- Year
- 1978
- Vehicle Model
- 40 Series
- Mileage
- 77000
- Color
- Green
FOUND
Hi All,
This forum came highly recommended from a couple friends of mine.
I bought this 1978 FJ40 from my uncle, it's a rusty old girl that looks to have spent it's entire life in the Midwest.
The good; it runs and drives, stops, has a title and hasn't been molested at all.
The bad; it is rusted everywhere and rusted through most everywhere.
My ideal scenario, unless someone has a better idea, would be to find a FJ or a BJ 40 that doesn't have a title or is just a roller with a good frame and body that I could swap over the driveline, mechanical components and glass over to.
Or maybe I sell it to someone else to do the same thing with a clean chassis that they have?
Here is how it looks and some of the rusty bits. I put the steel wheels and hubcaps on it with the 31" bfg's. It came to me with the old school 15x10 Jackman aluminum wheels. as shown in the other pics.
Hi All,
This forum came highly recommended from a couple friends of mine.
I bought this 1978 FJ40 from my uncle, it's a rusty old girl that looks to have spent it's entire life in the Midwest.
The good; it runs and drives, stops, has a title and hasn't been molested at all.
The bad; it is rusted everywhere and rusted through most everywhere.
My ideal scenario, unless someone has a better idea, would be to find a FJ or a BJ 40 that doesn't have a title or is just a roller with a good frame and body that I could swap over the driveline, mechanical components and glass over to.
Or maybe I sell it to someone else to do the same thing with a clean chassis that they have?
Here is how it looks and some of the rusty bits. I put the steel wheels and hubcaps on it with the 31" bfg's. It came to me with the old school 15x10 Jackman aluminum wheels. as shown in the other pics.
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. I just moved from WI after 53 years and I thought I had all the 40s left there on my radar. Good find, although its going to need a lot of attention. There is a guy in Clintonville, WI with a bunch of stuff. IIRC his name is Brian and he advertises on CL and FB. I may have his number and will post it if i can locate it. I either rebuilt or salvaged over 18 FJ40s, FJ45s, @ FJ55s in WI from 1988-2022. Guess I missed that one, LOL. What city find you find it in?
