Who uses the LV as a Daily Driver?

[Land Cruiser Junky]

No, I mentioned about the Board and told him that he could stop by and talk anytime. From the pics it looked like he's gonna need a lot more than a roof.

 

[Scottb]

I drive mine fairly frequently on nice days. Yes - wierd gas station comments, 12 mpg, I use a 'Club' (for minimal theft protection) and a few other methods, and just don't park it in unsafe areas. You take a risk driving it, but if parked in your garage, you can have disasters befall it, too - falling pieces of conduit, kids bicycles, etc. I have a short commute - 8 miles, rural roads. The heater works fine in the miniature pickup cab, and boiled out the heater core with Muriatic acid. Since Colorado is a big state for Toyotas, you get odd looks from (usually) minitruck drivers and the errant Jeep driver with out-of-state plates. I had a repair shop owner bring out his entire staff to gawk at it, as he 'thought he had seen everything' and figured it must have been homemade.

I gawked at Steves also when I went over there to buy a chevy tailgate.
It is one of the nicest fj45`s that I`ve ever seen.
I know most fj45s have there stock steering column, but Grant steering wheel Company might make one of the wheel adapters for Cruisers.
If Grant makes the adapter to put a Grant wheel on a landcruiser, then this will work. I have used the removable steering wheel system for years, and it works great, you can get them at pepboys.

 

[isalwaysright]

Used to use it as my DD but right now its in storage for a couple of years. Original F engine and intake with a 38MM weber mounted on a two bbl adaptor I got from a stovebolt web site - gets about 12mpg. Kinda slow but I'm kinda old and dont need to impress anyone anymore. If someone has as set big enough - they think they can drive it without kiling themselves in it - they're more than welcomed to take it for a spin.

 

[WagonsRule]

I drove an lv daily for quite a few years but not anymore. To answer your questios:

1) I never clocked the mileage, but I can tell you I rarely passed a gas station without filling up.

2) Although mine was (is) very clean by 45lv standards, it is not much to look at to the average person. For this reason, theft was never a concern. I once owned an FJ40 without a roof that had a couple of ingenious theft deterents though. There was a C shaped piece of iron welded to the gear shift lever, and a thick steel chain welded to the tranny hump on the floor. Putting the tranny into reverse, the chain was just long enough to lock to the shift lever. There was no slack to get it out of reverse. It also had a similar setup under the clutch. There was a 1/2" steel bar mounted on a hinge which was welded to the floor under the clutch. There was a hole in the bar which could be padlocked to the bottom of the clutch pedal. With this in place, it was not possible to depress the clutch.

3) I don't remember how many miles/day I used to drive it, but it was a lot...too many, in fact.

4) Mine has no heater. I don't need one anyway.

5) As I mentioned above, to the average person, this car looked like a POS, however that is not to say I did not run into people who recognized and appreciated the vehicle. Anytime it was parked in a public place there was usually a note on the windshield from somebody looking to buy it. I would get a lot of waves and thumbs up on the road too, which is cool.

 

[Mikesta]

I think we need to see some pictures of this wagon.


www.fjtoys.com has a few... but www.root45.com has all.

I drove an lv daily for quite a few years but not anymore. To answer your questios:

1) I never clocked the mileage, but I can tell you I rarely passed a gas station without filling up.

2) Although mine was (is) very clean by 45lv standards, it is not much to look at to the average person. For this reason, theft was never a concern. I once owned an FJ40 without a roof that had a couple of ingenious theft deterents though. There was a C shaped piece of iron welded to the gear shift lever, and a thick steel chain welded to the tranny hump on the floor. Putting the tranny into reverse, the chain was just long enough to lock to the shift lever. There was no slack to get it out of reverse. It also had a similar setup under the clutch. There was a 1/2" steel bar mounted on a hinge which was welded to the floor under the clutch. There was a hole in the bar which could be padlocked to the bottom of the clutch pedal. With this in place, it was not possible to depress the clutch.

3) I don't remember how many miles/day I used to drive it, but it was a lot...too many, in fact.

4) Mine has no heater. I don't need one anyway.

5) As I mentioned above, to the average person, this car looked like a POS, however that is not to say I did not run into people who recognized and appreciated the vehicle. Anytime it was parked in a public place there was usually a note on the windshield from somebody looking to buy it. I would get a lot of waves and thumbs up on the road too, which is cool.

 

[cruiser_guy]

He says he has a friend who has a restored LV that a tree fell on and crushed while parked in his garage. He takes out a couple pics and sure enough, a huge tree is laying across a crushed garage with a crushed LV inside it. Bummer.

Does this guy want to sell parts to revive other FJ45LV's like mine? If so I'm interested and willing to pick and pull if needed when I'm up in the summer!

btw I've driven my LV exactly ONCE!! I was laughing all the way while I was driving it (it reminded me of the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". I had a guy follow me just in case it didn't make it (it didn't due to the fan belt jumping off). I want to be able to drive it regularly once it's completed

 

[Land Cruiser Junky]

Does this guy want to sell parts to revive other FJ45LV's like mine? If so I'm interested and willing to pick and pull if needed when I'm up in the summer!

Sounded like this guy wanted to fix what he had.