj60 was an 83 so it had a 5 speed, power steering, 3b diesel and of course the axles are 3 inches wider and the frame is beefier than my original 40 series..i should hopefully be done it with the next month or so.. i cant wait.. so, its not an "original" 45 but i am sure you guys will understand..
here are a few pics of it over the years..
and then the final pic of it before i blew it up and tore it apart..
and here where it is now again..
i bought my 45 from the original owner quite a few years ago.. apparently it was ens toyota's run around truck for 1977/78.. the original owner bought it for about 6500 dollars i believe.. i have the original reciept around here somewhere.. he also bought a bunch of spare body parts for it at the same time.. back when ens industrial were stripping these trucks down to just the cab and chasis, they would sell the box, tailgate, windshield, doors, hardtop as a "package" for 500 bucks.. i was lucky when i bought my 45 because the owner had bought 2.5 packages so ended up with 2 extra boxes, a few windshield frames complete, 4 doors, 4 tailgates and an extra hartop that are basically all brand new.. i have them stored for a better day but its fun to see parts that are essentially brand new from 1977...
here is the truck when i brought it home... unfortunatelly it still doesnt look too much different as it has been low on the priority list of things to fix/restore while i work on other trucks...
from that truck i ended up building my other 45.. it was actually a 40 that i had stretched the frame on about 10 years ago and bought a cab from aqualu when their products were a bit more reasonably priced for 1276 bucks shipped to my door.. i took the worst of the three 45 boxes that i had and bobbed both ends and basically built a 45 short box.. at least the dimensions were close.. i had a short box 45 pic that was named "dale browns 45" i believe and that was the original inspiration for my truck..
sinse then i bent the frame and blew the headgasket in the 2f.. i have been in the process in the last few years of finally getting it back on the road.. i bought a bj60, took 3 feet out of the frame, moved and changed all of the body mounts, suspension mounts and mounted my cruiser body and box onto it.. the bj60 was an 83 so it had a 5 speed, power steering, 3b diesel and of course the axles are 3 inches wider and the frame is beefier than my original 40 series..i should hopefully be done it with the next month or so.. i cant wait.. so, its not an "original" 45 but i am sure you guys will understand..
here are a few pics of it over the years..
and then the final pic of it before i blew it up and tore it apart..
and here where it is now again..
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Here's the FJ45 from Quebec !
NO LONGER FOR SALE !
NO LONGER FOR SALE !
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Thought the thread was dead but now there are more Canadian FJ45's on here. I'm gald I made a Canadian thread. There are a few in Ontario canada also, some mint ones and some really rusty ones. The salt they put down on the roads here is crazy. It still seems to me B.C has most of the Canadian FJ45's from what I can see. Adam put Gordy on here buddy lol..............
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all the toys
Here are my two.
1980 & 1976
1980 & 1976
