It’s 9 posts above yours.
So I'm curious...what did these FJs and BJs cost new? (1 Viewer)
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Here is the bill of sale for my rig.
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True but I noticed on a California one they added an Enviro Levy....even back then in the 70s.
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Sorry , but what is "enviro levy". ?
I started a similar thread over in the diesel section and only got 1 response... Sombody saying it was chat and to move it there lol. Not an admin
I can try to find it.. but the originally bill of sale was around $9400 for my 82 BJ42. I knew the original owner and confirmed it at some point. I don’t think there was a diesel premium back then.
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Sounds more like a diesel discount. Is that Canadian $, cause I'm seeing some of our southern neighbours talking about USD$12k FJ40s of the same vintage.
Did Reagan try to save Chrysler around this time with tariffs on imports or something? It might explain the doubling of price between '77 and '82(ish).
I wouldn’t be surprised if the fj40s sold for more in Canada back then. Gas was probably a better sale to people. Horsepower ruled and I think the gassers came more equipped. The remediation mine I work at had BJ40/42s in the 70s and 80s and they used them out of necessity.
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Could be but that doesn't explain the US jump (doubling) of prices over a five year span. Also I wasn't even counting for exchange rate which puts the Canadian dollar historically at around $0.75 on the dollar.
Hard to imagine a BJ42 going for about USD$7k when FJs were selling for over $12k.
I wish I could go back to '82. Good deal!
Hard to imagine a BJ42 going for about USD$7k when FJs were selling for over $12k.
I wish I could go back to '82. Good deal!
4Cruisers
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If I could go back to late March 1984 with the money I have saved now I would have bought the '84 FJ60 (that I did buy) AND the '83 FJ40 (it was mustard yellow).
reddingcruiser
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Price could have varied based on the wide range of options you had to choose from. 
I bought my first Land Cruiser in 1979, it was a used 1974 for $3400
Pretty sure you are discribing a 70 series - doesn’t get much better AFAIC
Kayaker
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Here's what I paid for mine in 1972. Dealer threw in a trailer hitch and locking hubs to seal the deal.
This is for for my '45.
I'm the second owner but the PO had saved this and it was included with the purchase.
Check out the cost of the 6000KM service.
Kayaker
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This may be helpful in this rather interesting discussion: Attached are some images of Toyota's "1973 Toyota Land Cruiser Product Features and Marketing Appeals" publication. It is a brochure prepared by Toyota and provided its dealers to help in marketing the FJ40. It was produced in 1972 (my model year - aka the best model year) for the 1973 model year. For the purposes of this thread, the interesting part is the price comparison of the 5 four wheel drive vehicles that were present in the marketplace at that time: the Jeep, Scout, Blazer, Bronco and Land Cruiser. This puts the cost of the Land Cruiser in perspective. This is the information I used when I went to the showroom to buy mine.
4Cruisers
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Here's a link for the Toyota new car features book for its 1988 models (first year for the FJ62), a lot of detailed information applicable, in part, to my '89 FJ62.
http://bushrat.hdcruisers.org/1988_FJ62_New_Features.pdf
A search on eBay turned up a similar book for the 1990 models:
1990 Toyota New Car Features Manual | eBay
I'm going to look for some older ones for the Land Cruiser. Yours looks very interesting.
http://bushrat.hdcruisers.org/1988_FJ62_New_Features.pdf
A search on eBay turned up a similar book for the 1990 models:
1990 Toyota New Car Features Manual | eBay
I'm going to look for some older ones for the Land Cruiser. Yours looks very interesting.
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